“Positively Me: Daring to live and love beyond HIV” is a new book by NOZIBELE MAYABA co authored with Award Winning Author Sue Nyathi GUEST: NOZIBELE MAYABA - Author, HIV Activist, Internationally Recognised Podcaster, Radio and TV Host Nozibele Qamngana-Mayaba, raised with strict Christian values, faced upheaval when diagnosed with HIV at 22 due to her cheating, verbally abusive boyfriend. Fearing stigma, she hid her status, plunging into depression. Eight years later, she decided to share her story, aiming to inspire and educate about HIV and family dynamics. Her YouTube channel, with 257,000 subscribers, became a top HIV resource. Nozibele, married for 5 years, recently became a parent, using her experiences to advocate for open conversations on sexual education and societal issues.

A New web series looks into corporate control over our nutrition and calls on viewers to join the debate. The pilot episode of a new series, Chew on This, by the Healthy Living Alliance (HEALA), has launched this month with a focus on how major food corporations are impacting consumers’ rights to nutritious food. GUEST: NZAMA MBALATI - Acting interim CEO of Healthy Living Alliance (HEALA

The 2024 Artfluence Youth Activism Human Rights Award was presented to cultural curator, arts co-ordinator, and writer, Faye Kabali-Kagwa. In 2023, Kabali-Kagwa was the curator for the Cradle of Creativity Festival, which took place in Johannesburg and featured 27 productions from South Africa and abroad. GUEST: KAYE KABALI - KAGWA - Youth Activism Award Winner/ arts and project coordinator, cultural curator, and writer

Wild Coast communities and supporting organisations will be in the Supreme Court of Appeal to defend the which set aside Shell’s exploration right - which provided for Shell to explore for oil and gas off the wild coast of South Africa. GUEST: NEVILLE VAN ROOY - Community Outreach Coordinator at the Green Connection

Navigating market access is one of the biggest challenges for small businesses GUEST: MAHLATSE BOTOPELA - Events & Training Lead FETOLA

The Non Profit Organisation Ladles of Love are sounding a call to action for volunteers to be part of their Nelson Mandela Day activation on 18th July 2024 at Constitution Hill GUEST: DANNY DILIBERTO - Founder of Ladles of Love

GUEST: JABU HLONGWANE - CoFounder of Joyous Celebration Interview: AfriPraise Festival is gearing up for  a gospel line up show set to take place on Sat 8 June 2024 in Johannesburg

Interview : This year Hey Hillbrow! Let’s Dlala! (Lets Play) will take place on Africa Day, next week Saturday on Africa Day 25th of May. GUEST: GERARD BESTER - Head of the Windybrow Arts Centre

Interview: Experience the 2nd edition of the Linden Night Shop: Plain Jane in June Market taking place  Saturday 1st of June GUEST: FRANCO FERRARESE - Organiser of the Market 

Guest: Nico Smith, Petrol Head

INTERVIEW : The Embassy of France in South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi and the French Institute of South Africa (IFAS) revealed it is now entering Création Africa’s final incubation and immersion stage. GUEST: SOPHIE BOULE - Cultural Attache of France to South Africa and Deputy Director IFAS 

Interview: Understanding the National Health Insurance Bill that has now become an Act. GUEST: DR. DONALD GUMEDE - Chairperson at the National Health Care Professionals Association 

Interview : The Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) is a flagship project of the African Union Agenda 2063, an initiative of the African Union to create a single unified air transport market in Africa. GUEST: SIBUSISO MKHWANAZI - Travel Writer 

Interview : I hate my job : how to navigate career dissatisfaction and burnout  GUEST: ADRIAN GARDEN - Deputy Dean of Teaching and Learning 

INTERVIEW: Alastair McAlpine, a palliative paediatrician on hisbook Prescription: Ice Cream - A Doctor's Journey To Discover What Matters   GUEST: DR. ALASTAIR McALPINE

Almenkerk Wine Estate is a small, family-owned wine estate, situated in the Elgin valley just east of Cape Town, South Africa. INTERVIEW :  Regenerative Farming and Winemaking in a farm in Elgin  GUEST: JORIS VAN ALMENKERK - owner of Almenkerk Wine Estate

GUEST: JULIA SOTIRIANAKOS -  CEO Reach for a Dream INTERVIEW: This year’s Slipper Day will be on 31 May, in support of children with life-threatening illnesses. This year’s theme, “Step into My Slippers”, focuses on empathy, fun, and stepping into the shoes (or rather, slippers) of these brave children.

