{"id":4129,"date":"2026-02-22T23:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T21:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umhlobowenene.mspdigital.tech\/?post_type=presenter&#038;p=4129"},"modified":"2026-04-01T01:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T23:01:12","slug":"luyanda-gidane-2","status":"publish","type":"presenter","link":"https:\/\/www.umhlobowenenefm.co.za\/umhlobowenenefm\/presenter\/luyanda-gidane-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Luyanda Gidane"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Who are you?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I am Luks Gidane a father of 3 beautiful boys. I was born in Zwide, Port Elizabeth Eastern Cape now based in Johannesburg ,Roodepoort West of Johannesburg. From a very young age ,I was passionate about radio and listened to different radio stations throughout the day. I recognise at a young age the power of radio in shaping society. I also loved music and dreamt of being on radio one day.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What show do you host?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I work at the SABC Mhlobo Wenene FM as a co-host of the mid-day show, weekdays between 13h00-15h00. When people listen to the show I want them to be Inspired to improve their current situation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When and how did your career start?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>It started in 1997 at Ubuntu Communiuty Radio as radio presenter, music compiler at a community radio station.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I admire different people for different aspects, but these following Legends they contributed a lot to be the person that Iam,Vido Makaza, Zolani \u2018ZB\u201d Bongco and the late Lifa Msimang.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What have you achieved thus far within your career? What are your career highlights?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Getting to interview sports personalities, the likes of Gen Bantu Holomisa during the FIFA World Cup draw in Cape Town, Angelique Kidjo and many more. Securing UWFM\u2019s afternoon drive slot. I was also fortunate to be one of the few young Africans to be given a chance and do a course on Essentials of Broadcasting Management in 2011 at Rhodes University which was funded by MTN.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides radio, what do you do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I am a voice over artist, Dj and also an MC. Recently I met good people in the industry that roped me in to do events, so I\u2019ve started to organise events.I am a humble, motivated and a hard working.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cHold on to your dream.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6043,"parent":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-4129","presenter","type-presenter","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"show_id":[918],"x_social_media_link":"","instagram_social_link":"","tik_tok_social_link":"","facebook_social_link":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umhlobowenenefm.co.za\/umhlobowenenefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/presenter\/4129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umhlobowenenefm.co.za\/umhlobowenenefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/presenter"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umhlobowenenefm.co.za\/umhlobowenenefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/presenter"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umhlobowenenefm.co.za\/umhlobowenenefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.umhlobowenenefm.co.za\/umhlobowenenefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/presenter\/4129\/revisions"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umhlobowenenefm.co.za\/umhlobowenenefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/show\/918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umhlobowenenefm.co.za\/umhlobowenenefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umhlobowenenefm.co.za\/umhlobowenenefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}