Hard-hitting Room Dividers on Metro FM appears to have been cancelled after Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula said he was offended A COMPLAINT by Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula has pulled the plug on the hard-hitting rugby segment nicknamed Room Dividers that aired during Robert Marawa’s 083Sports@6 show on Metro FM.The show ran each Tuesday during the Rugby World Cup that ended in the UK in October and featured three former players — Kaunda Ntunja‚ Lawrence Sephaka and Thando Manana.The trio were scathing in their criticism of Mbalula and his stance on the lack of transformation in rugby during the November 3 edition of the show — which aired the day the Springboks came home from the World Cup.Suspicions of political interference at the public broadcaster arose when host Marawa tweeted on Tuesday that "that decision is in the hands of other human beings" after being asked by an avid listener if Room Dividers would continue.SABC spokesman Kaizer Kganyago said Mbalula laid his grievance...
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