How Safe Is Safe?

Sharing your location. Checking that everyone got home. Wondering how to keep your children safe without teaching them to fear the world. How safe is safe? In Episode 03 of Soft Chaos, Mfundo and Cece are joined by Lebo for an honest conversation about raising children, millennial parenthood and navigating life in South Africa. We talk policing, the everyday precautions women take, the people we trust and what it means to show up for our communities. There are difficult questions, different perspectives and, because this is Soft Chaos, a few unexpected laughs along the way. Yes, even Android users and animals make it into the conversation. Where do we draw the line between protecting ourselves and still allowing ourselves to live? CONTENT NOTE This episode discusses gender-based violence and other sensitive topics. Please listen with care. The views expressed are those of the hosts and their guest. HELP AND SUPPORT — SOUTH AFRICA / JOHANNESBURG • Immediate danger: SAPS 10111; mobile emergency 112. • GBV Command Centre: 0800 428 428. Please call me: 1207867#. • TEARS Foundation: dial 1347355# for help finding GBV support. • POWA, Johannesburg/Gauteng: 011 591 6803 (head office); [email protected]. • Nthabiseng Thuthuzela Care Centre, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Soweto: medical care, counselling and assistance with reporting sexual and domestic violence. • SADAG / Cipla Mental Health Helpline: 0800 456 789 (24 hours). • Childline South Africa: 116. You can also approach your nearest police station to report abuse or sexual violence. If you are in immediate danger, use the emergency numbers above. More support information: www.powa.co.za www.tears.co.za www.sadag.org www.childlinesa.org.za Soft Chaos — real conversations, room for laughter, and the questions we are still figuring out together.