South Africa: Dirty Linen, Global Stakes - Redi Tlhabi On the Media's Failure in US-SA Coverage

21 July 2025
Daily Maverick (Johannesburg)

In a solo episode of The Readiness Report, Redi Tlhabi turns the microphone on her own industry -- calling out how some South African media has mishandled coverage of US-South Africa relations. From misplaced outrage to narratives driven by vested interests, Tlhabi unpacks the dangers of a media captured by factional agendas and reminds us what journalism is, and isn't, meant to do.

In a solo episode of The Readiness Report, Redi Tlhabi turns the microphone on her own industry -- calling out how some South African media has mishandled coverage of US-South Africa relations. From misplaced outrage to narratives driven by vested interests, Tlhabi unpacks the dangers of a media captured by factional agendas and reminds us what journalism is, and isn't, meant to do.

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