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6th ParliamentConcluded

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

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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.

In plain English

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.

Legal framing

To interview and recommend a candidate to the President for appointment as Auditor-General, following the retirement of Kimi Makwetu.

Mandate

To interview and recommend a candidate to the President for appointment as Auditor-General, following the retirement of Kimi Makwetu.

Announced1 January 2020
First meeting
Concluded1 May 2020
Report adopted
Category
Appointments

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Outcome

What happened

Recommended Tsakani Maluleke, who was subsequently appointed as Auditor-General — the first woman to hold this position.

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