Basic education DG Mweli fires back over lifestyle audit claims

Mweli willing to undergo lifestyle audit

The DG also rejected implications that his position on the lifestyle audit raised questions about his integrity or responsibility regarding public funds.

Basic education DG Mweli fires back over lifestyle audit claims

Basic education minister Siviwe Gwarube's top official has fired back at reports he refused a lifestyle audit, claiming that he, not she, came up with the idea.

Mweli: No personal dispute over textbooks, lifestyle audit reports misleading - Inside Politics

Basic Education Director-General Mathanzima Mweli has dismissed claims of tension between him and Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube, insisting that differences over the contested Foundation Phase textbook catalogue have been wrongly portrayed as a personal battle between the department's two most senior officials.

Basic Education DG Mweli Ready To Undergo Lifestyle Audit But Insists On Correct Process

Johannesburg – Department of Basic Education Director-General Mathanzima Hubert Mweli has moved to correct reports that he was resisting a lifestyle audit. “Some of that reporting has characterised my position as a refusal to undergo a lifestyle audit. That characterisation does not reflect my position,” Mweli said in a statement late Monday, 21 September 2026. […]