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Renaming Tembisa Hospital: Is This the Justice Babita Deokaran Deserves?

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Michael Morris and Nicholas Lorimer discuss calls to rename Tembisa hospital after murdered whistleblower Babita Deokaran. They also discuss some harsh words for government from a CEO and they chat about riots at Fort Hare.

9 Oct 2025 1PM English South Africa News Commentary · Politics

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