One of the myths around franchising is that it is only relevant to fast food and restaurants. In South Africa, there are numerous industries and business categories in which over 700 franchisors operate. These include: • Automotive aftermarket • Business to business services • Construction, office and home products and services • Financial services •…
Let’s face it. There are only two real certainties in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. One is that nobody is a real expert, because it’s all just too new. Remember when social media started moving into the mainstream around 10 years ago and suddenly we had ‘experts’ pouring out of the woodwork looking for their 15…
Businesses of all sizes go through a growth journey − from start-up to a point where they can achieve rapid growth and scale into a large, successful business. The length of time a company may stay at a stage in its growth journey may vary, with some business never making it out of a stage…
There is still much work to be done in South Africa to create an even playing field for women. In her role as president of African Women Chartered Accountants (AWCA), Zama Khanyile is playing her part. A fund manager at the National Empowerment Fund (NEF), she also leads a team that provides access to capital…
The daring and driven entrepreneur Lyle Malander launched Malander Advisory, a chartered accounting and financial advisory firm, in 2015. He has since also launched Malander Placements, a recruitment firm, and Malander Digital, an IT firm. And they just recently opened a branch in London. Read all about Lyle Malander and watch his video interview here.
Mrs Pretoria-Tshwane finalist – Ronel Jooste CA(SA) Despite excelling at academics and sport at school, the beautiful Ronel Jooste describes herself as being extremely shy while growing up. And during articles, she hardly said a word either. In fact, if you had to ask one of her fellow article clerks whether one day she’d earn…
Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu has recently lamented that the recommendations his office made to improve accountability and internal controls during the 2016/17 financial year were largely ignored by municipalities. Yet, Nadine Kater, General Manager of Accounting Technicians South Africa AT(SA), believes Makwetu’s advice could prove to be ‘a reactive approach that may only solve the problem…
The future of healthcare is evolving. Rapid change and extraordinary opportunity are now the hallmarks of the biomedical industry, and entrepreneur and CA(SA) Kim Hulett is one of those leading the charge in this golden era of innovation. Read more
If you ask people who the decision-makers are in their organisation, it’s likely that they’ll point towards the CEO and other senior executive directors. The truth is, however, that each person in the organisation takes decisions that have the potential to affect not only themselves but the entire company. Every person is a decision-maker. Realising…
When your employees (and maybe even you, as their manager) aren’t allowed to grow, they begin to feel that they don’t matter. They feel like a cog in a wheel, easily swapped out. If you aren’t invested in them, they won’t be invested in you, and even if they don’t walk out the door, they…
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