Redi Tlhabi

Redi Tlhabi (née Direko; born 1978) is a South African journalist, producer, author and a former radio presenter.[1] She presented The Redi Tlhabi Show on Radio 702 for over a decade. Her broadcasting career spans years spent at Kaya FM, being a newscaster for the SABC and later, eMedia Holdings owned eNews Channel Africa, eNCA. Tlhabi has an Honours degree in Political Economy and English Literature. She has been a television and radio journalist for the SABC and eTV.[2]

Redi Tlhabi in 2017

After 12 years of working for 702, a radio station in South Africa, Tlhabi announced her departure at the station. She was set to leave for the USA for a fellowship. She has since postponed her move to America.

Controversy

In 2013, Tlhabi won the Alan Paton Award for her book, Endings and Beginnings.[3][4] The book describes Tlhabi's relationship with a notorious gangster as she was growing up, after the death of her father. Tlhabi claims that she changed the names of the characters, but the mother of a gangster of the same name claims that the names are accurate but is disputing some of the facts in the book.[5]

In 2023 one of Tlhabi's friends, Dr Nandipha Magudumana, was arrested to face charges "including murder, fraud and violation of a dead body".[6] Tlhabi stated on Twitter that they had been introduced in 2013 and it was a "close friendship" but she had not seen Magudumana since February 2019.[7][8][9]

Personal life

Tlhabi married Brian Tlhabi, a medical practitioner, in 2010.[10]

She is the mother to 2 daughters, Khumo Tlhabi and Neo Tlhabi.

She is the stepmother of comedian Lesego Tlhabi.[11]

Books
  • Endings & Beginnings: A Story of Healing. Jacana Media. 2013. ISBN 978-1-4314-0461-2.
  • Khwezi: The remarkable story of Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo. Jonathan Ball Publishers. 2017. ISBN 978-1-8684-2727-7.

Awards

References
  1. Zvomuya, Percy (21 October 2011). "The darling of the media". Mail & Guardian. South Africa. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  2. "Redi Tlhabi". tvsa.co.za. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  3. Tlhabi 2013.
  4. "Redi Tlhabi Wins the 2013 Alan Paton Award for Endings and Beginnings". Books Live. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  5. "Angry mother's reaction to Redi Tlhabi comments". The Citizen. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  6. Mlambo, Se-Anne RallSihle (14 April 2023). "TIMELINE: Everything we know about the Thabo Bester and Dr Nandipha Magudumana saga, from May 2022 fiery 'death' to April arrest". Independent Online. Archived from the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  7. Dilika, Khwela (11 April 2023). "RealTalk". Twitter. Archived from the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  8. Tlhabi, Redi (11 April 2023). "@RediTlhabi". Twitter. Archived from the original on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  9. Tlhabi, Redi (11 April 2023). "@RediTlhabi". Twitter. Archived from the original on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  10. "Wedding bells for Redi Direko". IOL. 19 February 2010. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  11. Nkanjeni, Unathi (13 December 2019). "Redi Tlhabi to stepdaughter Coconut Keltz: 'You have been nothing but love to me'". Sunday Times. South Africa. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
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