The jailing of former executive at the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) Daniel Mthimkhulu over bogus qualifications has been welcomed .
Weighing in on the conversation is The South African Association of PhDs (SAAPhDs) who welcomed Tuesdays sentence handed down in the Johannesburg Specialised Commercial Crime Court.
Mthimkhulu was found guilty of fraud and sentenced to an effective 15 years in jail.
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said Mthimkhulu was found guilty of misrepresenting his qualifications to Prasa and submitting a fraudulent job offer letter that he claimed to have received from a German engineering firm.
The Asset Forfeiture Unit of the NPA has been tasked to recoup R5 million in assets from him.
