Seipati Seoke (born 12 September 1979), popularly known as Twasa, is a South African media personality, broadcaster and musician. She co-hosts the flagship Thakgoha Breakfast Show on Sesotho radio station Lesedi FM,^[2] and is best known for presenting the SABC1 youth music show Jam Alley (2003–2011).^[3] As a recording artist, she has released kwaito and gospel albums.^[4][5]

Twasa is also active as a motivational speaker, youth mentor and author. She founded the “Twasa Foundation” and written a prayer book titled Let Us Pray.^[6]

Twasa was born and raised in QwaQwa in the Free State province. Her mother died when she was young and she grew up with her father and brother.^[4] She first became interested in broadcasting at school. After a childhood affected by personal hardship, Twasa auditioned for a DJ position at the community station QwaQwa Radio and won a contract with Lesedi FM within weeks.^[4] She began working on Lesedi FM in 2000.^[7]

Twasa left school before completing a matric qualification, but later returned to higher education as an adult. She earned a diploma in marketing management from the IMM Graduate School of Marketing, and a postgraduate diploma in business management (General Management) from ABE Business School (UK).^[5] She also completed further studies through the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) in Pretoria, including a postgraduate diploma in general management and, in 2023, an MBA.^[8][9] In her graduation speech Twasa dedicated her MBA to her late father, who had wanted to study business management but was unable to complete his own programme.^[8]

Twasa's professional career began in community radio. She joined QwaQwa Radio in 1999 and within a few months was hired by Lesedi FM.^[10] She hosted various time slots on Lesedi FM, notably co-presenting the Monate Breakfast Show.^[11] In 2019 she was named “Queen of Breakfast Radio” at the Liberty Radio Awards for her work on Lesedi FM's breakfast show.^[12]

After 19 years at Lesedi FM, Twasa's contract was not renewed in 2019, and she left the station at the end of that year.^[11] Twasa came back to the station soon after she left. She was offered a new contract.^[13] In 2023 she co-hosted the Thakgoha Breakfast Show.

In 2002 Twasa replaced Vinolia “V-Mash” Mashego as a presenter of Jam Alley, the SABC1 music video and talent show.^[11] She hosted Jam Alley for nine years until 2011. After leaving Jam Alley, Twasa took time to study and to focus on her religious life,^[5] but she continued occasional television work. She appeared as a guest judge on the SABC2 gospel singing contest I Want to Sing Gospel (2008), and as a featured guest on SABC talk shows such as Motswako (2012) and Zaziwa (2016).^[3] In 2019 she co-hosted the 25th South African Music Awards ceremony alongside Khuli Chana.^[14]

Twasa has pursued a parallel career in music. She debuted in the recording industry with a kwaito album entitled Kwaito Soul (2003).^[5][15] Subsequently, she blended gospel themes with contemporary styles: her 2009 album It Was Written was described as “very street”, combining kwaito, house and hip-hop influences around gospel lyrics.^[4] After several years focusing on other work, she returned to recording in the mid-2010s. In 2017 she released her second album, Kairos – The Turn Up, a dance-oriented collection celebrating Christian faith.^[5]

Twasa founded the Twasa Foundation, a non-profit aimed at empowering youth and providing mentorship in her home region of QwaQwa. Through this foundation and other channels she often speaks at conferences, schools and church events to inspire young people. In 2017 she released a book entitled Let Us Pray, a collection of written prayers intended to help readers through difficult times.^[6] Through the Twasa Foundation and other efforts, Twasa actively promotes education and leadership for young South Africans. Twasa has spoken candidly about personal challenges, including being a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, crediting counselling and religion with helping her heal.^[2]