Warwick Business School has recently confirmed that women investors outperform their male counterparts, and by no less than 1,8 % per annum on average. Over 30 years, that’s double your money! Mike Lledo CA(SA)IndependentFinancial Services Consultant R50 billion a year invested in stokvels. Incredible for a nation where the latest personal savings ratio is a…
Innovator and bloggerI tend to love the business, psychology and philosophy sections of Exclusive Books, but it recently hit me that I was reading almost predominately books written by males. So, in the middle of 2020, I vowed to make an effort to read more books by female authors Chief Innovation Officer: Tencent Africa ‘Be…
I left the corporate world after more than a decade in 2015 to pursue my entrepreneurial aspirations. Today I have five businesses – wellness, guesthouse, financial consulting and training, travel marketing, and now also a spa. I gladly share some tips from my experiences Ronel Jooste CA(SA)Director at FinanciallyFiTLifeand author, speaker and radio talk show…
Take-outs from the agricultural sector In a series of interviews I explore the approaches of business leaders (all of them chartered accountants) to strategy This month I was in conversation with Corné Kruger CA(SA), Group Chief Financial Officer at Senwes. We were joined by Chris Koch, Manger: Risk and Strategy at Senwes. Our conversation highlighted…
The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly caused the largest economic and societal shock the world has experienced this century. Yet it was not unforeseen Risky business Why sustainability is now central to mitigating risk As far back as 2006, the annual Global Risks Report from the World Economic Forum warned that a pandemic was an ‘acute…
Sharné Damons recounts how Thuthuka has changed her life: an inspirational story that started thanks to the help of SAICA’s Thuthuka Bursary programme ‘From the start of my journey until now I have acquired some key skills, including the technical skills taught at university and practical skills through my articles and subsequent work experience. As…
The internal audit department of the Kannaland Municipality in Ladismith is in good hands. While building up the department as its current head, chartered accountant (CA(SA)) Enrico Kleinbooi is also responsible for the training and development of two young professionals pursuing their Institute of Internal Auditors South Africa internal audit designation. A beneficiary of the…
Trade benefits (for beneficiaries) + tripple bottom-line reporting benefits (for funders) = NPO success This is the philosophy that 52-year-old Tracey Chambers lives by. In 2009, at the age of 40, she made an informed decision to leave the corporate world to pursue her passion for teaching and empowering women, and co-founded the Clothing Bank,…
Sandiso Gcwabe, CFO of the Western Cape Liquor Authority, calls on peers to help bolster and strengthen the civil service. President Cyril Ramaphosa said earlier this year that the public service must be staffed by men and women who are professional, skilled, selfless and honest, committed to upholding the values of the Constitution, and serving…
Benjamin and Leticia both wanted to grow in their various audit firms and climb up the ranks to partner level, but as no growth was possible, they decided to start their own firm and grow it themselves In 2011, Leticia du Toit moved from her hometown of Phalaborwa to Pretoria to pursue her aspiration of…