Duo sentenced for 2020 matric exam paper leak
Two people who admitted leaking the 2020 matric Maths exam have been sentenced in Gauteng.
Photos of the paper 2 exam were circulated on WhatsApp, with learners in Limpopo and Gauteng receiving it before the exam in November.
The paper had to be rewritten nationally several weeks later.
Themba Shikwambana, an employee at the Johannesburg printing company responsible for exam materials, was arrested in Orange Farm just over a week after the leak.
His accomplice Thobile Duze was nabbed in Port Shepstone seven months later.
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Pretoria Hawks spokesperson Christopher Singo says the duo pleaded guilty and was sentenced in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.
" The court sentenced Shikwambana and Duze it to a fine of R100,000 or 12 months imprisonment of which R50,000 or six months imprisonment is suspended for a period of five years on condition that they are not convicted of the same offence.
"During the period of suspension, the court ordered them to pay the amount of R50,000 on a monthly installment of R5,000 on or before April, 2026. The court further sentence, the accused to three years imprisonment or suspended for five years."
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