Never give up on the dream of becoming a CA(SA) Becoming a CA(SA) was a childhood dream of mine. In high school, my favourite subjects were maths and accounting. One could say I was always comfortable with numbers. The decision to study for a degree was an easy one, and my accounting teacher always motivated…
Why I changed my career to CA(SA) I am a 45-year-old female who was born in a village called Gopane in North West. As the last born in a family of eight siblings, I grew up watching my older siblings having to provide financially to the household as soon as they started working. This made…
Interview advice for prospective trainees There is always that one interview that sticks with you; the one that you later replay in your head to figure out what you did wrong. For me, it was an interview at a firm where each partner appointed their own trainees. This was fine, the building made a good…
As the accounting profession in South Africa evolves with each new day that dawns, the sector also welcomes new talent into its ranks. The numerous training programs afforded by the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) is evidence that the industry is always churning out fresher, younger minds as the profession continues to grow. But…
Some women often give up on their dream careers, because of personal circumstances. Anneline Marias, shares her story on how she decided to not give up on her vision of becoming a chartered accountant [CA(SA)] even after an unplanned pregnancy. She also gives some free advice for budding accountants – learn to play a musical…
Albert Einstein famously said: “The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.” So many of us point fingers at the rampant corruption in the public sector, while in in the private sector we don’t think about ourselves and the wrongs we’ve normalised through…
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…
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…