Systems of checks and balances were implemented to maintain public accounting as early as the days of ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans.
 
Auditing evolved and grew rapidly after the industrial revolution in the 18th century where a need arose to provide credibility to the financial statements prepared by company management for their shareholders. In this article, Americo explores bridging the expectation gap: Building Trust with Stakeholders and External Auditors.

The southernmost state in Africa has been ‘yo-yo-ing’ between myriads of amended lockdown levels which has not only kept the economy in limbo, but our sanity too. We have all, to some extent, felt the impact of “covid fatigue” and the real estate and construction sector is no exception.