GUEST: BRIONY BERNING -  National Nursing Education Manager Interview International Nurses Day with the theme "Our Nurses our Future: The Economic Power of Care"

Interview : South Africa’s Tourism sector continues a positive trajectory the latest official release of international arrival figures by Statistics South Africa for January to March 2024 points to a growing South African tourism sector. GUEST: THANDIWE MATHIBELA · Global Manager: PR, Communications and Stakeholder Relations at South African Tourism

Guest: REUBEN ICHIKOWITZ - Trustee of Ichikowitz Family Foundation INTERVIEW :   The Ichikowitz Family Foundation launched the African Youth Survey. The survey was conducted through more than 1 000 face-to-face interviews with 18 to 24-year-olds across Mzansi and found that less than one in two young people are keen to vote. 

GUEST: MORNE BOTES - Commercial Director of Southern Oil  Interview : What Drives the Cost of Cooking Oil?

Interview: Jonathan Freemantle's solo exhibition "The Fallen Tree” is currently showing at Gallery Momo in Parktown.  GUEST: JONATHAN FREEMANTLE - Artist  Song: Adam Zanolini - All That We Know 

GUEST: ADAM ZANOLINI - Multi-instrumentalist, composer, ethnomusicologist, writer, arts organizer and Executive Director of Elastic Arts Foundation in Chicago Interview: Adam Zanolini - The Heliacal Rising of Sothis: A Celebration of Chicago’s Masterful Phil Cohran" at the State Theatre in Tshwane at 7; featuring the Tumi Mogorosi Quartet

Guest: Nico Smith, Petrol Head

INTERVIEW : Hiking in the Elgin Valley Question : What is a Biome? Guest: ANDRIES GROENEWALD - Lead Guide in the trails in Elgin Question: What does it mean to be a nature guide? Guest: PATRICK MAPONJE - Nature Guide 

GUEST: KAREN BESTER - Lamelle Research Laboratories Interview: BODY ACNE : prevention and treatment

GUEST: GRANT DODDS - SA Rowing Technical Performance Manager  Interview : South African rowing team gears up to compete in Switzerland to qualify for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris

Thandiswa Mazwai Returns With New Album “Sankofa” and a leading single ‘Kulungile’ GUEST: THANDISWA MAZWAI - Singer-Songwriter Instudio The new offering carries the profound message of overcoming past wounds and finding peace within. ‘Kulungile’, translating to ‘it is well’ in isiXhosa, reflects on her journey, reminding us that pain fades and wounds can be mended. The release of ‘Kulungile’ sets the stage for Thandiswa’s forthcoming album, ‘Sankofa’, slated for May 10th, 2024. To celebrate the album's release, Thandiswa will deliver a performance at Carnival City, Johannesburg on May 11th. The concert will feature tracks from ‘Sankofa’, as well as highlights from Thandiswa’s iconic debut solo album, ‘Zabalaza’, which celebrated its 20th anniversary in March.

