Independent Media reports that an Ekurhuleni man who was allegedly masquerading as a doctor and selling medical certificates was arrested together with his “patient” and the man who referred the patient to him.

Reuben Magagula, Linda and Evidence Mnisi were all arrested in Tsakane last week. Magagula was charged with fraud as well as contravention of the Health Professions Act for issuing medical certificates as a medical practitioner whilst not being registered as such with the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA). Mnisi and Ntsele were charged with fraud. According to the HPCSA’s Eric Mphaphuli, Magagula was operating as Dr D Modiba and selling medical certificates for R300 each to those who approached him. Magagula did not have an office or a specific place he operated. People would call Mphaphuli and he would arrange to meet them on the streets where he would issue the certificates and get paid. His arrest stems from a sick note he gave to Ntsele, whose employer checked with the HPCSA if the note was authentic and if the doctor was registered. It was found that a Dr D Modiba did not exist.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Botho Molosankwe at Independent Media

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