ARTICLE · 17 NOVEMBER 2021

Forensic Focus Winter Newsletter I 2021

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Well, we are now halfway through the year and during that time our forensic division published the first SNG Grant Thornton sub-Saharan Africa Fraud & Corruption survey.

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Pontso P. Nyathi

Welcome to the second issue of the SNG Grant Thornton Forensics Newsletter!

Well, we are now halfway through the year and during that time our forensic division published the first SNG Grant Thornton sub-Saharan Africa Fraud & Corruption survey.

The survey report release was followed up with online webinars for clients and potential clients in South Africa, Eswatini, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Lesotho, with Botswana, Zimbabwe and Nigeria planned for July and August. In addition to putting the spotlight on Fraud in Africa, this initiative was also aimed at strengthening the Grant Thornton forensics family in Africa.

In this issue, we provide some feedback on these webinars and have the following articles:

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