The Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (
IRBA
) says it had to wait for Steinhoff's South African financial statements to be issued.
On the VBS matter, it is allowing the bank's former auditors time to access their audit files.
But MPs say the sketchy details on the Irba's progress leave a lot to be desired.
While progress has been slow disciplining some errant auditors, the auditing watchdog says it is making progress on cases such as Steinhoff, Tongaat Hulett and EOH.
The Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors' (IRBA) director of investigations, Jillian Bailey, told Parliament's select committee on finance on Tuesday that the regulator had to wait for certain things to proceed with its cases.