Real name: Phumelele Yvonne Maduna

Effective period / Period of releases: 1990

Born on 22 August 1958.
A lover of music and books, she started singing at the age of twenty.
Her interest in showbiz motivated her to join playwright Sam Mhangwani's stage plays and later the late Gibson Kente's. This is where she first met Brenda Fassie.
The Soul Brothers noticed her talent and invited her to do the first half in their shows. It was at this point that she met Madoda Dougmore Malotana with whom he formed a duo called Cheek To Cheek.
After the split of the band, Phumi went solo. Later she had joined Lucky Dube and switched to Reggae music under the name Sister Phumi.