Universities remain among the few institutions in society dedicated to the careful creation and stewardship of knowledge. If they respond to AI primarily through fear and…
We need robust and open discussion about South Africa’s transformation. What we don’t need is ham-fisted attempts at political posturing and calling our judges names
We explore the issues involved in artists’ reasonable or fair use of other people’s works
Weeding out student essays from paper mills will require work by established academia and a renewed commitment to integrity from varsity communities.
The fashion designer is again linked to claims of plagiarism, this time over a dress worn by Reese Witherspoon and designed by Han Chong.
Plagiarism transgresses a university’s core values and leeches a fortune in subsidies from the state.
We ask Minister Blade Nzimande, all 26 vice-chancellors and every faculty dean to please declare publicly their views and policies on plagiarism.
Chris Roper explains why it is still very necessary, even in an age with the powers of HTML, to attribute ideas correctly and sufficiently.
The outcome of MoneyWeb’s plagiarism case against Media24 will be a turning point for media houses and news aggregators in South Africa.
In light of Moneyweb taking Fin24 to court for "plagiarism", are sites like Fin24 parasitic, or is Moneyweb failing to keep up with the times?
Copy-and-paste plagiarism substitutes for real understanding in school projects, a new study finds.
Abebe Zegeye denies he was dismissed after an <i>M&G</i> article on plagiarism.
The university has kept quiet about an academic’s dismissal last year for ‘too perfect paraphrasing’.
Mohau Pheko, ambassador-designate to Canada, admitted this week that she was fired from the <i>Sunday Times</i> in 2008 after plagiarising material.
Zakes Mda rebuts Stephen Gray’s reports of plagiarism.
After Stephen Gray savaged me in the pages of the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> a few weeks ago, I immediately responded, thanks to the new age of blogs.
Artist Gerhard Marx has won his battle against BMW SA over the company’s use, in an advertising campaign, of road-map fragments pioneered in his work.
The press ombudsman has dismissed a complaint from Ronald Suresh Roberts over a story the Weekender wrote on accusations of plagiarism.
