Varuna Ramlagan CA(SA) is currently involved with SAICA Enterprise Development (ED) as a financial coach to a number of entrepreneurs on the ED programme. Service excellence is the motto which Varuna lives by and she holds everyone around her accountable to the same. Read the full article here.
Statistically, no one is average. We all just contribute to the average. This article is about everyone that feels the pressure of subjecting themselves to the milestone tick boxes and the sweet release of accepting that it shouldn’t be broadly applied across life. Below I share the story of finding my average equipped as a…
SAICA has risen to the challenge. Through its nation-building projects, it has pioneered a number of SME growth initiatives through entities such as SAICA Enterprise Development and The Hope Factory. Each of these, in their own unique way, focuses on the development of SMEs from the start-up phase through to sustainable high-growth businesses.
Ask Willem how he went from being a CA(SA) into a world of relentless innovation, and he’ll tell you it began when he went to LA for the first time in 2004 with Deloitte. ‘Two of the first things that struck me was the sheer scale of the US; 11-lane highways, Walmart, 80 different types…
In the disciplinary proceedings against Mr Munroe Swirsky, the Institute proffered charges against Mr Swirsky in relation to offences contemplated by By-Laws 34.12, 34.16, 34.17 and 34.10, premised on a complaint that it had received from Mr Erez Daleyot on 4 April 2016. Read the full update here.
The second generation of the BMW X4 places far greater emphasis on sportiness and expressive design. The vehicle debuted at the International Motor Show in Geneva in March 2018 and has just been launched in South Africa. And I must say the vehicle looks even better in the flesh than it does in the pictures.…
Known to be one of SAICA’s favourite and more glamorous evenings, the Top 35-under-35 awards evening deserves every bit of the praise because of its dynamic and incredibly successful Top 35 winners and finalists! This year’s Top 35 winner title went to Lyle Malander, the co-founder and director of the Malander Group of Companies. He…
The goal of the Climate Change Bill is to ‘Build the Republic’s effective climate change response and the long term just transition to a climate resilient and lower carbon economy and society in the context of an environmentally sustainable development framework; and to provide for matters connected therewith’. Read the full CPD article here.
This article explores the meaning of professional scepticism including the importance of this concept in terms of the positive impact that its appropriate application has on the work of auditors and other professional accountants. Read the full CPD article here.
Never before has it been more urgent for business leaders to rethink their incentive models in measuring performance than now. One of the biggest culprits in the stagnation of economic growth is short-term financial results. Read the full article here.