Auditor-General Appointment Committee 2020
Ad Hoc Committee to Recommend a Candidate for Appointment as Auditor-General
Chair: Mathole MotshekgaEst: 1 January 2020National Assembly Rule 253 + Constitution Section 193
The Auditor-General is the person who checks whether government departments are spending money correctly. They have a very important job — finding waste and corruption in government accounts. This committee chose who the next Auditor-General should be.
The Auditor-General is the person who checks whether government departments are spending money correctly. They have a very important job — finding waste and corruption in government accounts. This committee chose who the next Auditor-General should be.
To interview and recommend a candidate to the President for appointment as Auditor-General, following the retirement of Kimi Makwetu.
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To interview and recommend a candidate to the President for appointment as Auditor-General, following the retirement of Kimi Makwetu.
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Recommended Tsakani Maluleke, who was subsequently appointed as Auditor-General — the first woman to hold this position.
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