Sunday podcast wrap: COPE fists, Transnet boss arrests & 'medical xenophobia'?

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Sunday podcast wrap: COPE fists, Transnet boss arrests & 'medical xenophobia'?
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The country welcomed Spring with a bang in the news this past week, with COPE MPs getting into a fist fight during a live press briefing and former Transnet bosses getting arrested. Per customary, the team brings in experts to assist with unpacking breaking news in studio and here are some of the top conversations had this past week.

Clement Manyathela together with the chairperson of the African Diaspora Forum - Dr Vusimuzi Sibanda, health and human rights activist - Mark Heywood and secretary general of Operation Dudula - Zandile Dabula discussed actions by Operation Dudula - blocking the entrance at Kalafong Hospital and turning patients away who they believed to be undocumented foreign nationals in SA.COPE's live media briefing ended in chaos, with fists flying and members fighting.

Legal analyst - Modidima Mannya joined The Clement Manyathela show to talk you through these types of situations.The life and times of the now late Menzi Ngubane are being celebrated on screen.

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