Sunday Discussion: How should the personal information of candidates vying for public office be better vetted?
Former Tshwane Mayor Dr. Murunwa Makwarela resigned on Friday and was disowned by his party COPE after the Gauteng High Court dispelled information that it issued him with an insolvency rehabilitation certificate in 2018. Makwarela had submitted the fake certificate, a day before, to city manager Johann Mettler to prove he was not an unrehabilitated insolvent and was eligible to occupy a public office. The city has been forced to concede that it does not have measures in place to verify the authenticity of such documents. This saga has brought into sharp focus the lack of capacity and urgent need to validate and authenticate all personal information of people who are vying for public office at local, provincial, and national levels. Sebenzile Nkambule spoke to Yunus Chamda, project manager at Action for Accountability and Terry Tselane, Executive Director at the Institute of Election Management Services in Africa
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