The Citizen reports that the former Nketoana Municipality official Xolani Malindi, who was arrested two years ago for submitting fake qualifications, has landed another CFO post at Gauteng’s Rand West City Municipality.

Malindi, a former CFO at Nketoana, took up the post last December after the resignation of his predecessor. The Free State Hawks arrested him in 2022 after he submitted bogus qualifications in an application for a Nketoana city manager post. The fraudulent qualification was discovered during a shortlisting process and was reported to the police, Hawks indicated at the time. After his arrest, the case was transferred to the Bethlehem Magistrate’s Court where Malindi stood trial in 2023. The owner of the bogus college was also charged for issuing a fraudulent academic certificate. On Wednesday, Malindi claimed that the court acquitted him on all charges last year. “I applied to Rand West City and submitted my qualifications, including the court documents showing I was acquitted,” he indicated. But Democratic Alliance (DA) caucus leader at Rand West City, Balderic Dreyer, said Malindi’s track record at the ailing Nketoana, including corruption allegations, rendered him unfit for the CFO post.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Getrude Makhafola at The Citizen

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