OBITUARY
Kimi Makwetu: A visionary internationalist who loved SA to the end
Deputy auditor-general and auditor-general-elect Tsakani Maluleke pays tribute to her boss and mentor Kimi Makwetu, who died on November 11
18 November 2020 - 09:00
Auditor-general Kimi Makwetu, my boss and mentor for the past eight years, left us last week. His death, at the age of 54, comes at a time when the auditing and accounting profession that he lived for is experiencing reputation-denting crises worldwide, most of them self-inflicted.
Kimi’s untimely passing is tragic; he was a visionary leader, pioneering initiatives locally and internationally to restore the reputation of this noble profession...
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