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Probe finds eThekwini municipality HR head faked her qualifications

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durbanIOL reports that the future of the deputy city manager of the eThekwini Municipality, Kim Makhathini, hangs in the balance after an internal investigation by the City Integrity Committee Investigations Unit (CIIU) found that Makhathini faked her qualifications.

In August 2022 when questions were first raised, Makhathini, who is the head of human resources in the eThekwini Municipality, flatly denied that she did not possess the qualifications she had recorded in her CV and the online application when she applied for the position of head of human resources. In her application, Makhathini recorded that she had a master of arts in social science degree, which she claimed to have obtained from the University of Glasgow, and a national diploma in human resources obtained from Damelin. However, an internal report by the CIIU dated 1 March 2023, found that Makhathini doctored her qualifications. It recommended that disciplinary action be instituted against her for misrepresenting her qualifications. According to the report, Makhathini was appointed head of HR on 1 November 2014 with the minimum requirement being a “relevant bachelor’s degree, relevant postgraduate qualification and seven years’ experience at the management level of which two years must be at senior management level”. However, in Makhathini’s case, the CIIU found that she did not possess the national diploma from Damelin and that although her Glasgow master’s degree in social science could not be verified, the degree was equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in social sciences in SA. Lindiwe Khuzwayoe, eThekwini head of communications, confirmed that there had been a CIIU investigation relating to Makhathini’s qualifications and indicated that the report was receiving the necessary attention from municipal structures.

  • Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Thabo Makwakwa at IOL


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