A former Mpumalanga teacher who allegedly failed matric several times before obtaining a fraudulent certificate has been sentenced after pleading guilty to fraud-related charges.
Nomalanga Labane, 43, from Amersfoort, was sentenced by the court on Thursday to five years imprisonment, wholly suspended for five years on condition that she is not convicted of a similar offence during the suspension period.
The Hawks said Labane acquired the fake matric certificate in 2003 after repeatedly failing matric. Using the fraudulent document, she was later admitted to the Walter Sisulu University, where she obtained a Bachelor of Education degree in 2014.
