Local government auditing
Public scrutiny, constrained budgets, and increasing service delivery demands means local government auditors are no longer just watchdogs—they are strategic partners in public value creation. Enhancing their skills isn’t optional; it’s mission-critical. As stewards of taxpayer trust, local auditors must be equipped to assess complex risks, audit performance against outcomes, and provide assurance that public resources are aligned with community priorities. Skill enhancement empowers auditors to go beyond compliance—delivering insights that drive transparency, efficiency, and lasting impact at the heart of local governance.
Course Objective: To enhance understanding of cybersecurity governance, risks, and controls within organizational contexts, to provide insights into global cybersecurity trends and their relevance to South Africa, and to explore advanced technologies like penetration testing, big data, robotics, and artificial intelligence in cybersecurity frameworks.
Key benefits/ Outcomes/ Outcomes: Comprehensive understanding of cybersecurity governance, risks, and controls, practical knowledge of integrating advanced technologies into cybersecurity strategies, insights into aligning cybersecurity practices with global trends and the IRMSA risk report.
Course Objectives: To develop the ability to integrate AI tools and technologies into cybersecurity practices. This includes using AI for ethical hacking tasks such as reconnaissance, vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, and incident response.
Students will develop skills in applying machine learning algorithms to detect unusual patterns and behaviors that may indicate potential security threats. This capability is essential for proactively identifying and mitigating risks before they escalate.
Course Objective: This course empowers internal auditors and oversight professionals to critically evaluate the integrity, efficiency, and strategic alignment of local government supply chains. Participants will gain advanced tools to audit procurement practices, contract management, supplier performance, and risk exposure—ensuring every link in the supply chain supports transparency, service delivery, and fiscal responsibility. With a strong focus on value creation, the course equips auditors to identify inefficiencies, mitigate fraud risks, and ensure that procurement decisions align with the organization’s mission-critical objectives and community outcomes.
Course Objective: This course equips internal auditors and financial oversight professionals with the expertise to audit local government financial processes with a focus on transparency, accountability, and strategic impact. Participants will learn to evaluate budgeting, expenditure, revenue management, and financial reporting systems—not just for compliance, but for their effectiveness in enabling service delivery and long-term value. By aligning audit efforts with mission-critical objectives, this course empowers auditors to uncover inefficiencies, strengthen internal controls, and ensure that public funds are managed with integrity and purpose.
Course Objective: This course empowers internal auditors to critically assess and enhance the efficiency, effectiveness, and integrity of local government operational processes. From service delivery and administrative workflows to compliance functions and citizen engagement mechanisms, participants will learn to audit operations through a strategic lens—focusing on performance, risk, and value realization. The course equips auditors to identify process gaps, eliminate waste, and ensure that operational activities are fully aligned with mission-critical objectives and public sector outcomes that matter most to communities.
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Course Objective: This course empowers internal auditors and governance professionals to critically assess and enhance the effectiveness, accuracy, and strategic relevance of reporting processes to the board. Participants will learn to audit the full reporting lifecycle—from data integrity and narrative construction to timing, format, and alignment with mission-critical priorities. By focusing on strategic value creation, the course enables auditors to ensure that board reporting drives informed oversight, reinforces accountability, and supports agile decision-making in high-stakes environments.
Course Objective: This course equips audit and assurance professionals with the advanced capability to evaluate how effectively an organization’s structure supports the execution of its strategy. Using a value-centric lens, participants will learn to assess the alignment of governance, operating models, and decision-making hierarchies with mission-critical objectives. The course focuses on identifying structural misalignments that erode value, auditing strategic intent versus execution, and delivering insights that drive sustained performance, agility, and strategic clarity across the enterprise.
Course Objective: This course equips governance, risk, and audit professionals with the strategic tools to design, implement, and audit an effective combined assurance model that drives enterprise value. Participants will explore how to integrate assurance activities across lines of defense, eliminate duplication, and deliver a unified, risk-aligned view to executive leadership and the board. With a focus on enabling mission-critical decision-making, the course emphasizes how combined assurance strengthens accountability, enhances transparency, and ensures assurance efforts are aligned with the organization’s strategic imperatives.
Course Objective: This course empowers audit professionals to evaluate how effectively organizational performance and risk exposures align with the defined risk appetite and strategic intent. Participants will gain the skills to audit risk appetite frameworks, assess performance metrics in context, and identify disconnects that threaten value creation. The course focuses on delivering strategic insights that help boards and executive teams make informed decisions, optimize resource allocation, and ensure that the organization operates within acceptable risk boundaries while achieving its mission-critical objectives.