Charl de Villiers Johnathan Dillon Alta-Mari Grebe Carlo Botha George Diab Huzaifah Elias Chantelle Loots Tumi Hlongwane Waseem-Ahmed Carrim Johan Ferreira Raymond Ledwaba Faraimose (Mose) Kutadzaushe Louw Barnardt Siyanda Gule Graeme Marais Greg Magid Liaan Kretzchmar CHARL DE VILLIERS, 31 CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, STELLAR CAPITAL PARTNERS LIMITED Ideally, Charl de Villiers would have wanted to…
I met a new partner at the firm I was working at a few years ago along the corridor. He looked quite young that when he asked me for directions to a meeting room, that I happened to be going to as well, I thought he was a new manager. I soon found out he…
I have a couple of friends who work in the retail industry and the one ‘perk’ that comes with that is the very generous staff discounts. So much so, that it seems to succeed in convincing such employees that it would never make sense to leave the employment of said retailer. From the company’s perspective,…
Your brain makes decisions either by taking its time or through mental shortcuts based on past experience. As a speaker, if you present too much information, your audience will take longer to make a decision. Most speakers make the mistake of overwhelming their audience by using complicated PowerPoint slides. DESIGNING IMPACTFUL POWERPOINT SLIDES Choose simple…
In terms of the amended codes, an exempt micro enterprise (EME) only has to provide a sworn affidavit to substantiate its B-BBEE status, which is an automatic Level 1, 2 or 4 depending on the level of black ownership. This provision has also been extended to qualifying small enterprises with an annual turnover between R10…
Refilwe Matenche Aamena Lambat Sebenzile Mathebula Denise Maré Uvitha Pather In a recent IBM global survey of more than 1 500 CEOs from 60 countries and 33 industries worldwide, creativity was selected as the most crucial factor for future success. Crazily enough, it ranked above hard work, discipline, integrity, or vision. Yes, creativity. This fact…
Chartered accountancy has a long history of being a male-dominated profession. Indeed, according to the most recent member statistics from the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA), only 35% out of all of South Africa’s registered chartered accountants (CAs[SA]) are women, with female African CAs(SA) making up just 5% of total membership. While still…
Hendri Viljoen, financial director at SA Truck Bodies, has as his formula for success a combination of people skills and a penchant for adventure fuelled by a love for South Africa’s varied landscapes. Yuven Gounden spoke to him The perception that a CA(SA) mainly works with figures is wrong. A CA(SA) is more involved working…
New rules have been introduced into the Eighth Schedule of the Income Tax Act to deal with the capital gains tax implications arising on the cancellation of contracts. This would apply for example where an asset being an allowance or non-allowance which falls into the capital gains tax net is sold and the contact is…
The phrase mens sana in corpore sano (‘a sound mind in a sound body’) coined by the Roman poet Juvenal is often used casually, but its meaning becomes more clear when you look at the career of someone who personifies its meaning – someone like Farouk Karreem. By Yuven Gounden Karreem a CA(SA) and one…
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