​​​​​The Center for Student Leadership, Experiential Education and Citizenship (CSLEEC) is hosting the annual Frederik van Zyl Slabbert Honorary Lecture on 14 August and would like to invite all staff and students to attend. 

Seats are limited, so please click here​ to reserve a seat online for 8 August 2023.

This year, the lecture will be delivered by Ms Tsakani Maluleke, South Africa's Auditor-General and the first woman to hold this position in the supreme audit institution's 109-year history. 

Ms Maluleke is a fellow and moderator of the African Leadership Initiative and the Aspen Global Leadership Network. Her background as a chartered accountant (CA) spans more than 20 years, with experience in both the private and public sectors, in areas as diverse as auditing, consulting, corporate advisory services, development finance, investment management and skills development. As a member of the Presidential Black Economic Empowerment Advisory Council, she successfully led a subcommittee that developed recommendations for broad-based black economic empowerment (BBEE). As chairperson of the CA Charter Council, she led the first BEE sector charter to be gazetted. This charter focused on key transformation initiatives that improved access to the profession for black people. As a non-executive member of the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services (FAIS) Ombud committee, she advised in the setting up of the FAIS Ombud office.

Ms Maluleke's career is motivated by a passion to actively contribute to advancing black people in the accountancy profession. She has pursued this passion through her work with various organisations, including Business Unity South Africa (BUSA), African Women Chartered Accountants (AWCA), and the Association for the Advancement of Black Accountants of Southern Africa (ABASA), of which she is a past president. Her role as the former non-executive chairperson of the board of SAICA (South African Institute of  Chartered Accountants) was a continuation of this work. 

Her commitment to service excellence and ethical leadership, and her contribution to transformation have been recognised and awarded by the presidents of ABASA, AWCA and the Black Management Forum (BMF). 

This annual honorary lecture, with the financial support of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation, aims to create a platform for our student leaders, academics and the broader international community to engage critically with current South African political and governance issues.​ This annual honorary lecture, with the financial support of the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation, aims to create a platform for our student leaders, academics and the broader international community to engage critically with current South African political and governance issues.

​THEME: ​

Good governance, good citizenship? What do South Africans require for engaged citizenship?

DATE: Monday, 14 August 2023

TIME: 17:30 for 18:00 – 20:00

VENUE: Wallenberg Research Centre at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), 10 Marais Street, Stellenbosch, or online

DRESS: Smart casual

RSVP: Seats are limited, so kindly click here​ to book online before 8 August 2023

Please note that this will be a hybrid event. The link will besent to those who have indicated online attendance on Monday, 14 August 2023.