Three SAPS staff appear for matric fraud
Three police administration workers appeared in the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court on Friday for allegedly being in possession of fraudulent matric certificates.
Police spokesperson Captain Leonard Hlathi said the three were granted R1 000 bail each and the case was postponed to February 3.
Both Maurine Sibulelani (40) and Phetheni Annah Ngwenya (35) were allegedly caught with fraudulent matric certificates which they bought through a colleague, 41-year-old Nelly Zulu.
Zulu, whose qualificaiton was authentic, was stationed at the Nelspruit police station. All three women have worked for the SA Police Service for about three years.
“It is alleged that Zulu arranged fraudulent matric certificates for her two colleagues,” said Hlathi.
Earlier this month, five other people who were also found with a pile of fraudulent certificates were arrested in Nelspruit and Barberton.
Among those arrested was Daniel Velaphi Gumede (35), who was allegedly the mastermind who sold certificates to the administrative personnel.
He was arrested along with 25-year-old Benedict Mavo Mhlabane, one of the suspects in the 2009 matric papers scandal in Mpumalanga, Gugu Morobane (31) and siblings Doris and Sifiso Nkosi.
The group was granted R1 000 bail each, and were expected to appear in the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court on February 3.
More arrests were imminent, Hlathi said. - Sapa
