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Tsakani Maluleke Biography

Basic Information

Stage Name: Tsakani Maluleke
Real Name: Tsakani Maluleke
Occupation: Chartered Accountant, Auditor General
Date Of Birth/Age:
Place of Birth: Pretoria, South Africa
Gender: Female
Nationality: South African
Marital Status: Single
Education: St. Andrew’s School for Girls

University of Cape Town

Biography

Tsakani Maluleke is a South African chartered accountant. She was recently appointed by the president, Cyril Ramaphosa, to be the country’s Auditor-General. She is the first woman to occupy the seat. Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee unanimously recommended Maluleke for the position of Auditor-General on October 20th, 2020. However, she is believed to pass through the National Assembly stage because she has the support of political parties.

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Age

Tsakani Maluleke was born in Pretoria, South Africa, on June 14th, 1976. She celebrated her 45th birthday in June 2021.

Siblings

Tsakani Maluleke has two sisters and a brother. Her sister, Basani Maluleke, is the CEO of African Bank. According to reports, Basani quit her position as CEO following with a chairperson at African Bank. According to Business Day, Maluleke’s resignation was the direct consequence of her “difficult” working relationship with Dloti. 

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Early Life & Career;

Before moving with her family to Johannesburg as a teenager, Tsakani Maluleke was raised in Soshanguvien in Pretoria. Her family owned a supermarket she worked in from the age of 9. Maluleke is a registered auditor with over 20 years of working experience in both the private and public sectors. She is also a chartered accountant and a non-executive chairperson of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA).

In 2012, Maluleke joined the office of the Director-general and was made the national leader for audit services. In 2014, Maluleke was appointed Deputy Auditor-general of South Africa. She advanced from there to become the Director-general in 2020. The Parliament Ad-hoc committee recommended her on appointments.

In 2018, she received the BMF Black Leadership award. Following her appointment as AG, she became the first South African in history. She is currently serving a non-renewable 7-year term.

Salary

Following reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa set the salaries of some of the heads of chapter nine institutions, including the Director-general, Tsakani began to receive R5.1m. She started her seven-year term in December 2020, replacing the late Kimi Makwetu. Maluleke had been paid R4.26m while she worked as Makwetu’s deputy.

According to iol, “in 2019, Maluleke’s pay was R5.28m, which included just over R4m gross remuneration and a performance bonus of about R1.24m, according to the Office of the Auditor-General’s 2019/20 annual report.”

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Parents

Tsakani Maluleke is the daughter of the late George Maluleke. Her father was a lawyer and, later, a judge. Maluleke acted as a judge at the Venda High Court before being appointed a high court judge in 1993. He passed away in August 2017, at the age of 76. Gauteng Premier David Makhura said about the late judge in a statement; “We will remember Judge Maluleke for his complete integrity, independence and his immense contribution towards transforming the country’s justice system”. Maluleke was known for his contribution to the rule of law and the development of young black minds in law practice.

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Education

Tsakani Maluleke completed her high school education at St. Andrew’s School for Girls in Senderwood, Johannesburg. Later on, she bags a Bcom in Accountancy at the University of Cape Town in 1996. The following year, 1997, Tsakani got a postgraduate diploma in Accountancy. She later bagged about Postgraduate diploma in Development and Public Management.

Contact Details

Fans looking to connect with Director-general Tsakani Maluleke can follow her via her Twitter account @tsakanimspice. Unfortunately, there is no available phone number to contact her. Maluleke is also not active on Instagram.

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