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IOL reports that a man who became a police officer by submitting a fraudulent matric certificate during a SA Police Service (SAPS) recruitment drive has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment or must pay a R2,000 fine.
The Kimberley Magistrate’s Court handed down the sentence on Mpho Gift Sekwenyane, 27, on Thursday. This after he was arrested by the provincial SAPS anti-corruption unit at his home in Buxton Village near Taung in the North West. During the 2021/22 SAPS recruitment drive, Sekwenyane applied to become a police official by submitting a fraudulent matric certificate. A thorough investigation was done and the suspect was arrested on 7 March 2023 at his home by the provincial SAPS anti-corruption unit. “We hope this conviction will serve as a deterrent to others who attempt to commit similar crimes,” Deputy Provincial Commissioner for Corporate Services, Major General Henriette De Waal, said.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Sibuliso Duba at IOL
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