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Bonang blunder... Drum drubbed

NEWSWATCH: The press ombudsman has ordered Drum to apologise to Top Billing's Bonang Matheba for publishing medical records that it said were hers, reports Mail & Guardian.

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  • Mail & Guardian: Drum to apologise to Top Billing's Bonang Matheba... The magazine published a story on the presenter in which it referred to medical records and so it has to say 'Sorry'.

    Bonang also said the article in question was 'malicious', but the ombudsman found against her on that one.

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