Editor’s letter Purpose of life As another year comes to an end, you might find yourself thinking about your life’s purpose – and everything you still want to do, but haven’t had time to do. Self-help books usually offer predictable steps to finding your life’s purpose: consider your dreams, clarify your values, set some goals,…
Much inspired by the success of their audit manager, Leon Weber CA(SA), two trainee accountants, Senamile Ngcobo and Ncumisa Hoza, set out to find out just how he did it … When we hear Pele’s quote: ‘Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what…
‘Empowering supplier’ is a new concept introduced in the amended codes. The B-BBEE certificate will indicate this status, which will have to be independently verified before or as part of the annual verification. A customer’s spend with a supplier may only be recognised on its preferential procurement scorecard if the supplier qualifies as an empowering…
A webinar (an online seminar conducted over the Internet) is an ideal medium to deliver your message to small or large groups. Its use is limited to your imagination. When to use it: If you have your own business, webinars can be used to market yourself or your business product or service. Webinars can also…
Benjamin Franklin once said: ‘Money has never made man happy, nor will it. There is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants.’ Will money make you happy? Research has shown that professionals tend to be income rich but balance sheet poor – and they generally…
If you’re in the mood for an intimate getaway, to be treated like royalty, to escape the hustle and bustle of the city … it’s time to visit Zwahili Private Game Lodge & Spa Zwahili, an intimate game lodge and spa, is a mere two-hour drive from Johannesburg (about 41 kilometres outside Modimolle). It has…
Citroën C4 Cactus Shine Golf SV Comfortline Citroën C4 Cactus Shine I guess the name Cactus says it all; this no ordinary car. Citroën designers have gone all out to make a vehicle that looks different from anything you have ever seen. To start with, they have taken the C4 platform and threw out…
Some of the most exceptional training offices were nominated based on their recent performance in re-accreditation interventions, site visits and self-evaluations, as well as feedback from the SAICA training office reviewers. Read more about why their approaches have been so successful. FirstRand Grant Thornton Durban Preece & Associates Aucamp Scholtz Lubbe Ernst & Young Shoprite…
Tax relief for medical expenditure is granted through tax credits. Herman Viviers, Liza Coetzee and Lelanie Bredenhann take an X-ray of medical tax credits to highlight four issues relating to its application Just like you need to regularly go for medical check-ups, South African tax legislation is also revisited regularly. The tax relief for medical…
If anyone needed proof of the mobility that a CA(SA) qualification offers, they have to look no further than Nazeer Wadee, acting group chief financial officer of pay TV giant MultiChoice. By Monique Verduyn In demand almost from the moment he qualified, Nazeer Wadee has had the satisfaction of providing essential strategic guidance and consulting…