Kedibone Madiehe, CEO of the GPAA, faces a disciplinary hearing amidst serious allegations of financial misconduct. The hearing comes on the heels of extensive forensic investigations conducted by three independent firms, which have scrutinised allegations of governance irregularities and financial misconduct within the agency. Ministry of Finance spokesperson Mfuneko Toyana said Madiehe has received the investigative findings and the related charges that will form the basis of the proceedings.
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana placed Madiehe on precautionary suspension in August 2025 after allegations of serious misconduct concerning high-value procurement transactions. Allegations of extensive financial mismanagement have recently affected the GPAA, the body responsible for managing the pension matters of approximately 1.7 million individuals, including government employees, pensioners, and their dependants. Governance failures and irregular spending, including questionable contracts worth hundreds of millions of rand, were flagged in an internal audit by Abacwaningi Business Solutions.
The total estimated irregular spending exceeds R500 million. The audit exposed allegations that the GPAA had paid R270m to contractors for refurbishments on a building it had no legal access to under a lease deal valued at R1 billion. The agency also allegedly squandered R148m leasing mobile office buses and more than R100m on duplicate ICT projects.
