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From New York to Johannesburg: Redi Tlhabi and Mark Heywood on Power, Inequality, and the Urgency of Change

Episode Summary

In this powerful episode of The Readiness Report, award-winning journalist Redi Tlhabi sits down with human rights activist Mark Heywood for an unflinching conversation about power, inequality, and accountability — from the incredible election of Zohran Mamdani as Mayor of New York to South Africa’s deepening crises of corruption and malnutrition. A candid, urgent exchange about what it means to lead, and to care, in a fractured world.

Episode Notes

In this powerful episode of The Readiness Report, award-winning journalist Redi Tlhabi sits down with human rights activist
Mark Heywood for an unflinching conversation about power, inequality, and accountability — from the incredible election of
Zohran Mamdani as Mayor of New York to South Africa’s deepening crises of corruption and malnutrition. A candid, urgent exchange
about what it means to lead, and to care, in a fractured world.

Hosted by Redi Tlhabi
Guest Mark Heywood
Produced by Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa
Original Theme Music & Design by Bernard Kotze

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