Shortlisting of Candidates for Post of Auditor General

APPOINTMENT OF AUDITOR GENERAL: AD HOC COMMITTEE
20 June 2006
SHORTLISTING OF CANDIDATES FOR POST OF AUDITOR GENERAL

Acting Chairperson: Mr V Smith (ANC)

SUMMARY
The Committee asked the public to leave the meeting during the short-listing discussion. On reopening the meeting, the Committee noted that four names had been short-listed and these names would be made public once all four candidates had been informed.

The candidate names were later released and are as follows: Diatile Lily Zondo, Abdul Kariem Hoosain, Terrence Mncedisi Nombembe, Imtiaz Fazel.

MINUTES

The Committee closed part of the meeting to the public as it decided that the short listing of the candidates for the Auditor General post should be conducted in private since it involved discussing the merits and demerits of the candidates.

After conducting the short-listing process, the Committee reported that they had unanimously agreed upon four candidates. The Committee would not disclose their identity to the public, since they would have to inform the people concerned first. The public would know by Wednesday who the short-listed candidates were, and the interviews would be conducted on 27 or 29 June 2006. It was hoped to finalise the interviews in one day. There would be a standard set of questions to achieve transparency and fairness.

Dr G Woods (UPSA) suggested that the candidates who were not successful receive letters to thank them for applying. The chairperson stated that all the candidates would receive letters by the end of the day to let them know if they had been short-listed or not.

The committee would meet the following Monday, 26 June, to try to finalise the interview questions. It was hoped that the interviews would be conducted on Tuesday 27 June.

The meeting was adjourned.