By Staff Reporter
A student at Kwekwe Polytechnic, Carlos Tadiwa Mafuwe (22), has been convicted of academic fraud.
He was arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) and charged with fraud as defined in Section 136 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23].
Circumstances are that in November 2023, Mafuwe, connived with the college’s Chief Security Officer, Chancemore Sibanda who is still at large, to fraudulently alter his HEXCO statement of results.
Mafuwe paid Sibanda USD 70.00 to alter the results for all the modules to distinctions. He was studying for an Automotive Electrics and Electronics at the Kwekwe Polytechnic.
The matter came to light when he submitted the statement of results for registration for On Job Educational Training (OJET), and the Examinations Office noticed discrepancies in font size.
The results were verified with the National Examinations Management Information System (NEMIS), leading to his arrest.
He confessed to forging the results with the assistance of Sibanda.
Mafuwe pleaded guilty to the charge and was convicted and sentenced to 18 months imprisonment. Three months were suspended for five years on condition of good behaviour, while the remaining 15 months were suspended on condition he completes 530 hours of community service.