Mandi Olivier, SAICA Senior Executive and head of Professional Development (Pre-Qualification), shares insights on the role accountants will play in the future and what they need to do to remain relevant, including a new approach to Continuous Professional Development. If there is one thing COVID-19 has taught us, it is the need to be agile…
With COVID-19 hitting the South African shores in March 2020, the South African government enforced a strict lockdown bringing an already battling economy to its knees. To try and compensate to some extent for this, on 21 April 2020, the President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, announced a R500 billion (bn) fiscal support package, writes…
Building Resilience: A #FinBiz2030 Series “Courage in Adversity” Thursday 9 July 17.30 BST / 18.30 SAST / 12.30 EST About the event At this time, professionals and students alike may feel the odds are stacked against them. The global economy has faced a reckoning, the job market doesn’t inspire confidence, and success feels increasingly unattainable in…
Date: 02 June 2020 JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – Sasol today announced the appointment of Priscillah Mabelane as Executive Vice President: Energy Business, effective 1 September 2020. She will also serve as a member of Sasol’s Group Executive Committee (GEC). Mabelane, a qualified Chartered Accountant, joins Sasol from BP Southern Africa (BPSA), where she was the…
Dr Mitan Nana CA(SA)MCom (Wits), MBBCh (Wits),Medical Doctor based in Cape Town If you have been struggling with your weight or just wanted to shed a few kilos, then inevitably you would have tweaked your eating habits at some point. While some may have succeeded in maintaining a lower weight, many have failed, regressing completely…
Chantelle Usmar during the 2nd round of the Sanlam Cancer Challenge Finals 2018 held at The Gary Player Country Club in Sun City near Johannesburg, South Africa on the 9th October 2018.Photo by Shaun Roy / SPORTZPICS There’s a lot of talk that the golf course is a great place for striking business opportunities. Chantelle…
The Brydon Review This is the second of our series of articles on audit reform. SAICA encourages all those affected to be proactive in any discussions on audit reform. This will allow the profession to avoid a scenario where lawmakers make changes that will have undesired and unintended consequences, all in the name of being…
The effective release date of the Estate Agency Affairs Act 112 of 1976 (EAAA) clearly indicates that it was outdated. There has been significant change in economies, business laws and regulations, banking and other industries in the last 43 years and the revision of this legislation could be said to be long overdue. The Property…
This article highlights some of the key challenges in the auditing profession as well as some of the international developments that are taking place to address these challenges. The focus on COVID-19 should not divert attention from audit reform discussions that were aimed at enhancing audit quality as this could hamper the progress that was…
Most auditors welcome the opportunity to assist their clients in implementing new financial reporting requirements. But while a certain measure of assistance may be reasonable, auditors need to be mindful that there will be a stage where the auditor has provided so much input into the process that by the time they audit the results,…
