Time runs out for TikTok doc

Matthew Lani was not only not a doctor, he didn’t have a matric

15 October 2023 - 00:00 By Staff Reporter

He enjoyed celebrity status as a TikTok doc with almost 300,000 followers, was featured on Gauteng health department social media platforms, and had a website selling his “mokhaba” pills promising weight loss...

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