Redi Tlhabi

Redi Tlhabi (née Direko; born 1978) is a South African journalist, producer, author and a former radio presenter.

Her broadcasting career spans years spent at Kaya FM, being a newscaster for the SABC and later, eMedia Holdings owned eNews Channel Africa, eNCA.

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.

[6] She is the mother to 2 daughters, Khumo and Neo, and the stepmother of comedian Lesego Tlhabi.