Government’s role in supporting social investments SHILUBA MAWELA CA(SA) Managing Partner: Tshiamo Impact Partners – an impact advisory and impact fund management firm In South Africa, many efforts support investment into SMMEs. These include initiatives and programmes administrated or supported by public institutions and development finance institutions like the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)…
The workplace has changed dramatically. Employees are shifting how they work when they work and where they work. And this is OK! TRAMAYNE MONAGHAN CA(SA) tramayne.co.za & author of Shepherd and the Beast innovative with culture, people and performance (my true loves). These dinosaurs have not all done it well, but the movement is movement.…
Completing my diploma in fitness and running a wellness company helped me to fully comprehend how important a healthy body and high energy levels are. As a business owner, I also appreciate the vital relationship between energy levels and employees’ productivity RONEL JOOSTE CA(SA) Director at FinanciallyFiTLife and author, speaker and radio talk show host…
Jody Yee, the new Global Industry Solutions Director for Technology, Media and Telecoms at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), discusses some of the main drivers behind the top risks facing the sector, as ranked by Allianz Risk Barometer respondents – from the spectre of cybercrime to the acute talent shortage Risks are interrelated and…
Imagine a world that operates on a principle of collective efficacy, with a united vision of economic growth that has the potential to impact all lives, but especially those who need it most At The Hope Factory and SAICA Enterprise Development, we believe that collaborative partnerships between the private, public and development sector has the…
Much has been said about corruption in the public sector in the last two months … about 1 300 pages worth to be precise. At the heart of this discourse is deliberate bribery and corruption to secure contracts worth billions of rands, inserting pliable individuals into key positions, and the intimidation of those who had…
You may have heard the tip, ‘If you do one thing for your business, get it online.’ But once you’ve got it online, how do you navigate the changes from the old ways of doing things to the new? Selling to an online audience has its own dynamics and requires different strategies, but the principles…
In July, a 73-year-old professor will paddle 1 100 kilometres down the Rio Madeira, a tributary of the Amazon River. He aims to try to inspire the commitment of corporate SA to fund a reforestation project in the Brazilian Amazon as well as pioneer a new genre of climate reporting in integrated annual reports Fifty…
Gary Klinkradt CA(SA) is a partner at Klinkradt Chartered Accountants – and on the side, he is an avid artist. He started painting seriously in 2003 and his art is becoming highly sought after and can be found throughout South Africa and also in other parts of the world. Gary loves to paint thick impasto…
When meeting Donné for the first time, it is not difficult to be feel energised by her passion for life and all things International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) related. It is unsurprising, then, that Donné is a committee member of the IASB IC in addition to being the Head of Advisory Services at FirstRand Limited.…