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DetailsSPECIAL REPORT: Maths and science success
Four years ago, SAICA was determined to boost the throughput of desperately needed African chartered accountants [CAs(SA)]. As a result, the Institute formed the Thuthuka Maths and Science Development Camps, to address the issue of literacy and numeracy at secondary school level. Provincial development camps represent an important component of the Thuthuka programme. The Human…
DetailsSPECIAL REPORT: Thuthuka students hailed at Mandela University graduation ceremony
A total of 20 young South Africans are well on the road to becoming prospective chartered accountants [CA(SA)], having successfully graduated through the Thuthuka programme at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU). At a function held in April 2009 to commemorate the occasion of the first Thuthuka graduates at the university, Professor Frans Prinsloo, the…
DetailsSPECIAL REPORT: Dramatic increase in black CAs(SA)
… and the pipeline continues to expand Statistics released by SAICA in late April revealed a dramatic improvement in the accounting profession’s gender and racial demographics. Chantyl Mulder, SAICA’s senior executive for transformation and growth, attributes this to the Institute and the profession’s determined efforts to fast-track the number of black and female chartered accountants…
DetailsWIK EN WEEG: Ekonomiese herstel eersdags in sig
Dit is miskien nie vir almal vanselfsprekend om op ekonomiese herstel te begin sinspeel, wanneer die ekonomie duidelik in die diepste deel van sy huidige sikliese trog verkeer nie. Tog waarborg die aard van hierdie sikliese afswaai, en die enorme beleidsaksies, veral oorsee, dat daar wel ’n opswaai kom.Ons plaaslike ekonomiese nuus in onlangse maande…
DetailsACCOUNTANCY IN MOTION: The Dodge Journey
The new offering from Dodge is very different to the common MPV or SUV to which we have become accustomed. I guess that’s why they call it a Crossover vehicle. It has the versatility of an MPV and the looks of a SUV, but this is not an off-road vehicle, nor does it pretend to…
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SECTION 80A(c )(ii) OF THE INCOME TAX ACT
‘Round-tripping’ between the draft version and the enacted version – part 2 In the first part of this two-part article (ASA April 2009) the meaning of the phrase ‘a misuse or abuse of the provisions’ contained in the enacted version of section 80A(c)(ii) of the Income Tax Act 58 of 1962, as amended (the Act)…
DetailsAUDIT CONSIDERATIONS IN AN UNCERTAIN ECONOMY
During the past several months, the Global Economy has suffered a significant decline. Companies are falling like ninepins. Lehman Brothers is in administration. Northern Rock, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been bailed out and the list of vulnerable banks is growing. Bear Stearns and Merrill Lynch have been sold at knockdown prices and HBOS…
DetailsREWARDING TALENT IN TOUGH TIMES WHAT DO WE DO NOW?
With more scarce resources, we need to find creative ways to attract and retain good people, whilst maintaining appropriate governance and risk management principles. We should turn our obsession away from the financial components of reward and step up our efforts to understand a range of other non-financial opportunities. This article looks at a number…
DetailsSOUTH AFRICA’S GOT TALENT
Simon Cowell recognised the lucrative benefits of nurturing and encouraging talent when he launched “Britain’s got talent”. Talent… is the only sustainable competitive advantage a company can have in any economic climate. Human capital affects three core business imperatives: customer satisfaction, profitability and innovations. Successful talent management strategies deliver the benefits of lower production costs…
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