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Redi Tlhabi was born on 5th May 1978 in Orlando East,Soweto in South Africa. She is a Television and radio presenter, MC, author and columnist. She has worked in the Office of the Premier of the Western Cape, where she was appointed communications director in June 2004. Tlhabi has an Honours degree in Political Economy and English Literature. She has been a television and radio journalist for the SABC and eTV.

Education and background.
She was a student at Rand Afrikaans University, Johannersburg where she graduated with BA degree in Communications. Student at the University of Johannesburg where she graduated with an honours degree in Social Sciences and English Literature. She obtained a Master’s degree in African Literature in 2008.

Career
Her career started as a reporter at Network Radio News, after which she moved to Kaya FM, a Gauteng radio station where she hosted the afternoon drive show and worked as a bulletin editor. She worked for the SABC as a reporter and later as a current affairs anchor and producer. She has presented a variety of programmes for the SABC and its Africa channel, including ‘Today in Africa’, ‘News Hour’, and ‘Interface’. In 2005 she became a senior Eyewitness News journalist for Talk Radio 702.In August 2005 she became the anchor of the evening radio show ‘Talk at 9’ Between 2006-2008 she was the presenter of Rights and Recourse- a legal rights television talk show that aired on SABC 3. In 2007 she covered the G8 Summit, as the African anchor for the UK’s channel, that was held in Gleneagles in Scotland. In 2008 she became of the co anchors of the Primetime news bulletin for e.tv’s new 24-hour satellite news channel, eNews, also featuring Jeremy Maggs. She left the Primetime news bulletin in May 2009, citing her busy schedule and heavy workload as reasons. She is the host of ‘The Redi Direko Show’ which broadcast every weekday on Talk Radio 702 and 567 Cape Talk

She presented a legal/consumer rights show, ‘Rights and Recourse’, on SABC 3. She has also produced a much-talked-about documentary on President Thabo Mbeki.

Redi the activist
Redi hosted a miniskirt march to protest against sexist taxi drivers in 2008 and in 2015, she marched to the Union Buildings in solidarity with students in the #FeesMustFall campaign. Fascinated by South Africans and what makes them tick, Redi strives to start important conversations and thrives on being part of South Africa’s evolution.

Redi the runner
She is a long distance runner who has completed various marathons and ultra-marathons including The Two Oceans and Comrades Marathon three times. She is a member of the Rand Athletics Club

Redi the columnist
She writes a monthly column for the South African women’s magazine, Fairlady, as well as a weekly column for the Johannesburg-based Sowetan newspaper. Her first column in the Sowetan appeared in February 2009.

Redi the author
In 2012 she wrote ‘Endings and Beginnings (Jacana) which received popular and critical acclaim and received the Alan Paton Award in 2013. In 2017 she released Khwezi: The remarkable story of Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo

Awards and recognitions
Mail and Guardian’s Young South Africans you must take to lunch(2008). Vodacom Women in The Media ‘Rising Star Award’(2008). Tomorrow’s Leader Award’ in the Most Influential Women in Business and Government (MIW) awards(2009).