Michelle : Seeing a variety of books that include Joanne Joseph - Children of the Sugarcare; Barbara Boswell - The Comrades Wife; How do you go about selecting the books to have in the store GUEST : CHRISTI BYER - Owner and Manager Liberty Books N2 in Elgin

"Man in the Mirror" is a collection of quotes and proverbs, written by Charles Robert Koopman, an American-born global traveler and history teacher. GUEST: CHARLES KOOPMAN - History and Author of Man in the Mirror

An urgent appeal has been filed with two United Nations Special Rapporteurs on behalf of the family of Toomaj Salehi, an Iranian rapper and activist who has been sentenced to death in Iran. GUEST: PROF. MAHMOOD AMIRY-MOGHADDAM - Human Rights Advocate and Norwegian-Iranian neuroscientist

SOUTH AFRICA AT THIRTY – WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE – THE CHILDREN? A thought piece  By Dr Linda Ncube-Nkomo published by Sowetan Live GUEST: DR. LINDA NCUBE-NKOMO - CEO of the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund

In a demonstration of collective impact, the DO MORE FOUNDATION (founded by RCL FOODS) and Care for Education - supported by other business and non-profit partners - are distributing 1,800 DUPLO Play Boxes to 682 Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres across South Africa to be used for play-based learning by 33,492 young children. GUEST: LUNGILE THABETHE - DUPLO Project Manager at the DO MORE FOUNDATION

SA / Swiss collab band SKYJACK returns to Joburg to launch our 3rd album Light Cycle on Fri 10 and Sat 11 May.  They will perform at the Chris Seabrooke Music Hall at Wits University. Performance takes place at 7pm GUEST: SHANE COOPER - Bass

Lara Foot’s Othello, by William Shakespeare is showing at the Baxter Theatre, this is the last weekend you have to view it Tonight at 7h30 and tomorrow 2pm and 7h30pm shows. GUEST: FAHIEM STELLENBOOM - Marketing Manager Baxter TheatreThe hugely acclaimed production, adapted and directed by Foot, made its debut at the Düsseldorf Schauspielhaus last year, to celebrated praise and earned her the Gustaf Theatre Award 2023 for Outstanding Artistic Achievement for the Direction of Othello. She once again teams up with an award-winning formidable creative team: designer Gerhard Marx, a fellow of the Eckhart Residency, the Sundance Film Institute, the Annenberg Fund and the Ampersand Foundation; Kyle Shepherd (music composition) and Patrick Curtis (lighting). She has assembled a stellar cast, led by Atandwa Kani in the title role of Othello, Albert Pretorius (Iago), Carla Smith (Desdemona), Fansiwa Yisa (Emilia), Carlo Daniels (Cassio), Wessel Pretorius (Roderigo), Morne Visser (Brabantio), Lyle October (Montano), Tamzin Williams (Bianca), Awethu Hleli (various roles), Brendon Sean Murray (Duke and various roles), Nolufefe Ntshuntshe (various roles) and Caleb Swanepoel (various)

“The Illusion of Want” an exhibition by South African artist Coral Bijoux at AGOG Gallery in Maboneng. The exhibition will run from Monday May 5th to May 28th, inviting audiences to engage with Coral Bijoux's captivating installations that challenge perceptions of desire and consumption in modern society. Coral Bijoux's work delves into the complexities of our relationship with material possessions, drawing attention to the societal constructs that shape our desires. Through her innovative use of mixed media, including installations, sculptures, drawings, and soundscapes, Bijoux invites viewers to explore the intersection of consumerism, identity, and environmental consciousness.

GUEST: ABONGILE XHANTINI - Disability Rights Advocate And Founder of Holding Albus / 081 787 5264 Holding Albus is an initiative initially aimed at empowering persons with albinism, like me, but has now extended its reach to encompass all individuals facing disabilities. Service dogs / Guide dog - the difference Imagine waking up each day with seemingly insurmountable barriers, yearning for just a glimpse of freedom and independence. This is the reality for many individuals facing disability, including myself. My name is Abongile Xhantini, best known as Abz, a disability rights advocate and champion of inclusion and equity. I navigate the world with the unwavering support of my faithful companion Siddy affectionately known as Pom Pom, my service dog, who has been my guiding light through the darkness of visual impairment and the fluctuations of Complex PTSD for seven years now. In South Africa, where I reside, the concept of service animals remains largely unknown and inaccessible, especially in underprivileged communities. Having experienced this, and noticing the urgent need to change this, a passion to establish a service dog empowerment programme under Holding Albus was born. Holding Albus is an initiative initially aimed at empowering persons with albinism, like me, but has now extended its reach to encompass all individuals facing disabilities.

