Meet The New Auditor-General SA:
Tsakani Maluleke
by Charndré Emma Kippie
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n November 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa made the special announcement that Tsakani Maluleke would take up the position of the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA), for the next seven years.
She has experience in both the private and public sectors, and has expert knowledge in areas such as consulting, auditing, corporate advisory, investment management, development finance, and skills development agencies.
Tsakani is the first woman to hold this position in the supreme audit institution’s 109-year history, and was also the first female deputy auditor-general, working alongside Kimi Makwetu since 2014.
Adding to her string of impressive accolades, Tsakani previously served on the Presidential BEE Advisory Council. Here she led a subcommittee that developed recommendations for broad-based black economic empowerment. Taking up the position of chairperson of the CA Charter Council, she headed the first BEE sector charter, which focused heavily on essential transformation initiatives, which continues to open doors for black people to enter the accountancy profession. Tsakani is also currently the Chair of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Tsakani, who has been dubbed the ‘public finance watchdog’, takes over from her predecessor who passed on 11 November 2020, after serving as the auditor-general between 2013 and 2020. Tsakani is a highly talented Chartered Accountant with a booming career which has spanned over more than 20 years. 14 | Public Sector Leaders
A mom of two beautiful daughters, today Tsakani manages to balance a big career with a healthy lifestyle, often taking time out to play a few sets of tennis. It is also known that she is quite the fan of Formula One and motorsport, in general.
