ASA November 2025 issue Editorial Celebrating purpose, progress, and the people who inspire it “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honourable, to be compassionate — to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson To Emerson’s words,…
Editorial This October issue of Accountancy South Africa (ASA) carries special significance for me as I step into the role of editor. It is both a privilege and a responsibility to take forward a publication that has been shaped with care, vision, and commitment by those who came before me. In particular, I would like…
ASA September 2025 Heritage Month Editorial It’s with a sadness, yet excitement in my heart as I write my last Editor’s note. After 11 years, a phenomenal season at SAICA has come to an end. As I reflect back, I am proud of the profession and all the members who I have met along the…
ASA August Issue, Women’s Month 2025 Editorial Women’s month is one of my favourite issues! Not only because it’s one of the very first issues I wrote for when my journey with Accountancy SA began, but it’s always a powerful reminder of how one woman’s story can inspire another to keep moving forward and achieve…
Editorial True leadership is a gift as well as a serious responsibility. It’s so powerful it can make or break people, companies or countries. Quite coincidentally, I recently I picked up Stephen Covey’s The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. In it he speaks about principle-centred leadership as opposed to personality-driven leadership. Principle-centred leadership emphasises…
Editorial Just last Friday I took my niece, who recently turned 14, for tea and cake after school and soon got into deep discussions of what she wants to do after school. Being a star performer, she mentioned a few careers she might be interested in and then quickly added, ‘Well, it needs to be…
Editorial This month we as a nation celebrate Mother’s Day, and we commend all the wonderful women out there who are being the best mothers they can be for their children − whether you are a mother, grandmother, aunt, teacher or simply playing a mother figure in some child’s life. I recently read the quote…
Editorial Being an entrepreneur gives me the idea that it’s probably like jumping off a cliff and having the faith your parachute is going to open − what it really sounds like from hearing the success stories of most is that it often doesn’t open quite as soon as you’d hoped. On the contrary, you…
ASA March 2025 Eds Note Editorial This month is bumper-packed with our members who have literally gone out into the vast world and are using their expertise and talents to achieve the most mind-blowing things. With the spotlight on Mandy Muchnick, Chief Revenue Officer at October Health, whose mission is to transform the mental fitness…
Editorial Personally I’m not a big fan of New Year’s resolutions because of the rather bad reputation they’ve been labelled with, but the New Year brings us to the stark reality of assessing where we are in our lives and where we want to be by the end of the year. Setting specific yet realistic…