Shohana Hareeparsad addresses the amendments to the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Amendment Act (Act 46 of 2013) and the Department of Trade and Industry’s Code of Good Practice as it relates to fronting According to the Guidelines on Complex Structures and Transactions and Fronting (previously Statement 002) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI),…
DetailsMeta Maponya CA(SA) is the only woman on the advisory committee for SARS. Besides being the youngest by far, she is dynamic with experience covering governance and strategy to business operations enabling her to advise with a holistic approach. Lynn Grala spoke to her On 19 March 2015 the Minister of Finance announced the names…
DetailsA world of possibilities South Africans recently celebrated Freedom Day, and while our country is still in transition and the journey is full of hurdles, we always have high hopes and work together in creating a better tomorrow for all South Africans. Unfortunately the celebrations came at a time when we are trying to put…
DetailsCollaborative consumption is the socio-economic system supported by network technologies that enable you to share and exchange assets, from space to skills to goods, within peer communities, in a profitable way, that was never possible before. This system empowers you to be true to yourself by doing what you want when you want with what…
Details‘The results show that the average investor earns less – in many cases substantially less – than unit trust performance statistics.’ DALBAR’s Quantitative Analysis of Investor Behavior (QAIB) has been measuring the effects of investor decisions to buy, sell and switch between unit trusts over both short- and long-term timeframes. The results consistently show that…
DetailsIt is easy to confuse employee motivation and employee engagement. Let us say it’s the difference between employing a good car salesman and a car enthusiast that happens to sell cars. Your salesman may be motivated for a number of reasons, including the need for the job, a good salary, the promise of commission, a…
DetailsLast month we learnt about ‘clevenue’, that is, clever revenue models. But not all businesses have the luxury of earning annuity income or operating in an industry with a high profit margin. However, we can all try to be innovative in attracting and keeping our customers (happy). I must stop myself from going on and…
DetailsTED (technology, entertainment, design) is a presentation format that invites thought leaders to share their ideas during a formal TED conference. A TED-style talk is highly inspiring, and you can use the same structure to deliver your next speech. How to structure a TED talk Choose a topic that you are highly passionate about. Although…
DetailsI recently read Deloitte’s Human capital trends 2015 and learnt some valuable things about building future leaders that I’d like to share with you. According to Deloitte’s survey, building leadership is Africa’s paramount issue in the arena of human capital. The capability gap for building great leaders has widened all around the globe and organisations…
DetailsThe base erosion and profit shifting initiative is being designed to influence ultimately how global multinational corporates arrange their affairs from a tax planning perspective. An inevitable result is and will be changes to the way tax practitioners advise their clients. Deborah Tickle explains Globalisation and the digital age have caused the world to ‘shrink’.…
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