Dr Lethiwe Nzama-Sithole is a Senior Lecturer and Deputy Head in the Department of Commercial Accounting at the University of Johannesburg. Lethiwe teaches Auditing and Internal Controls at a second-year level in the Diploma in Accountancy. She has previously lectured on Financial Accounting, worked as an Accountant and as an Internal Auditor and has over 19 years of working experience. She also teaches at the Johannesburg Business School on part-time basis.

Lethiwe is a well-balanced academic, as she contributes immensely to the Accountancy sector through teaching and learning, research activities and community service. She is a Certified Internal Auditor and holds PhD in Auditing. She supervises PhD, MBA, MCom and BCom Honours students. She also serves and a moderator and examiner for other universities on part- time basis.

She is a board member of the Institute of Internal Auditors South Africa and Board of Trustee for the University of Johannesburg Pension Fund. She previously served in boards and committees including a board member in the Leadership Academy for Guardians of Governance and a Finance Board Trustee for a sectional Body Corporate, to list a few.

Lethiwe is a deputy chairperson of the Research Ethics Committee and a member of High Degrees Committee at the UJ School of Accounting. She is also a Vice President Education IIASA Toastmasters Club and Co-leads YLC Student Chapter. She is also part of the leadership team for the Continuous Auditing for Public Sector Internal Auditing (CAPIA) research project focusing on public sector governance issues. She is the past chairperson of the first year experience committee for the Department of Commercial Accounting at UJ.
Lethiwe was awarded an Educator of the Year 2022 Award by the Institute of Internal Auditors South Africa in 2022. In 2023 she was the Semi-Finalist for of the Gender Mainstreaming Awards as a Positive Role Model and 3rd in Gauteng Province and in the Professional Services Sector. She was also recently (September 2023) awarded an honorary membership by the Golden Key International Honour Society and presented a keynote address around the three pillars of academics, leadership and service which was positively received.

Lethiwe enjoys spending time with her family, cooking, gym, and travelling in her private time.