Tumi Voster

Tumi Voster is a South African  TV and radio personality on 5FM. Tumi grew up in Katlehong on Gauteng’s East Rand. She kickstarted her TV career in 2005, where she was a winner of a nationwide presenter search competition on

In 2011, Tumi furthered her studies in Marketing and graduated with a Marketing Communications degree at the University of Johannesburg.

“My dream since I was young has always been to find something I’m passionate about and be the best that I can be in whatever that is. Luckily for me my passion fell in the entertainment industry and I have never looked back ever since”.

In the same year Tumi graduated, she also started working for an urban youth radio station based in Johannesburg. Tumi spent three years learning and falling in love with the radio space.

“Radio really fascinated me because it was so different to television. It was more relaxed and personal and I fell in love with that. I look up to people like DJ Fresh, Chilli M, Mo’Flava, Unathi Msengana and Glen Lewis…People who have managed to remain relevant throughout all these years, their work speaks for itself.”

Co-hosting the weekday show – 5FM Nights, with Linda Mbuso on 5FM has given her a role to play and create one of the best night time radio show’s in the country, following her success with DJ Warras previously on The 5th Element. 

Besides everything else, Tumi Voster is a big lover of fashion and describes her style as “fab with a touch of street”. Tumi adds, “Every day is a chance for me to play dress-up. I get my inspiration from runways, Instagram, blogs and street style.”

You can also find Tumi Voster holding it down on her weekend show ‘The Saturday Situation’ which is set to start up your weekend turn up every Saturday between 5-7pm!