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<td style="WIDTH: 100%" width="100%"><font size="1" face="Arial"><strong>Lazarus Matizirofa</strong><br>
<font size="1" face="Arial">Team Leader: DCCM</font><br>
<font size="1"><font size="1" face="Arial">Knowledge Management Corporate (KMC)</font></font><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font face="Arial"><font size="1" face="Arial"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Patrick Saunders <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 22, 2017 10:31 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> NRF Staff <NRFStaff@nrf.ac.za>; RISA Staff <RISAStaff@nrf.ac.za><br>
<b>Subject:</b> NRF Statement on Predatory Journals & Deceptive Publishers<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Brummeria</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Patrick Saunders</span></strong><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
Copy Writer and Editor<br>
Corporate Communications<br>
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