Nanette Silukhuni rose to become a commissioner at Zimbabwe's Anti-Corruption Commission even though she had a fake PhD. She did not get arrested or face any sanction. Instead, she moved to the Ministry of Information.

Munacho Mutezo, once a Cabinet minister, was a political heavyweight who even landed on US sanctions (2005–2017). In 2018, he was investigated over Wicknell Chivayo’s Gwanda solar project and had a $335,000 RBZ debt he never repaid.

Touted as a brilliant technocrat when appointed, Mutezo had an impressive résumé. But there’s one detail often overlooked—his PhD. It’s fake.