Nombembe awarded honorary Doctorate

THE University of Pretoria (UP) has conferred an honorary Doctorate in Commerce on Terence Nombembe, a chartered accountant and leader in the public and private sector who served as Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) from 2006 to 2013.

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He was also the first black South African to hold this position in the organisation’s century-long history. Nombembe received the honour at UP’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences graduation ceremony. The ceremony forms part of UP’s Autumn 2025 graduation season, which runs from May 2 to 29 and will see over 12000 students graduate.

From 2014 to 2019, Nombembe served as Chief Executive Officer of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA). In 2018 he served on the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into State Capture (Zondo Commission) as Head of Investigations, until the Commission’s term ended in June 2022. He also served on the board of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), with his term ending in 2023. In 2024 he completed his term as the Chairman of the Gauteng Ethics Advisory Council (GEAC).