Melissa Jacobs CA(SA) is the founder and owner of MJ Chartered Accountants. Unlike other accounting firms, hers is fiercely devoted to the preservations of lions. Her love for wildlife began as a child and knowing that the lion populations are seriously endangered triggered her to do something about it. With an estimated 20 000 lions…
South Africa is known as one of the world’s most unequal countries. Despite efforts from the government and implementations such as B-BBEE or affirmative action, limited progress has been made to heal South Africa from its legacy of apartheid. Furthermore, our socio-economic status continues to suffer. To provide some perspective, the richest 10% of South…
Anxiety exists inside the habits that make up our everyday lives, and habits are sticky because our brain is attracted to these habits because they create some sense of reward Our lives are made up of a collection of habits. Those everyday things you do without really thinking about them: brushing your teeth, making your…
Brand Finance’s Brand Guardianship Index finds that longer-serving CEOs make the best custodians for their businesses and brands The latest Brand Guardianship Index from Brand Finance has shown that the CEOs that are best at providing long-term value to their brand are also the CEOs that have been in their role for longer. The average…
Recent conversations with professionals made me realise that there are many misconceptions about the opportunities within academia as well as the hard work required I recently made calls to professionals to create awareness about vacancies for lecturers at university and had the most interesting conversations. Various CAs(SA) I spoke to did not consider academia ‘a…
Onke Mkiva (31), the winner of the Top 35-under-35 competition’s Lead category, is co-lead for RMB’s Africa Debt and Trade Solutions business (DTS) and serves on the RMB global DTS Exco. He leads a team of investment professionals across seven countries and was responsible for setting up the most fit-for-purpose operating model for this lending…
After gleaning vast amounts of valuable business acumen and insight during articles at Deloitte, Mariam Tayob Cassim CA(SA), along with her husband, rather serendipitously started a sweet factory called Richester Foods. Mariam has played a core role in growing the company from its novel beginnings to exponential success. Today the business boasts 600 employees and…
Nicholas Riemer (32), SAICA’s 2021 Top 35-under-35 overall winner, is proudly setting an example as a young leader. ‘Being included in this year’s competition was a truly humbling experience. The finalists are a remarkable group of individuals and seeing how each of them is flying the South African and CA(SA) flag high is an inspiration,’…
In March 2021, Monique Tessa Malan was elated to hear that she was one of five candidates from around the world − and to date, the only student from Africa − to be admitted to the Doctoral Program in International Business Taxation (DIBT) at Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (Vienna University of Economics and Business, WU). Before moving…
Referring to her time in Mozambique, Nilza Mngomezulu says: ‘You won’t know the limits of your strength until you test yourself.’ This statement has proved to be her motto in life Growing up in an underprivileged family Nilza soon realised that she only had one option to get into university and ultimately realising her dream…