A bad week for Bathabile Dlamini
After she survived another call for her dismissal (and yet another cabinet reshuffle), minister of women Bathabile Dlamini’s relationship with the media was dealt a blow
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After she survived another call for her dismissal (and yet another cabinet reshuffle), minister of women Bathabile Dlamini’s relationship with the media was dealt a blow after eNCA alleged that she banned them from attending a 16 Days of Activism event in KwaZulu-Natal. Though the ministry insisted Dlamini would "never instruct any reporter or journalist to leave any venue, especially when it is an event of government", the minister found herself trending on Twit...
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