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Pretoria – Joburg Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda has revealed his highest level of education, a National Intermediate Certificate (NIC), which is equivalent to Grade 10.<\/p>\n
This comes after weeks of speculation about Gwamanda\u2019s level of education.<\/p>\n
“The only thing that I have is a NIC certificate,\u2019\u2019 he said during an interview with Eyewitness News<\/em>.<\/p>\n According to Gwamanda, he was faced with issues beyond his control which made it impossible for him to continue with school.<\/p>\n \u201c…Me focusing on building my family meant that I had to work harder than the rest of us in order for me to represent myself as best as I could in any environment,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n Gwamanda said he never lied about his qualifications or presented fake certificates from higher learning institutions.<\/p>\n However, when he was elected as the new mayor, Carte Blanche <\/em> interviewed Al-Jama-ah leader Ganief Hendriks who said Gwamanda went through a rigorous vetting process and claimed he had a diploma in business studies.<\/p>\n Regarding a motion of no confidence brought against him by ActionSA, Gwamanda said he was not facing any criminal charges and had nothing to fear.<\/p>\n This is after ActionSA said Gwamanda can\u2019t be trusted as he had not taken the council or residents into his confidence to provide any assurance about scam allegations.<\/p>\n ActionSA said Gwamanda was exposed on Carte Blanche<\/em> that through his entity iThemba Lama Afrika, he had allegedly scammed innocent residents into investing in what is believed to be a scheme which consisted of an investment wing and a funeral plan.<\/p>\n Gwamanda said since taking up the mayoral position, everything attached to his name has been sensationalised.<\/p>\n He said ActionSA was jumping on the bandwagon to maintain relevance.<\/p>\n \u201cThem not having expression in council or in the political landscape, enough for them to represent constituencies effectively. They would always find something to use to maintain relevance,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pretoria – Joburg Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda has revealed his highest level of education, a National Intermediate Certificate (NIC), which is equivalent to Grade 10. This comes after weeks of speculation about Gwamanda\u2019s level of education. “The only thing that I have is a NIC certificate,\u2019\u2019 he said during an interview with Eyewitness News. According to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[369,14519,9591,14272,2490,4611,2017],"class_list":{"0":"post-183424","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-politics","7":"tag-education","8":"tag-equivalent","9":"tag-grade","10":"tag-gwamanda","11":"tag-joburg","12":"tag-kabelo","13":"tag-mayor"},"yoast_head":"\n