MICHELE COPPOLA How did you prepare for your exams? My approach to the exam centred on lots of research and in-depth discussions with my study group. My motto for the exam was to ‘Do less and think more’. This allowed me to try and see potential problems from all angles. Did you ever feel like…
BMW 740I Some say that it is the most advanced car in the world, others say it’s the new benchmark in the luxury car segment. So what has changed to make the new 7 Series a hotly debated car? So much so that many non-BMW drivers have actually taken notice of it? At first sight,…
A record number of candidates sat for SAICA’s Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) in November 2015 (2 709 candidates compared to 2050 in 2014). Karin Iten analyses the results In March 2016, SAICA announced that 88% of APC candidates (2 396) had passed this final qualifying assessment, and recognised three key achievements that came out of the…
And diversity of thought As companies seek to become more innovative, diversity of thought is becoming more important. Diversity of thought is not what you think but how you think. It is critical for problem-solving. It is important to encourage it in order to minimise group think. A great leadership quality is that of being…
If you’d gone to sleep on the 31st January and woken up at the end of February and just looked at data for these two points, you would have thought that you hadn’t missed anything, but you’d be wrong … By Garth Saunders Risk was back on the table and the USD reversed its recent…
The withdrawal of Statements of Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (GAAP) has had far-reaching effects on financial reporting in the public sector, particularly government business enterprises (GBEs). Tsholo Tshoke explains the impact of the withdrawal of Statements of GAAP on GBEs The constitution requires the National Treasury to develop measures to ensure transparent reporting of revenues,…
THE FUTURE OF ETHICS ETHICS & CORPORATE GOVERNANCE DEFINITION OF ‘ETHICS’ DECONSTRUCTED COMMERCE WITHOUT MORALITY THE FUTURE OF ETHICS The novelist Elie Wiesel once said that there may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. The accounting profession needs to stand…
Mentorship, always critical to accounting and audit, is evolving into as much an external as an internal prerogative. As mentorship is engrained in our everyday activities, many CA(SA)s have outreached to their communities as mentors. By Eamonn Ryan One grassroots project typical of the desire of many CAs(SA) and trainees to assist particularly in areas…
2016 Top global risks The new world of insurance Knowing when to Reinvent Discovery’s business model Pay attention to avoid financial losses 2016 TOP GLOBAL RISKS From the environment to international security and the coming Fourth Industrial Revolution, the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2016 finds risks on the rise in 2016. Oliver Cann…
Little savings add up I once attended a negotiation course where the presenter told us that if you intentionally set your alarm clock earlier than you need to get up so that you can snooze, you are negotiating with yourself first thing in the morning, and you are losing. Busted! It’s time to start talking…