‘Engineer’ must pay back millions after court pours cold water on qualification

Judge orders man who presented Umgeni Water with a fake degree to pay back eight years worth of earnings

16 December 2022 - 08:53 By Tania Broughton

“Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive,” said Pietermaritzburg high court judge Rob Mossop, quoting Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott...

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