Redi Tlhabi (; born 1978) is a South African journalist, producer, author and a former radio presenter. She presented ''The Redi Tlhabi Show'' on

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for over a decade. Her broadcasting career spans years spent at

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, being a newscaster for the

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and later, eMedia Holdings owned eNews Channel Africa,

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. Tlhabi has an Honours degree in Political Economy and English Literature. She has been a television and radio journalist for the

and

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. 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 US for a fellowship. She has since postponed her move to America.

Controversy

In 2013, Tlhabi won the

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for her book, ''Endings and Beginnings''. 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.

Personal life

Tlhabi married Brian Tlhabi, a medical practitioner, in 2010. She is the mother to 2 daughters, Khumo and Neo, and the stepmother of comedian

Lesego Tlhabi Lesego Tlhabi (born 13 December 1988) is a South African writer and comedian best known for creating the character Coconut Kelz. Early life Tlhabi's parents, Brian Tlhabi and Penny Osiris, were both doctors. She was born in 1988, in the last yea ...

Books

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Awards

*2013

for ''Endings and Beginnings''.

References

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