Focus: Assist public schools to achieve enhanced accountability and good governance

Good governance in public schools is essential to ensure that learners receive quality education and that the school operates effectively and efficiently. It ensures that schools are accountable, transparent, and effective in promoting learners’ achievement and success. In terms of section 23(1) of the South African Schools Act (SASA), the membership of a governing body…

Focus: Public sector sustainability reporting trajectory

In essence, sustainability reporting enables organisations to disclose the environmental, social and governance (ESG) impacts of their activities and the strategies thereon. Sustainability reporting is a relatively new topic in the public sector environment. The Global Reporting Initiative Standards (GRI Standards) describe the objective of sustainability reporting as ‘to provide transparency on how an organisation…

Focus: Public accountability is everyone’s responsibility

When President Cyril Ramaphosa declared and proclaimed the provision of energy as a national disaster in his State of the Nation address, he also requested that the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) monitor the expenditure of the funds allocated to this disaster. We welcome this call by government to provide real-time independent assurance on public…

Analysis: CIPC’s Corporate Compliance and Disclosure Regulation unit update

The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission’s (CIPC) Corporate Compliance and Disclosure Regulation unit, as part of its functions per section 187(3) of the Companies Act 71 of 2008, covered various areas of enforcement during the past few months. These included qualitative reviews of annual financial statements submitted in iXBRL and proactive monitoring and enforcement of…

Focus: Profile – Elza Gillman CA(SA) and Anneke Lombard CA(SA) – CAs(SA) making a difference in Congo

Imagine having an office in the heart of the equatorial rainforest, surrounded by endless trees and incredibly rich biodiversity, including thousands of western lowland gorillas, chimpanzees, forest elephants, buffaloes, leopards, birds and butterflies. For Elza Gillman CA(SA) and Anneke Lombard CA(SA), it’s all in an exciting day’s work. Elza Gillman and Anneke Lombard became involved…