PHUTI MOSOMANE
THE Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has called for the resignation of Public and Service Administration Minister Noxolo Kiviet following revelations that the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is probing her for fraud pertaining to her academic qualifications.
In a sworn affidavit submitted by the University of Fort Hare (UFH) to the SIU as part of its ongoing investigation into the degree fraud at the university, it emerged that Kiviet fraudulently enrolled for honours and master’s degrees without having an undergraduate degree required for enrolment and undergoing the process of Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).
Kiviet is only in possession of a matric certificate and “a non-credit bearing short-course certificate with handwritten results.”
She was sworn-in last week as the new Public Service and Administration Minister, replacing Ayanda Dlodlo.
Kiviet, a senior ANC NEC member, is the former Premier of the Eastern Cape from 2009 to 2014 and former Speaker of
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