PROFILE - NEW PwC SA CEO
PwC South Africa has appointed Anastacia Tshesane as its new Chief Executive Officer, with her term commencing on 1 July 2026.
This appointment follows the planned retirement of current CEO Shirley Machaba after a 24-year career.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
1/ The new CEO, Anastacia Tshesane, is a nineteen-year veteran of the firm and has extensive governance experience.
2/ Her appointment is seen as a key step in ensuring institutional continuity during a period of intense regulatory change, including Mandatory Audit Firm Rotation, and technological disruption in the auditing sector.
3/ Tshesane currently serves as the Chairman of both the PwC South Africa Governing Board and the PwC Africa Governance Board, roles she has held since July 2021.
4/ She will hand over the dual Chairmanship positions to Alsue du Preez, who is PwC’s Africa Insurance Leader.
5/ Tshesane’s professional expertise as an Assurance Partner spans the Financial Services, Consumer Markets, and Industrial Products and Services sectors.
6/ Before her CEO role, Tshesane served as the firm’s Transformation, Diversity, and Inclusion Leader for the South Market Area.
7/ Qualifications and memberships:
➡️ B Comm (Accounting+Hns)
➡️ CA (SA)
➡️ Member: SAICA
➡️ Member: IRBA
➡️ Member: AWCA
➡️ Member: ABASA
➡️ Member: BMF
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Sesethu Enhle Mboza, 19, took her own life on 29 October 2025 after being brutally raped by a fellow student from Nelson Mandela University.
After allegedly being raped in October, Sesethu opened a case with the police. The perpetrator was arrested but later released on bail. Despite this, Nelson Mandela University failed to take adequate action, allowing her alleged attacker to remain on campus.
Sesethu suffered from severe trauma and panic attacks after repeatedly seeing her perpetrator on campus, the very place where she should have felt safe.
Women For Change is deeply shocked and outraged that a student charged with rape was allowed to return to campus, the very environment where his victim should have felt protected and supported. This is not only a failure of compassion but a complete disregard for the safety and mental well-being of survivors.
Where are the Gender-Based Violence policies that universities are required to have in place to protect their students? Survivors should never have to relive their trauma by crossing paths with their perpetrators.
We call on Nelson Mandela University and all higher education institutions to take full accountability and urgently strengthen their GBV response mechanisms. No survivor should ever be left feeling unsafe, unheard, or unsupported within a place of learning.
Sesethu’s life mattered. She deserves justice. @MandelaUni@CWGS_MandelaUni
#WomenForChange #UnburyTheTruth
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