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Racket science: how cheating SA academics snaffle research millions

20 February 2020 - 08:00 By jonathan jansen
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Crooked researchers who game the system corrupt the aims of research funding and soil the names of varsities.
Crooked researchers who game the system corrupt the aims of research funding and soil the names of varsities.
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When South Africans talk of corruption we refer to a speeding motorist who bribes a traffic cop, a municipal manager who flouts the tender regulations or a politician who appoints a family member to a department he oversees. 

Today I wish to lift the lid on one of the most disgraceful forms of fraudulence in higher education: academic corruption.

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