News24 reports that the City of Johannesburg says it will re-verify the qualifications of the Johannesburg Roads Agency's (JRA’s) CEO, Tshepo Mahanuke, amid questions over his qualifications.

According to Daily Maverick, Mahanuke claimed to have a degree that doesn't exist. The publication reported that the honorary doctorate from Trinity International University of Ambassadors in the United States can be bought for a small "support honorarium". It also reported that Mahanuke's resumé and CV state that he has a master's degree in "competitive intelligence" from ACI College, Harvard Business School. However, this degree is reportedly not offered at Harvard and ACI is a separate college. His resumé reportedly also states that he received an "undergraduate engineering degree from the Vaal University of Technology (VUT)", but he holds a diploma after completing an engineering technician course. On Monday, Mayor Mpho Phalatse called for an investigation into the allegations and said she had requested a full report from MMC for transport, Funzela Ngobeni, and the chairperson of the JRA board, Thabo Motloung. Ngobeni said the allegations had the "potential to sully the good work done thus far, to bring stability to an organisation that, in recent times, has not lived up to the responsibility for which it was created".

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard compiled by Nicole McCain at News24
• Read too, Joburg Roads Agency CEO, Tsepho Mahanuke, distances himself ‘fake qualifications’ claims, at IOL

Get other news reports at the SA Labour News home page