Criselda Kananda-Dudumashe about living with HIV

Criselda Kananda-Dudumashe is a South African radio DJ, motivational speaker, counselor, ex-nurse, television presenter and medical underwriter best known for hosting various radio shows on Metro FM.
She has worked with different government departments, as well as the corporate sector on implementing workplace wellness programs nationally and internationally.
She owns a consultancy and talk service called Positive Talk Services, focusing amongst other services on workplace wellness programs and advocating for total well being and this includes topics on self-development and growth, personal financial management, psychological well being, nutrition, rest and recreation, love, life and relationships, health and sexually transmitted disease management.
Having been diagnosed as HIV-positive, she served as a Member of the Board of Trustees at the National AIDS Counsel (SANEC) 2005-2006 and as a board member of South African Food Gardens Foundation to mention a few.
She is also a strategic advisor for Khomanani, a government comprehensive communication plan, since 2003. In 2006 represented South Africa in New York during the United Nations General Assembly Special Meeting on communicable diseases, commissioned by Mr Kofi Annan.
Criselda received an award from the former First Lady, Mrs Zanele Mbeki, for her contribution towards the upliftment of young women in South Africa as an ambassador for the Young South African Women in Dialogue.
She also received City Press/Rapport award as one of ten most influential South African Women.