Meet Kaya 959’s Slu Molamodi, the traffic and field reporter passionate about people and community
Katlego Sekhu
You might have heard her on Siz The World, or again on The Best T in the City, reading traffic or crossing over during field reports in news bulletins.
Slu Molamodi is a voice that has become increasingly familiar to the Kaya 959 audience over the last few months.
But beyond the airwaves, Slu is someone deeply invested in people. In conversation. In community. In creating spaces where others feel seen and heard.
“I am very passionate about community development,” she says. “I’m passionate about conversations, whether I’m in them or not. I love creating safe spaces.”
That passion has shaped much of her work over the years. Away from the airwaves, Slu is a writer, an MC, a moderator, and a voiceover artist. Different roles, but all connected by the same thread: communication with purpose.
Her days start early, something she takes in stride. She describes herself as an early bird and says the mornings do not faze her. What might surprise listeners, though, is just how mentally demanding the work can be.
“You really have to remember a lot of things,” she explains. “Names of people. Names of places. Memory plays such an important role as a traffic and field reporter.”
It is a detail that speaks to the discipline behind what often sounds effortless on air.
Slu’s radio journey began in 2018 through a series of small but meaningful opportunities. A friend saw potential and made an introduction. At the time, she had just started experimenting with podcasting on SoundCloud and was eager to learn.
That curiosity opened doors, including a talent search competition on Aldrin Sampear’s show, which she went on to win.
“That win really affirmed me,” she says. “Radio is something I always wanted to do. I just never had access to people at big stations.”
The competition took place in 2020, in the middle of COVID. From there, she joined Hope Alive Online Radio, where she spent three formative years. In April 2025, she took the next step and joined Kaya 959.
When it comes to the stories that move her most, Slu does not separate people from politics. To her, the two are inseparable.
“People are politics,” she says. “If you take people away, you have no politics.”
She is drawn to human interest stories, moments where leadership or the absence of it plays out in real communities, and stories of people who keep showing up despite difficult circumstances. These are the narratives that stay with her.
“I’ve seen people going through really hard periods in their lives, but they still show up with kindness,” she reflects. “That reminds me that we all need each other.”
It is also why she believes so strongly in holding space for one another. Beyond titles. Beyond roles. Beyond circumstances.
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