Redi Tlhabi
Redi Tlhabi is a South African journalist, producer, presenter and author.
Tlhabi has an Honours degree in Political Economy and English Literature. She has been a television and radio journalist for the SABC and eTV.[1]
Controversy
In 2013, Tlhabi won the Alan Paton Award for her book, Endings and Beginnings.[2][3] 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.[4]
Books
- Endings & Beginnings: A Story of Healing. Jacana Media. 2013. ISBN 978-1-4314-0461-2.
Awards
- 2013 Alan Paton Award for Endings and Beginnings.
Personal life
Tlhabi married Brian Tlhabi, a medical practitioner, in 2010.
References
- ↑ "Redi Tlhabi". tvsa.co.za. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ↑ Tlhabi 2013.
- ↑ "Redi Tlhabi Wins the 2013 Alan Paton Award for Endings and Beginnings". Books Live. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ↑ "Angry mother's reaction to Redi Tlhabi comments". The Citizen. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
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