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Thembekile Kimi Makwetu

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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

Thembekile Kimi Makwetu is the Auditor-General of South Africa. He 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]

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 Western Cape and Liberty Life 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]

On 1 December 2013, South African President Jacob Zuma appointed Makwetu Auditor-General of South Africa.

See also

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. Retrieved 2 April 2016.