Corporate CFO, MultiChoice Group Learning from the Boks Working in the video entertainment business offers regular exposure to historic sporting moments. Sport unites us as a nation with hard-won victories offering a euphoric sense of patriotism. We all remember Madiba proudly wearing the iconic Number 6 jersey in the 1995 Rugby World Cup Final. Recently…
Senior Finance Specialist, Absa Group Financial Control Lift others as you rise No one man is an island. We all have a key role to play in society − a society plagued by challenges such as high unemployment, inequality, a high crime rate, and education standards that need improvement, to name a few. A lot…
Co-founder and Director, Outsourced CFO Approaching your business strategy in the new normal Business owners and employees in South Africa had an immensely challenging 2020. It is important that you as a business owner start focusing on your business strategy for 2021 and the new normal, because the assumptions that sustained your business might not…
General Manager: Forecasting, Planning and Analysis, MTN South Africa Before we succeed at Big Data, let’s get the small data right! Almost four years to the date, Donald J Trump succeeded in an unexpected election victory to become the 45th president of the United States. In time allegations surfaced that the Trump campaign had used…
Head: Shari’ah Treasury and Finance, Standard Bank There are no problems, only opportunities When I signed my training contract with Standard Bank, I already knew I was on a path less chosen. However, it was the correct path for me. I knew this from my first financial management lecture that this what I wanted to…
Director and Founder, Fulu Fitness, and Audit Manager at EY Lessons on success from the Chinese bamboo tree Life can be challenging, and it is easy to throw in the towel when there is no extrinsic motivation to spur you on. Despite all the challenges you face, you need to forge ahead patiently but persistently…
Head: Spies Praktyk, Malmesbury The best beginning Imagine living in a world where every child has access to a good education. This has been my dream for South Africa from a young age. At some stage I thought it would always be just that – a dream. And then I met Elize. In the summer…
Director for Controllership for VISA SSA Servant leadership It must have been around 2015/16 when I was formally introduced to ‘servant leadership’, a term coined by Robert K Greenleaf in an essay titled ‘The servant as leader’. I was attending a youth leaders’ training event and little did I know that the training event would…
Digital Innovation Intrapreneur Lead in the CIB Digital Division, Standard Bank Group Counting beans in the 4IR Being a chartered accountant in a time when the world is going through unprecedented changes is colourful, to say the least. On the one hand, technology is rapidly advancing and challenging what it means to be relevant in…
Is anyone truly born special? I am a father of two young kids, and just like all fathers (and mothers) throughout time, I often believe that my children are the most special in all the world; and understandably so – it is human nature after all. Most likely our parents also felt like this and…