South Africa: Manamela Demands Answers Over Alleged Degree-Selling Syndicate At VUT

South Africa: Manamela Demands Answers Over Alleged Degree-Selling Syndicate At VUT

[SAnews.gov.za] Higher Education and Training Deputy Minister Buti Manamela has expressed serious concern over reports of an alleged degree-selling syndicate operating at the Vaal University of Technology (VUT), reportedly involving foreign nationals.

Manamela orders VUT council to explain year-long delay in ‘degree syndicate’ probe

Higher education and training minister Buti Manamela has instructed the Vaal University of Technology council to explain why allegations about a syndicate selling qualifications were not investigated for more than a year.

Manamela orders VUT to account for alleged degree-selling syndicate

By Thapelo Molefe Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela has given the Vaal University of Technology (VUT) until Friday to account for an alleged year-long delay in acting against a suspected “degree-selling syndicate” at the institution. Manamela issued the directive in a formal letter to the VUT Council Chairperson on Wednesday, demanding a preliminary report by Friday. This follows allegations that senior management failed to act on credible…