The daring and driven entrepreneur Lyle Malander launched Malander Advisory, a chartered accounting and financial advisory firm, in 2015. He has since also launched Malander Placements, a recruitment firm, and Malander Digital, an IT firm. And they just recently opened a branch in London. Read all about Lyle Malander and watch his video interview here.
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Mrs Pretoria-Tshwane finalist – Ronel Jooste CA(SA) Despite excelling at academics and sport at school, the beautiful Ronel Jooste describes herself as being extremely shy while growing up. And during articles, she hardly said a word either. In fact, if you had to ask one of her fellow article clerks whether one day she’d earn…
Here are five of the many small changes we can make in our everyday life that will go a long way towards saving energy. Read more
While the debate rages on around the ‘who, what, why and when’ for assurance over external reporting, there is no doubt that the buck stops with the board. There is demand for action by boards that support credibility and trust over information communicated to stakeholders and companies stand to benefit in many ways if this…
South Africa will soon join the league of around 70 countries who have implemented the XBRL reporting standard. In fact, almost all the major economies of the world have in one way or the other adopted the XBRL standard in multiple areas of regulatory supervision. Read more
The International Standard on Auditing (ISA) 540 (Revised)1 was approved by the International Audit and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) during their June 2018 meeting and is effective for audits of financial statements beginning on or after 15 December 2019. Read more
A finance lease is a lease where the lessor is the owner of the asset for the duration of the lease and the lessee has right of use (operating control) of the asset for the duration of the lease. There are specific VAT rules for finance leases. Read more
Success is living your own life on your own terms, true to your own nature, and emotional intelligence (EQ) is knowing who you truly are. While this is tough for most humans, it comes naturally to the birds and the beasts. Read more
Often, first-year trainee accountants are asked by their seniors or managers to obtain an external confirmation (commonly referred to as a bank confirmation), as the ‘bank and cash’ section is usually their responsibility. But are the basics in relation to obtaining an external confirmation explained to them? In this article, we go back to the…