Eastern Cape’s inflated bill for useless University of Fort Hare certificate

Provincial legislature paid through the nose for public servants to take apparently bogus UFH public administration course

19 March 2023 - 00:02

Taxpayers paid millions of rand for top Eastern Cape politicians to obtain dubious postgraduate qualifications at the University of Fort Hare (UFH) in a special programme championed by newly appointed public service & administration minister Noxolo Kiviet...

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