Thembekile Kimi Makwetu

Thembekile Kimi Makwetu is a South African accountant, appointed in 2013 as Auditor-General of South Africa.

Thembekile Kimi Makwetu
Auditor-General
Assumed office
December 1, 2013
PresidentJacob Zuma
Preceded byTerence Nombembe
Deputy Auditor-General
In office
2007 – December 1, 2013
Personal details
BornCape Town, South Africa

Education

Makwetu was born in Cape Town, South Africa. In 1989, he graduated with a degree in Social Sciences from the University of Cape Town. After receiving a BCompt Honours degree from the University of Natal in 1997, he became a qualified chartered accountant.[1]

Career

He took a job with Standard Bank, and would go on to work at Nampak. He completed his articles of clerkship at Deloitte. He later went on to work for Metropolitan Life in Western Cape and for Liberty Life in Gauteng, before becoming a director in Deloitte's forensic unit. in 2007, he joined the Auditor-General's office as Deputy Auditor-General under Terence Nombembe.[2][3]

Auditor-General

On 1 December 2013, South African President Jacob Zuma appointed Makwetu Auditor-General of South Africa for a seven-year term.[3] In February 2014 Makwetu drew attention to what he described as "wasteful" and "irregular" government spending.[4] A later report from Makwetu in November 2015 said there had been a "slight improvement".[5]

See also
  • Comptroller and Auditor General

References
  1. "Auditor General > About > The Auditor-General". www.agsa.co.za. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  2. "Kimi Makwetu: an advocate of oversight". Business Day Live. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  3. "Zuma appoints new auditor general". The M&G Online. 1 December 2013.
  4. "Government bodies wasted R2bn last year, says AG". The M&G Online. 5 February 2014.
  5. Nicolaides, Gia (25 November 2015). "R25bn of irregular expenditure by govt departments". Eyewitness News.


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