Guest: Nico Smith, Petrol Head

Is the Flu Vaccine critical to take during the Flu Season? GUEST: DANIEL KAPELUS - Geneticist & Vaccinologist at WITS Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics (VIDA) Research Unit Daniel works alongside Prof Shabir Madhi who is internationally renowned for his research on clinical development of vaccines. Daniel is passionate about how vaccinations can save lives, and talks why South Africans need to take flu, and the flu vaccine, seriously. Flu season usually runs between April and August. The respiratory illness is caused by the influenza virus and spreads through droplets in the air. This makes it very important to practice good hygiene and distancing to avoid getting sick. There is also the flu shot available at clinics and pharmacies.

The six-time winners of the lucrative cup competition won the DStv Premiership for a seventh successive time with six games to spare, with a 5-1 win over Kaizer Chiefs on Thursday night. Ferrari is understood to be working hard to secure Adrian Newey's services for when the outgoing Red Bull Formula 1 technical chief becomes available in early 2025. Newey will leave Red Bull in the first quarter of 2025 after nearly two decades with the team. GUEST: THANDUXOLO MXOLI - SABC Sportscaster Sundowns A win at the Danie Craven Stadium this weekend would also be some consolation for their recent semi-final exit from the Caf Champions League to Tunisian giants Esperance

GUEST: BRANDT COETZEE - Managing Director Dune Foods / 0824959140 People wait to sell their seedpods to Brandt Coetzee, a 57-year-old Afrikaner who invented Manna Brew, a caffeine-free coffee substitute made from roasted beans. (Nick Dall/Al Jazeera) The "superfood espresso" made from the honey mesquite shrub not only offers health benefits, but also contributes to the eradication of an alien tree species. Brandt Coetzee, who invented Manna Brew, has employed 12 locals to clean, dry and package the pods, paying them each R300 per day

CAN BIG (Basic Income Grant) WORK? A conversation about the feasibility and need of the basic income grant in South Africa. A conversation Featuring Wits University Public Economy Researcher Thokozile Madonko and Business Unity SA CEO Cas Coovadia. GUEST: HOODAH ABRAHAMS-FAYKER - National Advocacy Manager Black Sash www.blacksash.org.za GUEST: CAS COOVADIA - CEO Business Unity South Africa (BUSA)

WORD DOMINATION LOVE AND FURY : A MEMOIR by Maggie Ford GUEST: MAGGIE ORFORD - Author Love and Fury is the intimate account of the life, loves and furies of Margie Orford. In this brave memoir, the renowned South African crime writer divulges some of the harrowing experiences that have shaped her life and influenced her writing. Through sexual assault, divorce, depression and personal loss, Orford illuminates the trauma she has navigated. Tender and courageous chapters vividly recall memories of what she has been through as a woman, mother, wife, feminist and ambitious writer.

House Of Sachane Presents Koketso Sachane With Nobuhle Ashanti. We reflect on storytelling and archiving our conversations and memoirs as a country with Koketso. GUEST: KOKETSO SACHANE - SAfm Broadcaster and Host of The Meeting Point  Wednesday & Thursday 8-10PM; Founder of the House of Sachane and Storyteller. GUEST: NOBUHLE ASHANTI - pianist, composer, arranger About to take a month long residency in Switzerland In another offering of music and conversations, House of Sachane presents celebrated pianist, composer, arranger and educator Nobuhe Ashanti, in conversation with broadcaster Koketso Sachane. A Mzansi Jazz Award-winning and SAMA-nominated artist, Nobuhle is born from and nurtured by music and stories that runs through the veins and arteries of Cape Town, the city she calls home. 

