Romy Alexandra Titus was born in Cape Town, South Africa.
She grew up in Windhoek, Namibia until returning to Johannesburg, South Africa at the age of 12, where she attended Rand Park High in Randburg until her matriculation in 1998.

She then embarked on her Journalism studies at Peninsula Technikon, now known as the Cape Peninsula Univeristy of Technology (CPUT). Her National Diploma in Journalism was a 3 year course with a 1 year internship.

Romy obtained her in-service training at e-tv Johannesburg where a big part of her day included “shadowing” Journalists in the field, actively learning the tricks of the trade. She spent a year at e-tv’s Richmond, Johannesburg newsroom, where she began covering stories for the Prime Time news @ 7pm on e-tv whilst still on her internship under the guidance of then Bureau Chief Charles Leonard.

At the end of1999, Romy returned to Cape Town to complete her journalism diploma at CPUT. She went on to graduate in 2000, after which she was employed by e-tv as a Junior Reporter in the Johannesburg Newsroom.

She spent a year doing field reporting across the various news domains - crime, business and entertainment news - before becoming the anchor on the breakfast show on Morning Edition with Tshepo Mabona at the age of 20. Weekend Edition was born in 2000 and Romy anchored both breakfast shows. She took a short sabbatical from hard-news and pursued something a little more light-hearted: entertainment news. Nightlife was a Prime Time entertainment show highlighting all the hottest, trendiest and most happening spots and events in South Africa, as well as the international entertainment news scene. After 6 months of Nightlife, she decided to move back to her fist love – the news room – and continued anchoring the Morning Edition breakfast show.

After 5 years with the channel, Romy left e-tv to explore new opportunities at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) where she worked as a
Sub – Editior in the Sports Department, managing the website www.sabcsport.co.za. She also anchored the weekend’s sports news on SABC Sport on 1 and 2, Sportswrap and covered major sporting events across the country, including the A1 Grand Prix, Cape Argus Cycle Tour, Comrades Marathon as well as Athletics South Africa’s (ASA) meets throughout South Africa. Romy also did a voice –overs for various programs both Corporate and on air programs for SABC, and is a scriptwriter as well.

Romy has gained significant experience in both TV and Radio: she spent a year with Metro FM as a news reader and has been with Radio 2000 for 6 years. She also did Sports news in 2009 on the Breakfast show with DJ Just-Ice between 6-10am and often co-anchored with Victor K on ‘Beyond the Game’ - a drive-time Sports Program aired between 4-7pm.

In addition to radio and TV journalism, Romy has also written articles for various publications including Soul Magazine, S’camto Print, Truth MagazineandHype.

Romy has gained travel exposure to the African continent through presenting on Standard Bank’s in-house television production Blue Wave, which broadcasts to all its branches throughout Africa as well as in South Africa, and serves as a useful tool put in place to inform Standard Bank staff on the latest internal developments and products.

A proven jack of all trades in front of the camera, Romy has also tried her hand in acting, featuring in e-tv’s police drama series Jozi Streets as herself and then in Scouts Safari – a TV film produced for the Discovery Channel.

In 2007, she returned to the newsroom to anchor World Today on SABC 3, an informative weekday Breakfast show aired from 5-6am, reporting on local and international breaking news. In addition to this, she also began anchoring the 1pm news bulletin, as well as Prime Time News at 7pm on SABC 3.

On the weekends, Romy anchored Weekend Live on SABC 2 from 7-8:30am for an “info-taining” show with news ranging from hard hitting current affairs to the light hearted entertainment interviews and human interest stories, with her hard work, dedication and professionalism it is no wonder that she scooped the ‘Best Presenter’ award at the 2008 SABC News Awards.

In 2009, Romy was approached by Kellog’s All Bran Flakes, to be their ‘Breakfast Ambassador’ highlighting the importance of a healthy breakfast to start the day. The advert did phenomenally well and aired for a year. This advert airs on prime time television and across all channels in South Africa and Africa.

Romy is also a sought-after MC and has numerous of events to attest to her mounting experience in this domain and has hosted a number of events for corporate clients in South Africa.

Romy now beams into Africa as one of SuperSport Internationals female Journalists focusing mainly on Soccer (PSL) but can be found working on other sporting codes as well. She also beams into millions of homes weekly on an advertiser funded program aired on etv where her years of experience makes the live pressured show seem a breeze.