‘The payment of a national minimum wage cannot be waived and the national minimum wage takes precedence over any contrary provision in any contract, collective agreement or law, except a law amending this Act.’ Read the full 30min CPD article by fast-tracking to it here.
At special occasions, I observe how most people happily record the event on their mobile devices and few volunteers to conduct a toast. It seems that most people either lack the skill of toasting or feel embarrassed by the formality of doing so. Read Dineshrie’s full article here.
That the world is a much smaller place thanks to the Internet and digital communication technology has probably not escaped anyone’s notice. But are you truly harnessing this to do your business better, and to grow beyond South Africa’s borders? Read Kevin Phillips’ full article here.
Vienna is a city full of surprises – with the legacy shaped by illustrious residents like Mozart, Beethoven, and Sigmund Freud. Known in particular for its beautiful Imperial Palace, this city should definitely be on your bucket list. Read about the beautiful Vienna right here.
In an increasingly saturated and changing marketplace, your brand needs to shine brightly in order to stand out, says Simon Grainger. Do you have a clear sense of what your ‘why’ is? Are you merely a company that offers accounting services or is there a deeper purpose underpinning your brand? Read Simon’s full article here.
Building advisory and consultancy services can be an amazing journey for staff, partners, and clients. But it is important for SMPs to take some time out to reflect on the firm’s strategy. here is currently a general consensus that SMPs need to re-evaluate the services that they are providing, which may involve an eventual change…
When Janine Christian joined Nelson Mandela University in 2012, she was assigned the Corporate Governance module, which included sustainability as a topic. The notion of businesses being corporate citizens with rights and responsibilities fascinated her and she avidly began reading up on the topic. Read more about Janine here.
Even as the world economy has boomed over the last 40 years, growth within countries has been less and less equally shared. This is a social issue, of course, but at its core, it’s an economic one. Nothing resonates in the public consciousness unless it chimes with people’s felt experience. So, it was quite telling…
One of the people Mangakane Lehlogonolo (Nolo) Pududu credits for her choice of becoming a CA(SA) is her Grade 8 accounting teacher, Mrs. Sebastian. ‘She was absolutely amazing. The way she spoke about accounting, the way she was so passionate about it, I knew that this was what I wanted to do!’ Read Nolo’s story…
New trade policies must be based on a clear-eyed understanding of how globalisation is evolving, not on a backward-looking vision based on the last 30 years, write Laura Tyson and Susan Lund. Around the world, countries are rethinking the terms of engagement in global trade. This is not all bad; in fact, acknowledgment of globalisation’s…