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Sowetan reports that the City of Tshwane has launched an investigation into the status of the qualifications of its emergency services boss Previn Govender, in the latest of scandals involving the hiring of top officials in the capital.
This follows the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) in Tshwane having written to executive mayor Solly Msimanga questioning Govender’s qualifications. Govender was appointed to the position, which has an annual salary of more than R1.2-million, in August last year. Among his listed qualifications are an Advanced (associate) Diploma in Fire Technology obtained from the Southern African Emergency Services Institute (Saesi) in June 1996, as well as a Graduate Diploma in Fire Engineering Science from the Institution of Fire Engineers in the UK, which he obtained in December of the same year. However, the SA Qualification Authority (SAQA) has indicated that neither qualification has the accreditation as claimed. The city manager, Moeketsi Mosola, has vowed to launch an investigation into the information that has come to light. This is the latest scandal to hit Tshwane’s top echelons after Msimanga’s chief of staff, Marietha Aucamp, resigned under a dark cloud when it was discovered that she had lied about her qualifications. Last month, it also emerged that executive head in the mayor’s office, Stefan de Villiers, was appointed to the position that required a bachelor’s degree as a minimum qualification, which he did not possess.
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