Tumi Morake's nomination for a Liberty Radio Award is a big deal and should be celebrated.
It was announced this week that Tumi was nominated alongside Martin Bester as Best Breakfast Show Presenter for their Jacaranda show.
They are up against Algoa FM's Daron Mann‚ Cape Talk's Kieno Kammies‚ East Coast Radio's Darren Maule‚ Radio 2000's Just Ice Ramohlola‚ Thobela FM's Sebasa Mogale and Kaya FM's David O’Sullivan.
They are also nominated in the Best Breakfast Show category.
The nod comes a week and a half after the comedian left the station for greener pastures and other opportunities.
While her haters thought her resignation had closed not just a chapter but the whole book on her radio career at the station‚ the nomination shows that not everyone was rolling their eyes and muttering under their breath at the station's decision to hire her‚ and stand by her when the going got tough.
Tumi Morake's radio award nod is a big deal
Tumi Morake's nomination for a Liberty Radio Award is a big deal and should be celebrated.
It was announced this week that Tumi was nominated alongside Martin Bester as Best Breakfast Show Presenter for their Jacaranda show.
They are up against Algoa FM's Daron Mann‚ Cape Talk's Kieno Kammies‚ East Coast Radio's Darren Maule‚ Radio 2000's Just Ice Ramohlola‚ Thobela FM's Sebasa Mogale and Kaya FM's David O’Sullivan.
They are also nominated in the Best Breakfast Show category.
The nod comes a week and a half after the comedian left the station for greener pastures and other opportunities.
While her haters thought her resignation had closed not just a chapter but the whole book on her radio career at the station‚ the nomination shows that not everyone was rolling their eyes and muttering under their breath at the station's decision to hire her‚ and stand by her when the going got tough.
It also showed that she beat the odds in a really hostile environment. Two months after Tumi joined the station she was hauled to the BCCSA after she stood her ground during a debate about Steve Hofmeyr‚ and for comments she made about Apartheid.
During the debacle Tumi revealed that ever since she joined the station she was subjected to racial slurs.
Jacaranda FM stood by Tumi during the ordeal but it didn't stop trolls from harassing her online. She was later cleared of hate speech accusations by the BCCSA.
And‚ even though she stood tall during the challenges she faced...the nod gives her even more reason to.
Tumi was over the moon at the nomination and first congratulated Martin‚ before reflecting on what the nomination meant to her.