A senior health department employee has pleaded not guilty to charges of fraud, uttering and forgery.
Appearing in the East London commercial crimes court on Wednesday, Sizwe Kupelo said he understood the charges against him and pleaded not guilty to all.
Kupelo, a communications deputy director, faces two counts of fraud, two counts of uttering and forgery.
The case relates to him allegedly submitting fraudulent matric results to the department when they were requested by his supervisor, Siyanda Manana.
If convicted, fraud carries a minimum prescribed sentence of 15 years imprisonment, unless there are substantial and compelling circumstances to deviate. Kupelo remains out on R30,000 bail after he was arrested last year.
Manana has taken the stand to testify as the first state witness.
The trial continues.
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