Phumi Maduna is the last born from 7children (5boys & 2girls) of Mr. & Mrs. Maduna. She lost
her dad while still in high school in New Castle, later lost her only sister and 2 of her brothers…
Her mother who was a teacher at Matseke high school passed away in 2008 February, wanted
the best for her daughter and singing was not what her mom expected of her, though she
supported her. And because Phumi had passion for music, she wanted her family to believe
music was not bad after all. She started singing at school concerts in New –Castle, (RSA) where
her parents originally come from.
Phumi joined Sam Mhangwana’s stage play called Mother-in law ,unfaithful woman and
Thembi, just to keep herself busy then, Phumi Maduna and Brenda Fassie later joined Gibson
Kente’s musical play ‘HUNGRY SPOON for 2years,later they joined the band Amakhowa(The
mushrooms).They went their separate ways to pursue their solo careers, Phumi joined Soul
Brothers as a curtain raiser,& later joined the group JAWS.