Principal Officer

Mr. Xolani Radebe is the founder and Principal Officer of Khambi Lytha. He is a self-driven, innovative, confident, hard-working and ambitious young professional who lives by the mantra of getting up in the morning, working hard and going after exactly what you want in life with all that you have and obtaining the desired results. From an early age, he has interacted and worked with people from diverse backgrounds which has enabled him to thrive in diversity management and understanding of the different skills each person possesses to be able to utilize the skills in the most efficient manner and ensure that organisations are united and work together successfully.

Mr. Radebe is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. As a Strategic Business Leader, he has strong Business and Commercial Acumen and is always kept up to date with developments in the Financial, Governance, and Public sector through Continuous Professional Development and engaging in courses, seminars and technical articles. Mr. Radebe also keeps up to date with developments in the Public Financial structures and organizations such as the Reserve Bank, National Treasury, JSE and other Finance sector structures.

Mr. Radebe has extensive experience in auditing and as a qualified Chartered Accountant, subscribes to the fundamental principles of his, and other professional bodies in the auditing profession. He is deadline driven and strives for excellent and quality service to clients and ensure high client satisfaction.

He served in different capacities at Auditor General SA including project management of clients including the Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE), Department of Justice, Department of Trade and Industry, Department of Human Settlements, Department of Public Works, Randfontein Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Nkangala District Municipality and the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality.

He is well versed in Public sector Strategic Planning and budgeting issues and has mastered audit execution and reporting and his prior education, continued professional development and 13 years in the finance sector have provided him with the requisite experience with different legislation, policies and standards used in the audit and accounting profession such as King IV Code, International Financial Reporting Standards, IIA Standards, International Standards on Auditing, GAAP, Modified Cash Standards, GRAP.

At a national government level, Mr. Radebe has provided support to various public entities, and exercised oversight over their various divisions in areas such as Financial Analysis, Governance, Compliance management, Audit Improvement Plans and HR related issues. He further assisted in allocating approved MTEF allocations as per the department’s ENE budget Vote to the Public entities and ensured that cost compliance measures were adhered to.

The oversight of the Public entities also included their budget spending and expenditure needs, the coordination and submission of annual performance plans, strategic plans and quarterly reports, and tabling to Parliament, of the entities  Strategic Plans, Annual Performance Plans, Annual Reports.

Mr. Radebe has engaged with different strategic level stakeholders such as Executive Authority, Accounting officer, Council/Board of Directors, Internal audit, Audit and Risk Committee, Bid Adjudication Committee, allowing him to be best suited to address your organisation’s strategic needs.

His strong ethical background, which was built through his years in the auditing environment where ethics are seen as the cornerstone of the profession and his computer literacy and digital acumen in software such as Microsoft office, Teammate, Oracle, SAP, Xero, BAS, LOGIS, SAGE make him the best consultant for your needs.

Mr. Radebe has consulted on the Discretionary and Mandatory grants for SETAs, led forensic investigations on fraud, malfeasance, Human resource related grievances and Supply Chain management, probity reviewed procurement files for tenders awarded for irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure, and performed claims validation and investigation for large insurance clients, with all those activities culminating in the drafting of final reports to Those Charged with Governance on the outcomes of the validation processes and investigation, grant evaluation, forensic investigations.

His client portfolio as a consultant included Government and Employees Medical Scheme, Transnet Engineering, SASRIA, Agriculture Research Council, and Food and Beverages Manufacturing SETA to name a few.