We can’t just dismiss this doctor’s diagnosis

Phophi Ramathuba was way out of line, but the poverty-stricken masses of SA know what she meant

28 August 2022 - 00:00

First, let’s be clear — Phophi Ramathuba had it coming for publicly berating a patient, presumably Zimbabwean, in a Bela Bela hospital this week...

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