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It's for Life 11 - Episode 8: Family swap

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Channel: SABC Education Shows · 2016 · People & Blogs

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The hosts and participants discuss ideal family life. They discover that their lives are far from perfect. They have all, including the hosts, been brought up by single mothers. Precious and Lumka were orphaned at a young age and were raised by family members. The highly charged conversation culminates in tears.

The hosts allocate a relevant stranger’s home to each of the participants. Lumka visits a young woman who discovered, upon the death of her mother, that she was adopted. Precious spends time with a grandmother who has been bringing up 3 children after their parents passed away. Mashudu calls on a single mother. 

Through the stories of their hosts, they discover that they are not alone in living a dysfunctional family life.

The three participants in this series are Mashudu Luthanda from Thembisa, Precious Sefulavo from Zuurbekom and Lumka Menye from White City, Soweto. 

Catch It's for Life Wednesdays at 10:30 on SABC 2. 

Welcome to our 11th series of It’s for Life, the show where three worthy young participants embark on a journey not only of self discovery but also discovery of the world around them.

This time, we’re going to focus on the changes, good and bad, in that have taken place in South Africa over the last 40 years. On June 16th 2016, we commemorated the 40th Anniversary of the Soweto student uprising. Young people had valid reasons for stepping into revolution: Bantu Education and the enforcement of Afrikaans as the language of instruction were a reflection of those dark days where Black people lived chained by the shackles of Apartheid.

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