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BDO South Africa Inc.
South Africa · BDO International Limited · Triennially Inspected
- Inspection year
- 2024
- Report date
- 10-Nov-2025
- PCAOB release
- 104-2026-001
- Audits reviewed
- 2
- Audits w/ Part I.A deficiencies
- 1
- Part I.A deficiency rate
- 50%
- Part I.A deficiencies
- 8
- Part I.B deficiencies
- 2
- Report
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Deficiencies (8)
Grouped by issuer and in the same order as the PCAOB report, so each item ties back directly to the source.
Issuer A8 deficiencies
| # | Area | Deficiency | Standard | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Long-Lived Assets | The firm's internal inspection program had inspected this audit and reviewed Long-Lived Assets but did not identify the deficiency below. The issuer engaged external specialists to review and compile technical reports on its mineral reserves and resources (“reserve estimates”) and develop a life-of-mine (LOM) plan for each mining site which were then used in the (1) calculation of depreciation and (2) impairment analysis of long-lived assets. The company's specialists used financial and non-financial data and assumptions prepared by the issuer and/or obtained from external sources to develop the reserve estimates and LOM plans. The firm selected for testing certain controls over long-lived assets that consisted of the issuer's reviews of (1) fixed asset register reconciliations (2) asset status reports and (3) the LOM plans and technical reports developed/compiled by the company's specialists. The firm did not evaluate the review procedures that the control owners performed including the procedures to identify items for follow-up and the procedures to determine whether those items were appropriately resolved. (AS 2201.44) Both financial statement and ICFR audits | AS 2201.44 | |
| 2 | Long-Lived Assets | The firm's internal inspection program had inspected this audit and reviewed Long-Lived Assets but did not identify the deficiency below. The issuer engaged external specialists to review and compile technical reports on its mineral reserves and resources (“reserve estimates”) and develop a life-of-mine (LOM) plan for each mining site which were then used in the (1) calculation of depreciation and (2) impairment analysis of long-lived assets. The company's specialists used financial and non-financial data and assumptions prepared by the issuer and/or obtained from external sources to develop the reserve estimates and LOM plans. The firm's approach for substantively testing long-lived assets associated with the issuer's reserve estimates and LOM plans as developed by the company's specialists was to test the issuer's process. The following deficiency was identified: • The firm did not (1) test the accuracy and completeness of non-financial data prepared by the issuer and (2) evaluate the relevance and reliability of external non-financial data all of which were used by the company's specialist to develop the LOM plan assumptions which were used to compute depreciation expense. (AS 1105.A8a) Both financial statement and ICFR audits | AS 1105.A8a | |
| 3 | Long-Lived Assets | The firm's internal inspection program had inspected this audit and reviewed Long-Lived Assets but did not identify the deficiency below. The issuer engaged external specialists to review and compile technical reports on its mineral reserves and resources (“reserve estimates”) and develop a life-of-mine (LOM) plan for each mining site which were then used in the (1) calculation of depreciation and (2) impairment analysis of long-lived assets. The company's specialists used financial and non-financial data and assumptions prepared by the issuer and/or obtained from external sources to develop the reserve estimates and LOM plans. The firm's approach for substantively testing long-lived assets associated with the issuer's reserve estimates and LOM plans as developed by the company's specialists was to test the issuer's process. The following deficiency was identified: • The firm did not evaluate the reasonableness of the LOM plans which were considered significant assumptions by the firm developed by the company's specialists and used to compute depreciation expense. (AS 1105.A8b) Both financial statement and ICFR audits | AS 1105.A8b | |
| 4 | Long-Lived Assets | The firm's internal inspection program had inspected this audit and reviewed Long-Lived Assets but did not identify the deficiency below. The issuer engaged external specialists to review and compile technical reports on its mineral reserves and resources (“reserve estimates”) and develop a life-of-mine (LOM) plan for each mining site which were then used in the (1) calculation of depreciation and (2) impairment analysis of long-lived assets. The company's specialists used financial and non-financial data and assumptions prepared by the issuer and/or obtained from external sources to develop the reserve estimates and LOM plans. The firm's approach for substantively testing long-lived assets associated with the issuer's reserve estimates and LOM plans as developed by the company's specialists was to test the issuer's process. The following deficiency was identified: • The firm did not evaluate the reasonableness of another significant non-financial assumption developed by the issuer and used by the company's specialists to develop the reserve estimates beyond evaluating its consistency with the issuer's budget. (AS 2501.16) Both financial statement and ICFR audits | AS 2501.16 | |
| 5 | Long-Lived Assets | The firm's internal inspection program had inspected this audit and reviewed Long-Lived Assets but did not identify the deficiency below. The issuer engaged external specialists to review and compile technical reports on its mineral reserves and resources (“reserve estimates”) and develop a life-of-mine (LOM) plan for each mining site which were then used in the (1) calculation of depreciation and (2) impairment analysis of long-lived assets. The company's specialists used financial and non-financial data and assumptions prepared by the issuer and/or obtained from external sources to develop the reserve estimates and LOM plans. The firm's approach for substantively testing long-lived assets associated with the issuer's reserve estimates and LOM plans as developed by the company's specialists was to test the issuer's process. The following deficiency was identified: • The firm did not evaluate whether the methods used by the company's specialists to develop the reserve estimates and LOM plans were appropriate under the circumstances taking into account the requirements of the applicable financial reporting framework. (AS 1105.A8c) Both financial statement and ICFR audits | AS 1105.A8c | |
| 6 | Long-Lived Assets | The firm's internal inspection program had inspected this audit and reviewed Long-Lived Assets but did not identify the deficiency below. The issuer engaged external specialists to review and compile technical reports on its mineral reserves and resources (“reserve estimates”) and develop a life-of-mine (LOM) plan for each mining site which were then used in the (1) calculation of depreciation and (2) impairment analysis of long-lived assets. The company's specialists used financial and non-financial data and assumptions prepared by the issuer and/or obtained from external sources to develop the reserve estimates and LOM plans. The firm's approach for substantively testing long-lived assets associated with the issuer's reserve estimates and LOM plans as developed by the company's specialists was to test the issuer's process. The following deficiency was identified: • The firm did not perform procedures to test the accuracy of the dates in which long-lived assets were placed in service and the locations of those assets which were inputs used to compute depreciation expense. (AS 2301.08) Both financial statement and ICFR audits | AS 2301.8 | |
| 7 | Cash and Cash Equivalents | The firm sent confirmation requests via email to contacts at financial institutions for certain of the issuer's bank accounts as part of its substantive testing of cash and cash equivalents and the email address for each contact was provided by the issuer. The firm received the responses for all confirmation requests sent via email. The following deficiency was identified: • The firm did not perform procedures to determine whether the confirmation requests were directed to third parties who were knowledgeable about the information to be confirmed. (AS 2310.26) Both financial statement and ICFR audits | AS 2310.26 | |
| 8 | Cash and Cash Equivalents | The firm sent confirmation requests via email to contacts at financial institutions for certain of the issuer's bank accounts as part of its substantive testing of cash and cash equivalents and the email address for each contact was provided by the issuer. The firm received the responses for all confirmation requests sent via email. The following deficiency was identified: • The firm did not consider performing procedures to address the risks associated with electronic responses such as verifying the source and contents of the confirmation responses. (AS 2310.29) Both financial statement and ICFR audits | AS 2310.29 |