It was not long ago that SA’s auditing standards were regarded as the world’s best. As recently as 2016 the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) global competitiveness report ranked SA auditing standards No 1 worldwide, a position held for seven consecutive years.
Fast forward to the latest WEF report, for 2019, and SA’s auditing standards now rank 49 out of 141 countries...
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