Jill Johnson, senior executive at SAICAEnterprise Development South Africa is moving towards cleaner energy with Cabinet’s latest approved 2019 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). This IRP outlines wind power contribution to the future energy mix of 18%. South Africa has therefore seen the swift appearance of larger and smaller wind and solar farms in the past…
Albert Einstein famously said: ‘The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.’ So many of us point fingers at the rampant corruption in the public sector, while in the private sector we don’t think about ourselves and the wrongs we’ve normalised through policy…
Raymond Khotsofalang Mayekisa AGA(SA) is a keen businessman, model, stylist and MC, and a freelance broadcaster at Inkonjane Community Radio station popularly known as RK Mayekisa. But his favourite business venture remains to be a fun-filled flea market that is helping other businesses to flourish. Raymond Mayekisa was born and bred in Matatiele, Eastern Cape.…
Finding your why With our country in lockdown already for many weeks, many of us feel that there is no real light at the end of the tunnel. Businesses and the economy are under immense pressure and the forecasts are looking bleak. To assist members in navigating this unprecedented times, SAICA has launched the ‘Leadership…
As part of SAICA’s Leadership in a time of crisis webinar series, CA(SA) and CFO of Discovery Health, Brett Tromp, shared his thoughts on what good leaders can do in a time of crisis. In good times, a leader’s role is straightforward: keep your company afloat, your staff employed, and your customers satisfied. It’s during…
On 25 March 2020 the South African government announced a nationwide lockdown in which only those categorised as ‘essential’ are permitted to go to work. The rest, the ‘non-essentials’, were ordered to stay at home. 2020 … The year the world was divided into two distinct categories: essential and non-essential services. I, Wadzanai Mabuto, a…
During lockdown, you may not be able to work in your business, and investor and entrepreneur York Zucchi shares expert tips on how you can work on your business. If there’s anyone who knows how tough running your own business is, it’s entrepreneur and investor York Zucchi. He’s not only supported SMEs in over 83…
SAICA hosted a webinar on 6 April 2020 where Annabel Bishop, Chief Economist for Investec Bank Limited South Africa, spoke about the effects of sub-investment grade status and the coronavirus on our country’s already struggling economy. SAICA is offering a ‘Leadership in a time of crisis’ webinar series as part of the Institute’s response to…
While many have hunkered down literally ‘zooming’ across the net attending webinars, conference calls and Pilates classes from the comfort of their homes relatively safe from contracting the SARS-CoV-2 virus, fellow South Africans are facing an even bigger threat from the economic fallout created by the lockdown; the very tool deployed to prevent the spread…
Business AdvisorResistance to change is human and normal – but when change is needed, it can also be a recipe for disaster. This is especially true when it comes to the software systems that keep our businesses running. Kevin Phillips CA(SA)CEO of IDU Group What do people really want? Terry Pratchett suggests it is ‘only…