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News24 reports that the Eastern Cape Department of Health has welcomed the arrest of six paramedics for alleged academic fraud, describing the arrests as an effort to promote clean and good governance.
The six, whom the Hawks arrested on Monday, stand accused of securing their positions by submitting fraudulent matric certificates. They appeared in the Zwelitsha Magistrate's Court on Tuesday on charges of fraud, forgery and uttering. They were released on R5,000 bail each, and their case was remanded to 11 September. The accused work for the Joe Gqabi Emergency Medical Services (EMS). The department said five of the six accused were still in its employ, with the sixth suspect having resigned in 2022. The six officials started in their positions on 8 April 2015. A Hawks spokesperson noted that the requirements for the position included a Grade 12 certificate or equivalent qualification and went on to report: "On 24 March 2022, the officials were requested to submit their original certificates, and the officials allegedly failed to submit the certificates. The department embarked on verification of qualifications [and] their Grade 12 certificates were declared fraudulent.”
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Malibongwe Dayimani at News24
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