What does it mean to be courageous in business in 2020? And in a year like few others, how can people develop professional and personal resilience to deal with setbacks and challenges? The latest in the Building Resilience series of webinars explored these questions in more detail. Here are eight key talking points and insights…
Stylish home studio workspace with office supplies. Work from home concept. With copy space for your text As the South African economy flails under COVID-19 and a downgrade to junk status, SAICA talks to CA(SA) Ignatius Sehoole about the importance of ensuring we continue to bring top-quality CAs(SA) into the system. ‘Let’s not forget that…
In an online interview with Anoty Africa’s co-owner, Vhutshilo Nemutshili, he shared the wonderful quote on the right by John Maxwell speaking about leadership and the power of shared knowledge. As we follow his entrepreneurial journey, we recognise his efforts to rise above the current crisis and still come up with fresh ideas to do…
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the global economy. But just because the effect on the global economy has been devastating, this does not mean that you need to be devastated. You are still a person; you still have much worth inside you. You still can make your own choices and strategic…
By Chantyl Mulder, CA(SA) and SAICA Executive Director Business is changing. Traditionally companies have only been interested in the bottom line, but with the global rise in focus towards sustainability, business leaders’ have turned their focus away from their sole fixation on financial performance to one that encompasses progress on an environmental, social and governance…
Anyone who grew up in the eighties and nineties will be aware of the staple of career paths touted by parents and teachers that a sure fire way to a life of happiness and great abundance was to become a doctor, a lawyer or an accountant. For Rakshika Danilala, who is an Associate General Accountant…
The accounting world is an oyster for anyone looking at any of its exciting career paths. The Accounting Technician South Africa [AT(SA)] qualification – administered by the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) via accredited training providers – has proven to be essential in accounting circles and has had a profound effect on the…
Technology is taking over some routine tax and accounting tasks. This means accountants now need to make the move to trusted business advisors. William Reeb and Dominic Cingoranelli asked an important question in their book Becoming a trusted business advisor: how to add value, improve client loyalty, and increase profits, namely if accountants can name…
No year can ever be the same as the previous year − we will always perform new enhanced procedures, we will always improve the template working papers, and we will always improve on what we did last year There are not a lot of words that make me smile, but then there are some that…
Life is interesting … In everything we do we get placed in a box with a label on it − you are an introvert or extrovert, socialite or socially awkward, silent or talkative. In the same way, as a trainee you get a label, but it depends on you in which box you will end…