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News and articles relating to the Background Screening industry in South Africa and abroad.

How Didn't They Know?

Monday, 29 December 2014 - By Pretoria News - Letter to the Editor

It is simply impossible for public figures to fake credentials without the active or passive connivance of some people who know that they are living a lie. In this regard, Ellen Tshabalala is gone from the SABC, but the question remains: how did the Presidency make this appointment without picking up that she was an impostor? A few scenarios present themselves to explain this.

From shocking to bizarre: the fakes and their flaky stories

Sunday, 07 December 2014 - By Sunday Times - Sibongakonke Shoba

Perhaps the most shocking of the fake academic claims this year was the revelation that struggle veteran Pallo Jordan, one of the ANC`s most respected intellectuals, had lied about holding a PhD. For more than three decades, Jordan was regarded abroad and in South Africa as one of the country`s best political brains, with a doctorate from the London School of Economics.