Side-by-Side is a heartfelt new drama series about pregnancy, parenting, finding love (and keeping it!) and the family ties that bind us. Side-by-Side was launched by the National Department of Health in 2019 to ensure that all children receive the nurturing care and protection they need to reach their full potential. Every episode is followed by a discussion with an expert health guest to answer any of your childcare questions
Latest episodes
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Side by Side - Episode 37
Episode 37: The women learn how to feed their children now that they are a bit older and debate whether sweets are all that bad. BraSteps asks Joyce out on a date.
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Side by Side - Episode 36
Episode 36 Lerato is discovering how baby Khayone is communicating with her and it amazes her to learn to how quickly his brain is growing. BraSteps tells gogo he is planning on as…
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Side by Side - Episode 35
Episode 35 The women try and set up a playgroup for the children but it ends in tears because it’s not well organized. MamSindi helps them plan a better one next time.
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Side by Side - Episode 34
Episode 34 Joyce explains to her sister how important she is in her child’s development. BraSteps and Siviwe have a fight over Joyce.
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Side by Side - Episode 33
Episode 33: MamSindi shows Joyce how to track Rathabile’s growth in the Road to Health book. BraSteps tries to romance Joyce.
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Side by Side - Episode 32
Episode 32: Khayone is very sick. MamSindi spots the danger signs and helps Lerato take him to the clinic. Joyce rejects Siviwe’s proposal.
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Side by Side - Episode 31
Episode 31: Gogo plots to set Joyce up with the local shopkeeper BraSteps but Siviwe is backon the scene and he asks Joyce the question she has been waiting for so long to hear. Bu…
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Side by Side - Episode 30
Episode 30: Gogo smacks naughty Litha and she gets a dressing down on better ways to discipline. Gogo is very worried that Joyce is going to get back with cheating Siviwe so she co…
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Side by Side - Episode 29
Episode 29: Ayanda is worried about Bandile, he can’t do the physical things his peers can do so she takes him to the clinic for a check-up. Siviwe tries to get back into Joyce’s g…
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Side by Side - Episode 28
Episode 28: MamSindi teaches Joyce and Lerato about how to feed their children so they develop best. But she and gogo clash again.
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Side by Side - Episode 27
Episode 27: Gogo, MamSindi and Lerato rally around Joyce in her depression about Siviwe’s betrayal. They go and get Rathabile dewormed at the clinic.
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Side by Side - Episode 26
Episode 26: Joyce is worried about having been exposed to HIV by Siviwe’s cheating. She is most worried about Rathabile. She gets tested at the clinic, luckily she is negative.
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Side by Side - Episode 25
Episode 25: Joyce is extremely hurt. Lerato persuades to get out of the house by coming with her to the clinic for Khayone’s immunizations.
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Side by Side - Episode 24
Episode 24: MamSindi teaches Joyce how to care for Rathabile’s teeth, after she complains of a toothache. Joyce is taken by surprise when she finds out about Ayanda and Siviwe.
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Side by Side - Episode 23
Episode 23: After learning about language development, Joyce is worried that Rathabile may have a developmental delay. Lerato bumps into Ayanda at the clinic, and Ayanda introduces…
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Side by Side - Episode 22
Episode 22 Little Khayone is babbling and the women learn that this is the signs of language development. Lerato and Joyce are dying to know who Ayanda’s boyfriend is but she tells…
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Side by Side - Episode 21
Episode 21 Gogo’s brother Wongama comes to visit and he is an absolute brute. The women tolerate him but when he hits Litha, they all take a stand against him.
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Side by Side - Episode 20
Episode 20: Lerato, Joyce and Ayanda get their kids together for some playing. Playing is learning after all! Everyone is amazed how alike Rathabile and Ayanda’s boy Bandile look.
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Side by Side - Episode 19
Episode 19: Naughty Litha burns himself with hot water under gogo’s watch. MamSindi gives her a lecture on preventing injuries at home and gogo loses it – she is sick of her interf…
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10 min
Side by Side - Episode 18
Episode 18: Lerato is struggling with Khayone and can’t shake the sadness that’s been following her around for weeks. Joyce urges her to get help from Mam’Sindi. There is a new hai…