The culture of overstating qualifications pervades the country’s political landscape, and it points to a broader issue of lying. This is the analysis of political commentator, Andrew Ihsaan Gasnolar.

He was speaking as yet another member of the Democratic Alliance has allegedly inflated their qualifications.

Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, JP Smith, had reportedly claimed to have had an honours degree in English.

Gasnolar says that while politicians may not lie about these qualifications, they may be inflated.