GUEST: CHARLES REED - Co-Founder and CEO MyCosure; multiple award winning Product builder, lecturer, speaker, innovator. (INSTUDIO) MycoSure – The Nature of Food Animal Free Protein www.mycosure.co.za https://mycosure.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Bio_Charles-Reed_Oct_2021_MycoSure.pdf MycoSure is an innovative African based biomanufacturing company that uses mycelium technology to create natural, bio-based products in response to some of our planet's biggest problem We are a purpose orientated, bio-technology company on a quest to dramatically improve our food system using the power of mycelium. Our Products – We create next-generation food ingredients that are delicious, healthy, and climate-friendly. Our competitive advantage – We combine nature’s super ingredient with our scalable submerged fermentation platform

Salon Kewpie, in collaboration with The District Six Museum and the GALA Queer Archive, has developed an educational programme that aims to upskill and empower gender non-conforming youth from areas intrinsically linked to the forced removals from District Six. GUEST: CC MARTINEZ - Creative Director (They/Them) GUEST: HANEEM CHRISTIAN - Visual Artist (They/Them) CC Martinez Performance Artist, Creative Director & Cultural Architect A self taught rogue artist who dove head first into the commercial dance industry, amassing a decade of hands-on experience, CC Martinez aka Cheshire Vineyard has become one of the most unique interdisciplinary performance artists and creative directors in the game. With a foundational 5 years experience as a founding member and company manager of one of South Africa’s most notorious commercial dance companies, Untimitive Dance Company, as well as touring the world as a close collaborator and mentee of the auteur FKA Twigs HaneemChristian is a graduate of Gender Studies and Environmental and Geographical Sciences from the University of Cape Town. After graduating, Christian forged their way as a formidable Creative Director and Photographer, with a particular focus on representation within the Black and Brown LGBTQIA+ community. Salon Kewpie: The Legacy Project initiative Ten artists have donated work to raise funds for this initiative: Lionel Davis, Marsi van de Heuvel, Oliver Scarlin Chennells, Jody Brand, Haneem Christian, Stephané Conradie, Ben Orkin, Dominique Cheminais, Githan Coopoo and Nanna Venter. The timed auction will be available on Latitudes Online from 17 - 26 April 2024.

On until 5th of May 2024 the Luitingh Alexander Musical Theatre Academy (LAMTA) presents Spring Awakening. GUEST: TUMELO MOGASHOA - Cast Member Spring Awakening The powerful rock musical that scooped eight Tony Awards in 2007 including Best Musical, is directed by award winning writer and actress Sylvaine Strike (Firefly, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Donkerbos, District 9,The Promise). The critically acclaimed, ground-breaking musical that is loosely set in 1895, has consistently pushed boundaries and captivated audiences with powerful storytelling, unforgettable music and thought-provoking themes that surround the trials and tribulations of growing up in the oppressive society of the day. Based on Frank Wedekind's controversial play. Please note that Spring Awakening contains mature themes, partial nudity, sexual situations as well as explicit language . No persons under 13. LAMTA is a Musical Theatre Academy, producing the stars of the future. Performance runs 140 minutes including a 20 minute interval

Eskom’s Turnaround Strategy GUEST: CALIB CASSIM - Chief Financial Officer Eskom Data published by Eskom tracking the performance of its fleet for the first quarter of the year shows that while the group has improved breakdowns and slightly boosted energy supply, tanking demand has given South Africa some breathing room. Detailed analysis of Eskom’s data by independent energy analyst Pieter Jordaan shows that first quarter power demand in 2024 was 5.7% lower than the same period in the previous year, dropping from 25.95 to 24.47 GW/hr. For the same period, power supply only increased by a marginal 0.4% from 23.24 GW/hr in 2023 to 23.33 GW/hr in 2024. Notably, Compared to 2023, power supply remained stagnant, posting near-identical output for 10 out of the first 13 weeks of the year.

The Minister was speaking during the National Dialogue on 30 Years of Democracy held at Freedom Park Heritage Site and Museum. GUEST: DR. SITHEMBISO BHENGU - Director at Chris Hani Institute.

GUEST: PROF. BRUCE MELLADO - Full Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, is the Director of the Institute for Collider Particle Physic