Gauteng Health opens criminal case against bogus Dr Matthew Lani

The Gauteng Health Department has opened a case against bogus doctor Matthew Lani for falsely representing himself as an employee of the department at the Brixton Police Station in Johannesburg.

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GAUTENG HEALTH OPENS CASE AGAINST MATTHEW LANI

According to the department, the bogus doctor managed to weave his way into the system pretending to be in the employ of Helen Joseph Hospital where he pranced around to create content for social media.

Furthermore, investigations have revealed that Dr Sanele Zingelwa the name Lani claims to be his real name belongs to a second-year medical intern at the Tembisa Provincial Tertiary Hospital who has since opened a case of identity fraud at the Tembisa Police Station.

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WITS, HPCSA DISTANCE THEMSELVES

Gauteng Health spokesperson Motalatale Modiba said the opening of a criminal case against Lani is in line with Health Professionals Act, Act no. 56 of 1974 which states that practising whilst not registered with the Health Professionals Council of South Africa is a criminal offence and that any person who uses any name, title, description or symbol indicating, or calculated to lead persons to infer that he or she is the holder of any qualification of which they are not shall be guilty of of an offence and on conviction, is liable to a fine, imprisonment or both.

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Meanwhile, the Health Professionals Council of South Africa (HPCSA) also disassociated itself with Lani stating that he does not appear in its registers.

“The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) has noted with concern, a video of Mr Mathews Zingelwa-Lani which has gone viral on social media platforms. In the widely circulated video, Mr Mathews Zingelwa-Lani claims to have been authorised by the HPCSA to make and distribute his video.

“The HPCSA would like to put it on record that no authorisation has been granted to Mr Mathews Zingelwa-Lani to make statements on behalf our Council stating that he’s a registered practitioner,” the Council said.

The University of the Witwatesrand has also requested the TikTok influencer to retract his claims that he studied there with immediate effect after Lani claimed he studied medicine (MBBS) at the prestigious institution between 2014 and 2021.

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