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CALLED A FAKE: Tshepo Maponyane

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Sowetan has established that "Dr" Tshepo Benedict Maponyane, who worked as a locum at a surgery in Meadowlands, Soweto, is not registered with the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA).

Neither does he have medical qualifications from the University of Pretoria.

The HPCSA said Maponyane was working illegally since he was not a registered medical practitioner.

Maponyane approached Sowetan last week to promote a product, MyMpho, which he had apparently developed and which targets HIV-positive people, especially those looking for life insurance.

He would act as a broker and help his "clients" get cheaper medical aid, life insurance and funeral cover with established financial institutions.

Maponyane claims to have "10,000 clients" in Gauteng.

He initially claimed to have graduated with a bachelor's degree in medicine and surgery from the University of Pretoria (Tuks), but the university has rejected this.

"I can confirm that Maponyane never registered nor graduated with us," Tuks spokesman Sanku Tsuke said.

Maponyane has since changed his story, claiming that he studied medicine at Free State University in 1999 and then transferred to Pretoria University in 2001.

After that, he claims, he moved to the University of SA (Unisa) in Pretoria, where he eventually "graduated".

He could only provide Sowetan with a certificate he received from a Quintiles workshop in 2011.

But Unisa said the institution did not offer medical courses and UFS also has no record of him.

By law all doctors are required to register with the HPCSA before practising. It is a criminal offence to practise without registering.

"According to our system, we do not have a Dr Benedict Tshepo Maponyane registered with the HPCSA as a medical practitioner," said HPCSA registrar and chief executive officer Dr Buyiswa Mjamba-Matshoba.

This was confirmed by SA Medical Association (Sama) acting chairman Dr Mark Sonderup.

Maponyane claims to have registered with the HPCSA through Sama five years ago before de-registering himself two years later.

He also claimed that he worked as a locum for Dr Norman Mabasa, who he said had also registered him with the HPCSA.

Mabasa - who chaired Sama at the time and is currently health MEC in Limpopo - said he did not know Maponyane.

DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS MAN?

If so, contact our Health Reporter, Lindile Sifile, with your information on email sifilel@sowetan.co.za

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Sun May 26 10:34:00 SAST 2013 ::

Aug 16, 2012

Skopokopo

Hey batho Tshepo? I know him umhlola lo!!!
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Aug 16, 2012

2nevvy4u

you are playing with people's lives fool.
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Aug 16, 2012

Chichi7

Worrying that doctors are not being checked out before given a scapel to work on patients. Before long, this will be blamed on foreigners and yet it is our own people that need to be doing thorough screening of doctors and teachers.
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Aug 16, 2012

THEmadame2B-BBEE

now which morons will believe such a boy coming to them wih such stories....mara o kare was sika die chap
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Aug 16, 2012

McKena

I am sure this is Marks Maponyane's younger brother.
Next thing he will say he played for Kaizer Chiefs, and Bobby is his mentor
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Aug 16, 2012

KimiRaikonnen

Dlala dlala Mtshepino, o mpya my laitie.
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Aug 16, 2012

Kabelo10

@He initially claimed to have graduated with a bachelor's degree in medicine and surgery from the University of Pretoria (Tuks), but the university has rejected this.
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He looks so dull to be admitted in Tuks, neither in teaching or arts. Wa chansa die man.
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Aug 16, 2012

Coldcurry

There are alot of serious fraudsters out there who i think are good at what they do, i think all these people should be put be put in one room and their energies focused to a positive business cause coz i think they have an extreme potential
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Aug 16, 2012

eKapa-

Mandla Ndlala the return baba!

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Aug 16, 2012

malemaforpresident

Thatha machance thata mchana this is mzanzi alive with possibilities you snooze you loose short cut to greener pastures if they don’t give u a tender you create it mchana
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