Bhisho's shame over strategy document plagiarism

33-page document signed off by Mabuyane, cabinet, lifted from Australian presentation

A strategy document signed by Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane and approved by the provincial cabinet was copied almost word-for-word from a presentation made by the Australian government in 2015. 

The 33-page “Provincial Digital Transformation Framework and Strategy Plan 2020 - 2025” is almost a carbon copy of one signed by by Brendan Howlin,  the former leader of Australia’s Labour Party, five years ago...

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