[2][3][4][5] The CV she put before the parliamentary portfolio committee on communications, under which the SABC falls, said she graduated from the University of South Africa (UNISA) with a BCom and a postgraduate diploma in labour relations.
This claim was repeated in a statement by the presidency of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, announcing her appointment.
However, according to a Promotion of Access to Information Act application sent by the newspaper City Press, UNISA said Tshabalala had neither of the qualifications that she claimed.
UNISA's executive director of legal services and information, Jan van Wyk wrote in a letter to the newspaper City Press: "According to our records, no qualification was awarded to the mentioned individual.
Parliaments Portfolio Committee on Communications inquiry that began on 3 December 2014[6] into her qualifications found her guilty on two charges.