The Consumer Goods and Services Ombud was established to guide the consumer goods and services industry on the minimum standards of conduct expected when engaging consumers, and to assist the industry in resolving consumer disputes. The office of the Consumer Goods and Services Ombud (CGSO) is the consumer goods and services industry’s compulsory Ombud scheme, and…
10 steps to engineering financial success Risking failure in order to succeed The solvency and liquidity test in business rescue 10 STEPS TO ENGINEERING FINANCIAL SUCCESS From working with many companies across various sectors, some that are very successful and others that are still a work in process, Louw Barnardt and his team have…
Mary Vilakazi’s career profited from training assistance from several quarters. Now she is intent on ‘paying it forward’ to help other young aspiring accountants replicate her achievement as CFO of a major listed financial services group. By Eamonn Ryan Mary Vilakazi CA(SA) is a rare example of a non-executive director being invited to move to the…
Like most endurance events, the end is not as important as the journey itself: the goal setting, the training, the start, the development and, of course, the finish. Yuven Gounden spoke to Bok Pretorius about this philosophy, which has its parallel in virtually any other challenge or business process When Cornelis (Bok) Pretorius completed his…
Most companies will find that having no black ownership will mean not achieving a B-BBEE status level at all during their next verification. That could pose a huge business risk! The remaining four scorecard elements are extremely onerous and very expensive to comply with. It is ironic then that even with black ownership a company…
Editor’s letter Breaking free … from yourself! How many times have you heard someone say that they reacted in a certain way because that’s just who they are? Or how many times have you declined to try something new because it’s not what you necessarily like? Chances are that you probably figured out who you…
THE RISE OF THE MACHINE Leveraging disruptive financial technology The Internet of Things Bitcoin facilitating an African financial revolution The IT expectation gap Technology to improve business processes Successful software adoption IBM scientists have built a quantum processor-based computer that users can access through a first-of-a-kind quantum computing platform delivered via the IBM Cloud…
Through all the noise we sometimes just need some quiet time to truly reflect on the trepidations on our minds. Pieter Faber discusses the principles underpinning the implementation of the retirement reforms in the 2015 Tax Amendment Acts Tax proposals are regularly controversial, though usually the indignation and protest are limited to those in the…
MICHELE COPPOLA How did you prepare for your exams? My approach to the exam centred on lots of research and in-depth discussions with my study group. My motto for the exam was to ‘Do less and think more’. This allowed me to try and see potential problems from all angles. Did you ever feel like…
BMW 740I Some say that it is the most advanced car in the world, others say it’s the new benchmark in the luxury car segment. So what has changed to make the new 7 Series a hotly debated car? So much so that many non-BMW drivers have actually taken notice of it? At first sight,…