THE NEXT WAVE OF EMPLOYEES In South Africa we have witnessed the challenges facing our education sector, in particular the tertiary institutions, in the last few years. Students have shown how resolute the next wave of employees are and will be. The different ways of how students communicated and how resolute they were will test…
Andile Khumalo CA(SA) isn’t easy to categorise; he wears so many hats. A highly ebullient individual, he likes to gloss over his day job(s) and get to where his real passion is – helping black entrepreneurs While words like ‘dynamic, ‘enthusiastic’ and ‘energetic’ are often over-used, especially in individuals’ own CVs, Andile Khumalo tends to…
Once upon a time Interlaken mesmerised the Victorians with mountain scenes from the chandelier-lit precincts of all the grand hotels; it’s still doing that today, but for adventurers and daredevils, this is also a playground for any adventure that’s loaded with adrenaline The town takes its name from its location between two lakes. It overlaps…
Picture a typical entrepreneur. What springs to mind? Probably a hybrid of Richard Branson, Steve Jobs and a millennial doing something mysterious with social media in a trendy co-working space. And what link all three of these are innovation and risk: they notice problems in the world and want to fix them, and they commit…
By 2025, 75% of the global workforce is expected to be made up of people born in 1980 or after. Proactive employers are taking the time to understand what motivates millennials to reach their potential and remain loyal to the workplace. Jemelyn Yadao finds out what the accounting profession can do to nurture younger employees…
The National Treasury notes with concern the statement issued by the Competition Commission on the completion of an investigation into price fixing and market allocation by 17 banks, including three South African banks, all of which have an international footprint. As the Competition Commission indicated in its statement, the matter has now entered a new…
The biggest issue on the minds of South African directors is that of sustainability, according to a new report on global corporate governance released by Grant Thornton. In the report entitled Boards of the future: steering organisations to thrive, 76% of South African business executives highlighted sustainability as a key area of focus, compared to…
There is no doubt that tax authority activity has been rising steadily in recent times as financially strained governments press for higher revenue collections and media and public attitudes harden against perceived corporate tax avoidance. The audit activity has increased across the board with international tax and transfer pricing in particular leading the way. This…
Set on the European side of Istanbul, the high-rise InterContinental Hotel Istanbul is located in the heart of Istabul with breathtaking views over the Bosphorus waterway and historical city sky line. Istanbul is known to be one of the greatest cities in the world, where modern Western meets the traditional Eastern city. It’s an incredible…
How do we benchmark ourselves as CAs(SA) and what makes a good CA(SA)? After being posed with this question by his newly qualified cousin, Ismaa’eel Van der Schaff ponders about the answer and shares his thoughts on the matter When embarking upon the journey into adulthood, you arrive at a critical junction in Grade 11…