The stakes are high for small South African businesses following the challenges in the last 18 months, which now include the potential risk of a fourth wave of COVID-19 infections later this year. This is a time you want to avoid making unforced financial errors in order to rebuild cash reserves and restore levels of…
Ethical leadership in the current South African landscapeThe business ideals of profit and shareholder wealth maximisation cannot be sustainable if ethics are not engrained in the DNA of the business operations. Kwena Maseko sees the dominance of ethics in current leadership discourses as an appreciation of ethics as the cornerstone of organisational leadership. But what…
Synonymous with quality and great prices, Toshiba has relaunched TVs into the South African market. They are now boasting eight stellar models and planning to introduce many more. Toshiba TVs are manufactured in Cape Town, creating more job opportunities. Toshiba TVs are fondly remembered in many homes as our first TVs back in the day…
Suzuki is a household name that is synonymous with compact off-road vehicles. However, over the last few years, they have been expanding their range with great success and have now become one of the fastest-growing motor vehicle brands in South Africa. SPECIFICATIONS Engine: 1,5L 4-cylinder POWER: 77 KW TORQUE: 138 N.M 0–100 KM/H: N/A PRICE…
When Stellenview Premium Wines founder, winemaker and entrepreneur Reino Kruger established the brand in 2009 (primarily for export to the Far East), it made perfect sense to pay homage to his family with one of the ranges, namely Kruger Family Reserve. The Kruger family heritage dates back to the early 1700s with the arrival of…
There is only one street in the world that boasts two Nobel Peace Prize recipients − Vilakazi Street in Soweto The tree where everything began still stands as a monument. The circle of friends has grown over the past 18 years. Like Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu, Sakhumzi is building its own legacy in Soweto…
Dust is slowly beginning to settle in the ‘Wild Wild West’ of data management and governance, particularly for the accountancy profession, even though there is still a long way to go. A recent report released by the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) shines some light on the data management value chain and opportunities for the…
Alternative legislation for the winding-up of insolvent companies is urgently required if business rescue is to survive in the long term. When the Companies Act 71 of 2008 (the Companies Act) was brought into operation in 2011, a number of transitional arrangements were enacted, including the retention of chapter 14 of the repealed Companies Act…
Damian Judge, CFO of Trellidor Holdings Limited, shared his views on the concept of integrated thinking by responding to a series of exploratory questions in support of SAICA’s integrated thinking project. How do you define or understand ‘integrated thinking’ as it applies to your company? We look at it as ‘how does the company interact…
Focusing on things that matter In a series of interviews, I explore the approaches of different business leaders (all of them chartered accountants) to strategy. This month I was in conversation with Jeneen Galbraith, partner at the SMP (small-medium practices) firm of Galbraith Rushby based in Woodstock, Cape Town The same themes usually come to…