Replacing The Auditor-General

Farrel — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 10:47:00 -0500

Auditor-General Shauket Fakie is due to leave the post later this year and who can blame him. The Auditor-General is possibly one of the most depressing jobs in government as you dutifully report on financial management troubles and advise on ways to correct them only to have government ignore you completely.

In the past few weeks the Auditor-General’s office has released report after report slating the financial mismanagement at the departments of Home Affairs, Justice and Housing as well as local governments. Doing all that detective work and then watching while it continues unabated must depress even the most optimistic of people. Let’s hope that the candidates being interviewed – Deputy Auditor-General Terence Nombembe, the auditor-general’s corporate executive officer, Diatile Zondo, and the chief executive officer of the Independent Regulators Board of Auditors, Kariem Hoosain – have got the required mindset (or a recurring prescription for anti-depressants).

Although considering the exemplary work the AG’s office has been doing lately and the challenges that still remain you would expect better then a 5% increase in budget?

Politics.za: Replacing The Auditor-General

Replacing The Auditor-General