Foreigners dominate senior posts at SA universities as data gaps raise alarm
This gap was exposed during recent briefings to the portfolio committee on higher education and training, where the department, SIU and home affairs reported on foreign employment in the post school education and training sector, fraudulent visas and the internationalisation framework.
The department of employment and labour, backed by Special Investigating Unit (SIU) findings, paints a troubling picture of foreigners dominating key posts in South Africa’s higher education sector, often aided by fraudulent entries facilitated by corrupt home affairs officials.
MPs warn internationalisation sidelining South African academics The department of higher education and training, as the line department, admitted it lacks a reliable national picture of foreign recruitment and relies instead on incomplete and inconsistent data supplied by institutions.
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