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SU Annual Human Rights Lecture/US Jaarlikse Menseregtelesing
Auditor-General keynote speaker at SU Annual Human Rights Lecture
The Auditor-General of South Africa, Mr Thembekile Kimi Makwetu, will be the speaker at the Annual Human Rights Lecture of the Faculty of Law at Stellenbosch University.
Time: 18:15 for 18:30 (Kindly use this link for live streaming.)
Venue: JC de Wet Hall, Old Main Building, Faculty of Law, c/o Victoria and Ryneveld Street
RSVP: Ms Yolandi Filander on (021) 808 4853 or via yolandi@sun.ac.za
Theme: Accountability for Public Resources: The Role of the Auditor-General
The Office of the Auditor-General of South Africa is one of the Chapter 9 state institutions responsible for supporting constitutional democracy in terms of section 181 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996. It plays a critical role in safeguarding the health of South Africa’s public finances.
“Wasteful expenditure, financial mismanagement and corruption divert vital resources from the realisation of all the rights in the Bill of Rights, and undermine public confidence in the institutions of constitutional democracy,” says Professor Sandra Liebenberg, HF Oppenheimer Chair in Human Rights Law, at Stellenbosch University’s Law Faculty.
In his most recent report, the Auditor-General identifies an absence of accountability as the most significant cause of unsatisfactory local government audit outcomes. According to Liebenberg, the deterioration of municipal accountability for financial and performance management holds profound implications for local government – most notably its ability to deliver affordable services to all South Africans in a sustainable manner. “These services are part of the socio-economic rights that the State is constitutionally obliged to fulfil in terms of the Bill of Rights,” Liebenberg says.
Significant amendments to the Public Audit Act 25 of 2004 entered into force on 1 April 2019, which give more teeth to the Auditor-General’s office. These amendments empower the Auditor-General to refer suspected material irregularities arising from an audit to a relevant public body for investigation, as well as to take appropriate binding remedial action to ensure that losses suffered by the State are recovered where possible.
PROGRAMME: THURSDAY, 29 AUGUST 2019
18:00 – 18:15 Photo session
18:15 – 18:30 Tour of lecture venue
18:30 – 18:45 Formal commencement of proceedings: welcoming by Dean Nicola Smit; introduction of Mr Makwetu and theme by Professor Sandra Liebenberg
18:45 – 19:30 Annual Human Rights Lecture – Mr Makwetu
19:45 – 20:00 Note of thanks and closure – Professor Sandra Liebenberg
20:00 – 21:00 Refreshments
Ouditeur-Generaal hoofspreker by US Jaarlikse Menseregtelesing
Die ouditeur-generaal van Suid-Afrika, mnr Thembekile Kimi Makwetu, sal vanjaar die spreker wees by die Jaarlikse Menseregtelesing van die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US) se Fakulteit Regsgeleerdheid.
Tyd: 18:15 vir 18:30 (Gebruik gerus hierdie skakel vir die regstreekse uitsending.)
Lokaal: JC de Wet saal, Ou Hoofgebou, Fakulteit Regsgeleerdheid, h/v Victoria en Ryneveld Straat
RSVP: Me Yolandi Filander by (021) 808 4853 of via yolandi@sun.ac.za
Tema: Verantwoordingspligtigheid vir Openbare Hulpbronne: Die Rol van die Ouditeur-Generaal
In sy mees onlangse verslag, identifiseer die ouditeur-generaal ’n afwesigheid van verantwoordings-pligtigheid as die belangrikste oorsaak van die onbevredigende uitkomste van oudits van plaaslike regering. Volgens Liebenberg, hou die agteruitgang van munisipale verantwoordingspligtigheid vir finansiële en prestasiebestuur verreikende gevolge in vir plaaslike regering – veral vir dié sfeer van regering se vermoë om bekostigbare dienste aan alle Suid-Afrikaners op ’n volhoubare wyse te lewer. “Hierdie dienste maak deel van die sosio-ekonomiese regte uit wat die staat grondwetlik verplig is om aan te voldoen ingevolge die Handves van Regte,” meen Liebenberg.
Mnr Makwetu is ’n gekwalifiseerde geoktrooieerde rekenmeester met ’n BSocSc-graad van die Universiteit van Kaapstad, asook ’n honneursgraad in Rekeningkundige Wetenskap (Hons. BCompt) van die Universiteit van Natal. Deur die loop van sy loopbaan het mnr Makwetu by Standard Bank, Nampak, Liberty en Metropolitan Life gewerk. Hy was die direkteur van Deloitte se forensiese eenheid voor sy aanstelling as adjunk-ouditeur-generaal in die kantoor van die ouditeur-generaal van Suid-Afrika onder Terence Mncedisi Nombembe, wat van 2006 tot 2013 die pos van ouditeur-generaal beklee het. Mnr Makwetu is op 1 Desember 2013 as die nuwe ouditeur-generaal van Suid-Afrika vir ’n termyn van sewe jaar aangestel.
Vir meer inligting, skakel professor Sandra Liebenberg by (021) 808 9076 of kontak haar per e-pos by sliebenb@sun.ac.za.
PROGRAM: DONDERDAG, 29 AUGUSTUS 2019
18:00 – 18:15 Fotosessie
18:15 – 18:30 Toer van lesinglokaal
18:30 – 18:45 Formele aanvang van verrigtinge: verwelkoming deur dekaan Nicola Smit; bekendstelling van Mnr Makwetu en tema van lesing deur professor Sandra Liebenberg
18:45 – 19:30 Jaarlikse Menseregtelesing – Mnr Makwetu
19:30 – 19:45 Vrae en antwoorde
19:45 – 20:00 Bedankings en afsluiting – professor Sandra Liebenberg
20:00 – 21:00 Verversings