Building Resilience: A #FinBiz2030 Series “Courage in Adversity” Thursday 9 July 17.30 BST / 18.30 SAST / 12.30 EST About the event At this time, professionals and students alike may feel the odds are stacked against them. The global economy has faced a reckoning, the job market doesn’t inspire confidence, and success feels increasingly unattainable in…
Date: 02 June 2020 JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – Sasol today announced the appointment of Priscillah Mabelane as Executive Vice President: Energy Business, effective 1 September 2020. She will also serve as a member of Sasol’s Group Executive Committee (GEC). Mabelane, a qualified Chartered Accountant, joins Sasol from BP Southern Africa (BPSA), where she was the…
Dr Mitan Nana CA(SA)MCom (Wits), MBBCh (Wits),Medical Doctor based in Cape Town If you have been struggling with your weight or just wanted to shed a few kilos, then inevitably you would have tweaked your eating habits at some point. While some may have succeeded in maintaining a lower weight, many have failed, regressing completely…
Chantelle Usmar during the 2nd round of the Sanlam Cancer Challenge Finals 2018 held at The Gary Player Country Club in Sun City near Johannesburg, South Africa on the 9th October 2018.Photo by Shaun Roy / SPORTZPICS There’s a lot of talk that the golf course is a great place for striking business opportunities. Chantelle…
The Brydon Review This is the second of our series of articles on audit reform. SAICA encourages all those affected to be proactive in any discussions on audit reform. This will allow the profession to avoid a scenario where lawmakers make changes that will have undesired and unintended consequences, all in the name of being…
The effective release date of the Estate Agency Affairs Act 112 of 1976 (EAAA) clearly indicates that it was outdated. There has been significant change in economies, business laws and regulations, banking and other industries in the last 43 years and the revision of this legislation could be said to be long overdue. The Property…
This article highlights some of the key challenges in the auditing profession as well as some of the international developments that are taking place to address these challenges. The focus on COVID-19 should not divert attention from audit reform discussions that were aimed at enhancing audit quality as this could hamper the progress that was…
Most auditors welcome the opportunity to assist their clients in implementing new financial reporting requirements. But while a certain measure of assistance may be reasonable, auditors need to be mindful that there will be a stage where the auditor has provided so much input into the process that by the time they audit the results,…
Tawanda Mubvumbi CA(SA) shares how his Toastmaster journey has turned him from a shy public speaker to someone who will now confidently step up to the stage to have his say at any given opportunity. Roscoe Drummond once said: ‘The mind is a wonderful thing. It starts working the minute you are born and never…
Public Speaking Trainer‘In a world that is constantly changing, there is no one subject or set of subjects that will serve you for the foreseeable future, let alone for the rest of your life. The most important skill to acquire now is learning how to learn’ – John Naisbitt. dineshrie pillay CA(SA) Business Owner and…