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Department of
Economic Development and Planning
Litiko Letekutfutfukiswa Umnyango
Wezokuthuthukiswa Departement van Ekonomiese
Kwetemnotfo nekuHlela KoMnotho nezokuTlanywa
Ontwikkeling en Beplanning
TO : ALL MEDIA
ATTENTION : PRODUCERS/JOURNALISTS
DATE: 19 AUGUST 2008
Department of
Economic Development and Planning mourns the
passing away of its CFO, Mr George Msiza
The Mpumalanga
Department of Economic Development and
Planning announces with great sadness the
passing away of Mr. George Msiza. He was the
Chief Financial Officer for the Department
of Economic Development & Planning, a post
that he held since June 2001 until his
untimely death on Friday, 15 August 2008.
Mr Msiza contributed in a number of
processes and projects that helped ensure
sound management of the finances of the
department. During his early years in the
public service, Mr Msiza participated in the
commission that drafted the Public Finance
Management Act (PFMA) which has been
acclaimed as one of the best legislation
since the ushering in of a new democratic
dispensation in the country.
Before joining the Department of Economic
Development of Planning (then Department of
Economic Affairs and Finance) in 2001, Mr
Msiza worked in Parliament of the Republic
of South Africa (Cape Town); served as
financial advisor at the Embekweni
Municipality in Paarl (Western Cape), worked
in the office of the Auditor General in
Nelspruit and also at the Department of
Environmental Affairs and Tourism.
In his capacity as the Chief Financial
Officer, Mr Msiza participated in the
restructuring of the Department and its
agencies (Mpumalanga Economic Growth Agency
and Mpumalanga Tourism & Parks Agency),
taking care of the financial matters
connected therewith.
He was a loyal and dedicated cadre who would
jealously guard the prescripts that govern
financial management in the provincial
government. He will be soely missed by his
family, members of the staff, his colleagues
in the Chief Financial Officers’ Forum, his
movement to which he was dedicated to its
ideals and programmes and indeed by the
whole Mpumalanga Provincial Government.
George Msiza will be laid to rest at Loding
Cementry, Loding (the former Kwa-Ndebele) on
Saturday, 23 August 2008. May his soul rest
in peace.
For more information, contact
Letshela Jonas on 013 766 4323/079 5000 154
Winnie Rambau on 071 672 1709
Issued by the Department of Economic
Development and Planning, Mpumalanga
Provincial Government
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