Molefhi urges businesses to embrace auditing
Thursday, August 13, 2015
Speaking at the 2015 Internal Audit Pitso on Monday, the Minister of Infrastructure, Science and Technology, Nonofo Molefhi said internal audit could be the panacea to many of the socio-economic challenges in the country.
“When one looks at the current state of internal audit, and reconcile it with today’s turbulent economic situations where large corporations still fail, mega projects are still also continually failing sometimes due to poor monitoring, fraud and corruption,” he said.
While the political shift brings hope for change, it also places immense pressure on the new administration to deliver on its election promises in the face of serious economic challenges.On another level, newly appointed Finance Minister Ndaba Gaolathe’s grim assessment of the country’s finances adds urgency to the moment. The budget deficit, expected to be P8.7 billion, is now anticipated to be even higher due to underperforming diamond...