Parliament has shortlisted eight candidates to be interviewed for the position to be left vacant by incumbent Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu in November.
Dr Moses Gasela, employed as the CFO in the Office of the Premier in the Northern Cape, made the list.
He previously worked in the Eastern Cape provincial Treasury and as finance director in the Justice Department.
Gasela holds chartered accountant qualifications from the UK and a PhD in finance.
The candidates were shortlisted last Tuesday (4 August) from 71 applications received by the ad hoc committee on the appointment of the auditor-general on 17 July.
The other candidates include Edmond Shoko-Lekhuleni, Michael Sass, Rachel Kalidass, Shabeer Khan, Tankiso Moloi, Zakariya Hoosain and Tsakani Maluleke. They will be interviewed for the job this month.
The term of current AG Kimi Makwetu ends on 30 November.
