They start with poor governance which quietly strip executives of control. It wasn’t an emergency meeting. It wasn’t even a difficult one, on paper. The numbers were acceptable. The strategy […]
Category: Compliance Insights/Blog
Seeing What Others Miss: The Executive Advantage in Managing Risk and Opportunity
South African executives like to believe they are in control. Dashboards are monitored. Committees convene. Reports are filed. And for a while, these assumptions feel correct. The business runs. Targets […]
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Why Governance Matters
In a country plagued by corruption, does corporate governance still matter; or is it our only defence? Every day brings news of yet another corruption scandal. Case after case, well-placed […]
King V Isn’t About Compliance. It’s About Not Losing Your Business.
There is a familiar weariness in corporate South Africa when the word governance appears in a meeting agenda. You see the shoulders shift, the sighs surface, the coffee cups get […]
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When AI Meets Risk: South Africa’s Next GRC Frontier
Artificial intelligence isn’t coming for risk management, it’s already here, sitting quietly inside your spreadsheets, dashboards and audit trails. The question is no longer if it will shape your GRC […]
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South African Risk Management Software: Why Local is Lekker
One thing that I am sure everybody would agree with, is the need to strengthen and grow the South African economy. Economic growth benefits everyone from alleviating poverty and enhancing […]
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BarnOwl Info Sharing Insight: Global Internal Audit Standards 2024 – Key Changes to Note presented by Anastacia Mabula, Institute of Internal Audit SA, Manager: Advocacy and Strategic Communications
Thank you very much Anastacia for your excellent presentation on ‘Global Internal Audit Standards 2024 – Key changes to note’ at the BarnOwl info-sharing event held on 28th May 2025. […]
BarnOwl Info Sharing Insight: AI, Unlocking Potential and Addressing Risk Presented by Alex Pryor, IOCO, Head of Innovation
Thank you very much Alex for your excellent presentation on ‘Artificial Intelligence (AI), Unlocking Potential and Addressing Risk’ at the BarnOwl info-sharing event held on 27th March 2025. Thank you […]
BarnOwl Info Sharing Insight: – Empowering Insight, Enhancing Governance: Mastering Risk and Control-Based Auditing (Part #1 – Audit Planning)
Presented by Stephen Helberg and Scott Goddard, Directors, GRCReady Introduction Thank you very much Stephen and Scott for your most informative presentation on ‘Mastering Risk and Control-Based Auditing (part #1 […]
The Effect of Tourism on Environmental Risks
At this stage of our fight against climate change I would expect that most people are well aware of at least the high level environmental risks, their effect on global […]
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