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CREST has, at the request of DHET, sent the <b>official list of consolidated journal lists</b> to all universities.</div>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style=""> Ntuli,Walter <Ntuli.W@dhet.gov.za>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, 04 May 2026 07:26<br>
<b>To:</b> ida.mans@up.ac.za; Kasturi.Naidoo2@wits.ac.za; ksempe@cut.ac.za; ramakgolo.lekalakala@ul.ac.za; OosthuizenL@ufs.ac.za; KamatiL@cput.ac.za; fmcdonald@sun.ac.za; mver@sun.ac.za; Carmen.VanLeeve@mandela.ac.za; nsigodi@wsu.ac.za; reethan@uj.ac.za; celepc@dut.ac.za;
ronel.deswardt@uct.ac.za; Teresa.Smit@nwu.ac.za; t.mantolo@ru.ac.za; Mvela@ufh.ac.za; bbitso@ufh.ac.za; wendy.sekgota@univen.ac.za; Nkosinathi.Sotshangane@univen.ac.za; Muzumbukilwaw@ukzn.ac.za; son@vut.ac.za; ViljoenD@unizulu.ac.za; Sindi@mut.ac.za; elsie.mfete@smu.ac.za;
Anette@mut.ac.za; Thembinkosi.Mabila@ul.ac.za; siyabonga.molaba@wits.ac.za; ramodpd@unisa.ac.za; naledi.nthite@ump.ac.za; researchoutputs@dut.ac.za; jmarais@uwc.ac.za; george.moloi@spu.ac.za; raselekarm@tut.ac.za; patricia.jacob@mandela.ac.za; Omphile Mohutsiwa
<omohutsiwa@uwc.ac.za>; Alistair White <am.white@nrf.ac.za>; Mampane, Seputu <Mampane.G@dhet.gov.za>; Motlhanke, Simon <Motlhanke.S@dhet.gov.za>; Susan Veldsman <susan@assaf.org.za><br>
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