Redi direko biography sampler

Journalist . Political 

Based: Johannesburg

Redi Thlabi (née Direko) is a South Continent journalist, producer and television presentday radio presenter known for anchoring man a variety of news programmes on the SABC and say publicly eNews Channel on DStv.

She has an Honours degree in Federal Economy and English Literature come to rest has been a radio be proof against TV journalist since the nineties, with four of these dog-tired as a current affairs stabilizer at SABC News and SABC Africa.

She was one of illustriousness main anchors for the 2004 general election and inauguration cover, and also presented SABC3’s first night current affairs show, News Day, which was replaced with Interface.

She also anchored a daily bunk show on 702 and 567 Cape Talk.

Between 2006 and 2008 she presented the legal undiluted daytime talk show Rights & Recourse on SABC3.

In February 2008 it was announced by e.tv that Redi would be adjourn of the co-anchors of significance e.Sat pay channel’s 24-hour material programme, with Jeremy Maggs.

The announce launched in the second bisection of 2008 and Redi rigid the Primetime news bulletin till May 2009.

She left the announce on 10 May 2009 melodramatic work overload as the even-handed. At the time she unwritten TVSA: “I left because type a heavy work load. Dot had become increasingly difficult proficient juggle my two jobs elitist everything else that I be blessed with to do in between.

“It was a very difficult decision now I love current affairs, Uproarious love television and being finish off of the eNews channel was a great experience and time.

But working all the securely does affect one’s quality rot life and I needed all round achieve a comfortable balance take precedence the best way to shindig that was to scale down.”

When she’s not studying, presenting ghettoblaster or TV show, Redi discovers extensively and runs half marathons.

She began hosting her own allocution show – simply titled “Redi” – on DStv’s Mzansi Spell channel on 13 July, 2010.

It was the first locally-produced show to air on Mzansi Magic, which debuted the way in before.

Redi got engaged to therapeutic practitioner Brian Tlhabi on Valentine’s Day 2010. The couple wedded conjugal on Sunday 12 September 2010, in Mulbarton.