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Auditing

Blockchain-based financial reporting has potential to empower SMMEs
Thought Leader
/ 12 May 2025

Blockchain-based financial reporting has potential to empower SMMEs

It can eliminate the need for expensive and time-consuming manual audits, creating verifiable financial histories automatically, with minimal cost.

By Yonela Faba
‘It is right that auditing is under scrutiny’ — Deloitte Africa CEO-elect
Business
/ 29 November 2021

‘It is right that auditing is under scrutiny’ — Deloitte Africa CEO-elect

Incoming chief executive Ruwayda Redfearn says Deloitte has learned a lot about the importance of ‘professional scepticism’ from its corporate mishaps

By Anathi Madubela
South Africa’s audit independence tops World Bank rankings
Business
/ 5 August 2021

South Africa’s audit independence tops World Bank rankings

Only two countries received a perfect score in ​​latest report on national audit institutions

By Luke Feltham
Blockchain tech can raise tax revenues
Business
/ 25 April 2021

Blockchain tech can raise tax revenues

But the South African Revenue Service doesn’t yet have the skills and multiple users to adopt it

By Sarah Smit
Balancing the books: Give the auditors some credit
Opinion
/ 13 January 2021

Balancing the books: Give the auditors some credit

This is an article in reponse to Khaya Sithole’s column on 14 November, The decline and fall of South Africa’s auditing profession

By Shaun Read
Covid-19 crisis: Audit offices must rise to the occasion
Article
/ 28 April 2020

Covid-19 crisis: Audit offices must rise to the occasion

The government’s good work can easily be undone should the risks of fraud and corruption not be addressed proactively

By Kimi Makwetu
The members of the National Lotteries Commission Board
Article
/ 14 December 2018

The members of the National Lotteries Commission Board

They bring a strong commitment to change and development

By Advertorial
Pattern of wasteful expenditure as audit regression increases
Article
/ 21 November 2018

Pattern of wasteful expenditure as audit regression increases

The Auditor General says over the last four years, more audit outcomes have regressed than improved

By Gemma Ritchie
‘We are disappointed, but expect others to follow’ — KPMG on Nedbank
Article
/ 29 October 2018

‘We are disappointed, but expect others to follow’ — KPMG on Nedbank

Nedbank announced on Monday that Ernst & Young and Deloitte & Touche would take over its external auditing

By Khulekani Magubane
Manuel: SA auditors got too comfortable with being number one
Article
/ 13 June 2018

Manuel: SA auditors got too comfortable with being number one

South Africa’s auditing profession had been ranked first in the World Economic Forum’s Competitive Index for six years but has fallen from grace

By Lameez Omarjee
New ombud in hot water over VBS
Article
/ 8 June 2018

New ombud in hot water over VBS

A housing scheme regulator invested R80m in the troubled bank. Now the minister has stepped in

By Sabelo Skiti and Thanduxolo Jika
KPMG expects 400 people to leave as auditor reshapes business
Article
/ 4 June 2018

KPMG expects 400 people to leave as auditor reshapes business

It will remain a ‘business of significant scale’, KPMG said, with more than 130 partners and 2 200 employees

By Marelise Van Der Merwe
Exodus continues as Finbond dumps KPMG
Article
/ 31 May 2018

Exodus continues as Finbond dumps KPMG

The JSE-listed mutual savings bank said KPMG’s appointment as external auditors would terminate at the end of June 2018

By Agency
IDC appoints new auditors after dumping KPMG
Article
/ 27 May 2018

IDC appoints new auditors after dumping KPMG

This follows the decision taken by its annual general meeting not to reappoint KPMG, which had previously audited the IDC

By Staff Reporter
WATCH LIVE: Auditor-General releases municipal audit results
Article
/ 23 May 2018

WATCH LIVE: Auditor-General releases municipal audit results

Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu will report back on the audit results of the country’s municipalities for the 2016/2017 financial year

By Staff Reporter
Auditing watchdog snowed under as 5 investigators struggle with 150 cases
Article
/ 10 May 2018

Auditing watchdog snowed under as 5 investigators struggle with 150 cases

​The Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors admitted to Parliament on Wednesday that it has resource constraints

By Khulekani Magubane
Eskom board faces massive clean-up job
Article
/ 30 January 2018

Eskom board faces massive clean-up job

Although auditors have cautioned the new board on its financial health, the newly appointed board is positive that it can turn things around

By Thulebona Mhlanga
Steinhoff scandal points to major gaps in stopping unethical corporate behaviour
Article
/ 18 December 2017

Steinhoff scandal points to major gaps in stopping unethical corporate behaviour

A suit of highly paid professional services seem to have failed investors in the unfolding Steinhoff corporate scandal

By Jannie Rossouw
Mashaba returns 3 hijacked Jo’burg buildings to rightful owners
Article
/ 21 November 2017

Mashaba returns 3 hijacked Jo’burg buildings to rightful owners

​Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba announced on Tuesday that three hijacked buildings in the city had been returned to their rightful owners

By Staff Reporter
Audit watchdog sharpens its fangs
Article
/ 11 August 2017

Audit watchdog sharpens its fangs

The IRBA is legally mandated to ensure the public can trust that audits are clean

By Staff Reporter
Government shows slight improvement in AG report
Article
/ 13 November 2013

Government shows slight improvement in AG report

Outgoing auditor general Terence Nombembe’s report on national and provincial departments reflect "a pattern of positive outcomes".

By Sarah Evans
Report damns Gauteng audit unit
Article
/ 27 September 2013

Report damns Gauteng audit unit

Highly paid staff keep their jobs despite dodgy hiring process and lack of qualifications.

By Tabelo Timse & and Sam Sole
Business can do a lot better
Article
/ 12 April 2013

Business can do a lot better

View from the former judge.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 12 August 2008

MPs urged to grant auditors ‘limited liability’

MPs on Tuesday heard a plea for auditors to be granted limited liability from legal actions.

By Michael Hamlyn
No image available
Article
/ 22 June 2008

Local govt’s spending black hole

More than 60% of municipalities cannot say where their money comes from and more than half cannot provide proof of how they spend it.

By Mandy Rossouw

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