WINDHOEK – The number of people arrested for allegedly forging their Grade 12 certificate now stands at 25, after the arrest of two more suspects.
The two suspects arrested last week have been identified as Ndeshipanda Shaamena Rossina, 36, and Johanna Sackaria whose age was not given.
They were each granted bail of N$5 000 when they appeared in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court.
Twenty-three job seekers were arrested on suspicion they submitted fake qualifications from bogus colleges in Zimbabwe in their desperate quest to secure jobs.
The other accused are Gaseb Nelson Dansy, Hatutale Matheus, Calvin Daniel Khoi-Aob, Muhuka Mbaundja, Ngakareko Tjauira, Phillipus Lazarus, Eufemia Shinana, Willem Matheus, Wilhelm Immanuel Pombili, Sofia Nevonga, Regina Nelumbu, Annely Shilunga, Saima Nakathila, Josefina Iita, Benedicta Stefanus, Eliah Kaiko, David Ndemusuunye Shivinga, Monica Itengula, Paulus Ndara, Gregor Mbanze Sikerete, Samuel Samwel Sem, Nganekwa Linea Ingavenya and Nghaanekwa Lineekela.
Sources informed New Era the police are looking for 200 other suspects with fake grade 12 certificates – among them bogus doctors
Sackaria was arrested by detectives last Friday the same day 14 others were in court.
Some of the suspects submitted the fake qualifications to several institutions of higher learning for entrance, while nine used the ‘qualifications’ to secure jobs in the Namibian Defence Force (NDF) and City Police.
Sources said the suspects informed the Namibian Qualifications Authority (NQA) they obtained their qualifications from colleges in Zimbabwe, which upon inquiry turned out to be bogus.