Ghost students created to defraud university bursary system

Six suspects appeared in the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Pretoria on Monday after allegedly manipulating a bursary system at the University of South Africa (Unisa) by creating ghost students.

According to the Hawks, a Unisa payroll administrator, Thandie Esbie, created ghost students and defrauded the South African Agency for Science and Technology (SAAST), under the administration of the National Research Foundation of South Africa, to the tune of R1.7 million.

Hawks spokesperson Captain Ndivhuwo Mulamu said the syndicate has been operating with this modus operandi for the last two years.

Group executive of corporate relations at the NRF, Dr Beverley Damonse, said one of the accused had been an employee at the research foundation, and allegedly defrauded the foundation by creating ghost workers at the SAAST.

ALL THE PEOPLE WHO DID THIS MUST BE PUNISHED BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO PASSED GRADE 12 BUT THEY DID'T FURTHER THEIR STUDIES BECAUSE THEY HAVE FINANCIAL CRISIS.

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