Johannesburg -
Former police spokesman Vincent Mdunge is expected to be sentenced in the Durban Regional Court on Wednesday for forging his matric certificate.
In November, Magistrate Thandeka Fikeni ruled the matric certificate he presented when joining the force in 1987 was not valid.
The court heard that Mdunge failed matric in 1985, and when he wrote supplementary exams in 1986.
The certificate he presented had been tampered with and contained an examination number from when Mdunge was in Grade eight.
Fikeni acquitted him of one count of fraud, saying it had not been proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Mdunge misrepresented himself when he joined the police as a special constable.
Mdunge was convicted of a count of fraud for receiving a salary to which he was not entitled. The highest rank a police officer can achieve in the police without a matric certificate is warrant officer.
Mdunge had reached the rank of colonel.
Mdunge was found guilty of fraud for submitting his forged matric certificate to the University of SA to obtain admission to a National Diploma in Police Administration course.
At the time of his conviction, Saleem Khan, for Mdunge, told the court his client would seek leave to appeal. Khan previously argued that the education department had made an error on his client's certificate. - Sapa