Internal Audit and Combined Assurance in Practice

Internal audit sits between management assurance and the audit committee, and the gap between those two is where most findings get lost. Risk based audit planning, evidence discipline and reporting that boards and accounting officers act on, using South African public and private sector cases.

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What you will be able to do

Build a risk based annual audit plan that maps to the organisation's actual risk register rather than last year's schedule.
Distinguish the assurance provided by internal audit, external audit, management self assessment and regulatory inspection.
Gather and reference audit evidence that survives challenge from an auditee or an external reviewer.
Write findings with a clear condition, cause, consequence and agreed corrective action.
Apply PFMA and MFMA expectations when auditing public entities and municipalities.
Present audit results to an audit committee so that systemic control failure is separated from isolated error.

Course outline

01The assurance landscape and where audit fits
02Building the risk based annual audit plan
03Scoping and planning an individual engagement
04Evidence, sampling and working paper discipline
05Combined assurance mapping and reliance decisions
06Findings, root cause and corrective action tracking
07Reporting to the audit committee and accounting officer
08Public sector specifics under PFMA and MFMA

Who should attend

Internal auditors, audit managers, risk officers, compliance managers and finance staff moving into an assurance role. Also relevant for audit committee members and municipal or public entity officials responsible for internal control.

Dates, venues and fees

Dates	Venue	Days	Fee	Register
28 Sep to 2 Oct 2026	Lusaka	5	US$1,800	Closed
5 to 9 Oct 2026	Harare	5	US$1,800	Register
12 to 16 Oct 2026	Accra	5	US$1,800	Register
19 to 23 Oct 2026	Lagos	5	US$1,800	Register
26 to 30 Oct 2026	Dubai	5	US$1,800	Register
2 to 6 Nov 2026	Johannesburg	5	R18,000	Register
9 to 13 Nov 2026	Cape Town	5	R18,000	Register
16 to 20 Nov 2026	Durban	5	R18,000	Register
23 to 27 Nov 2026	Pretoria	5	R18,000	Register
30 Nov to 4 Dec 2026	Nairobi	5	US$1,800	Register
7 to 11 Dec 2026	Dar es Salaam	5	US$1,800	Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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Training a whole team?

We can run Internal Audit and Combined Assurance in Practice privately for your team, on your dates and built around your own systems. Group delivery is usually more cost effective from about six delegates.

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