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When Betting Is All You Have Left: Inside South Africa’s R1.5 Trillion Gambling Industry
Episode 46
South Africa’s gambling industry just hit R1.5 trillion and it’s not just for fun anymore. Behind the flashing lights are stories of poverty, despera…
8 months ago
Judge Navi Pillay on Gaza, power and the future of international justice
Episode 45
In this episode of The Readiness Report with Redi Tlhabi, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay reflects on a lifetime spent pursu…
8 months, 1 week ago
Whose Peace? Redi Tlhabi on Palestine’s Exclusion
Episode 44
In this episode of the Readiness Report, Redi Tlhabi calls out world leaders for pushing a Gaza “peace plan” without Palestinians at the table. How c…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Branko Brkic on why journalism is a light we cannot lose
Episode 43
Ahead of World News Day 2025, Daily Maverick co-founder and Project Kontinuum’s Leader Branko Brkic speaks to Rebecca Davis about the crisis facing g…
9 months ago
Silencing Dissent: Redi Tlhabi with Karen Attiah on Voices Under Fire
Episode 42
Just a few days before World News Day - on 28 September - Redi Tlhabi is joined by Karen Attiah to confront the shrinking space for free expression. …
9 months ago
Redi Tlhabi Talks Accountability: The Mkhwanazi Inquiry Under the Microscope
Episode 41
On this episode of The Readiness Report, Redi Tlhabi speaks to Daily Maverick’s Rebecca Davis about the commission of inquiry into the recent claims …
9 months ago
From Coastal Drops to City Streets: Inside SA’s Deadliest Drug Networks
Episode 40
“We cartel. We don’t forgive you.” A voice note like that may be linked to the fate of Peter Jaggers and William Petersen, reported as kidnapped in G…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Redi Tlhabi: Why and How Global Alliances Are Shifting
Episode 39
As war and political fractures reshape global alliances, Redi Tlhabi reports on shifting diplomatic winds: sharper criticism of Israel, unease over U…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Militarised Democracy: Washington, the ANC, and the Politics of Power
Episode 38
In this episode of The Readiness Report, Redi Tlhabi unpacks two parallel crises of leadership and legitimacy. In South Africa, ANC leaders now admit…
10 months ago
Redi Tlhabi on why the Army Chief’s Iran visit is a diplomatic disaster in the making
Episode 37
In this episode, The Readiness Report’s host, Redi Tlhabi, takes apart the Army Chief’s eyebrow-raising trip to Iran, in the very week South Africa i…
10 months, 1 week ago