Investigations have revealed that the son of a senior human resources employee at the Department of Basic Education was the key distributor of leaked matric exam papers Image:File Picture: Armand Hough/Independent Newspapers The chairperson of the National Investigative Task Team (NITT), Professor Chika Sehoole, has revealed that a departmental human resources official at the Department of Basic Education (DBE), whose son is a Grade 12 learner, has been identified as a source of the 2025 NSC examination paper leak. Sehoole was briefing the media alongside Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube on Friday afternoon following the release of the NITT’s interim report into the examination breach. The leak has been confined to about 40 learners from eight schools in the Tshwane area.
The DEB had previously interviewed 26 learners whose scripts were flagged during analysis. Investigations confirmed that these learners had prior access to examination question papers and marking guidelines. Sehoole said the department was alerted after identifying an unusual similarity between a candidate’s responses and the official marking guideline for English Home Language Paper 2.
