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By Siyabonga Mkhwanazi, Se Anne Anne 
8h ago
Durban – Outgoing Auditor General Kimi Makwetu passed away.
According to his office, Makwetu (54) died of stage four cancer. He was diagnosed with lung cancer two years ago.
In a statement, the Attorney General’s office said it was saddened by the news.
“It is with great sadness and shock that we announce the passing of Auditor General Kimi Makwetu this afternoon. Mr. Makwetu passed away in hospital. He was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer in June 2018,” the statement read.
Makwetu had been a part of the auditor general’s office for several years.
Makwetu has appeared before various committees of Parliament where he issued reports on the departments and municipalities.
Their audit reports have been endorsed by political parties in Parliament, as they identified a number of irregularities in the spheres of national, provincial and local government.
Just a few days ago, political parties paid tribute to Makwetu after serving a seven-year non-renewable term.
NCOP Vice President Sylvia Lucas praised Makwetu for seeking to have the AG Standing Committee review the powers of her position and the suitability to adequately address systematic failures in public finances.
According to the Auditor General’s website, Makwetu was appointed to the position of Attorney General by former President Jacob Zuma in December 2013.
Thembekile Kimi Makwetu was born in Cape Town and completed a BA in Social Sciences at the University of Cape Town in 1989. He received a BCompt BA with honors from the University of Natal (distance education in 1997) and was a qualified public accountant.
He started his career at Standard Bank and later worked at Nampak.
He completed his articles at Deloitte, where he rose to senior management before joining Liberty and Metropolitan Life in Cape Town (Western Cape). He moved to Gauteng in 2003, where he worked at Liberty Life.
Makwetu returned to Deloitte as a director in the firm’s forensic unit prior to his appointment as Deputy Auditor General at the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA).
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