Mark Twain famously said, ‘It’s never wrong to do the right thing.’ Why, then, is it so common for leaders to act unethically? We live in a world where the news of corporate failures arising from unethical leadership is not a surprise, where bribing a traffic official when breaking a ‘minor’ traffic offence is justifiable,…
While South Africa’s current female population stands at 30 515 459 (50,5%),1 women constitute but a fraction of both the formal and informal business sectors. Who is to blame for this and why are women still not representing themselves where decisions are being made? Who is acting on their behalf? ‘We can ask all these…
Globally, employers are arming themselves for war. But this war is not taking place on a battlefield or in the trenches – it’s taking place in the boardroom. The critical scarcity of skills in the era of ‘the great resignation’ has resulted in a battle for talent that has never been seen before. As Talent…
IThe Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) recently released the 2020/21 Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA) audit outcomes. While some green shoots are visible in these audit outcomes, the situation remains dire. Overall, only 61 municipalities had a better audit outcome in 2020/21 than in the first year of administration (2016/17), with 56 now having a worse…
In a world in which everything seems to be constantly evolving, from ordering your groceries via an app to opening your savings account and making your first deposit online, and there is a growing uptake of Blockchain technologies, it is safe to say that digital disruption is the new normal for consumers. It is changing…
It is estimated that by the year 2025, 463 exabytes of data will be created each day globally. To put that into perspective, in three years from now, the equivalent of 4,63 billion gigabytes will be generated every day! The present-day business already generates and collects data at an unbelievable pace, which needs to be…
Voice projection is not as simple as speaking loudly. Business Owner and Public Speaking Trainer You currently have a natural way of speaking that brings in all of these six elements and as a result, you can be classified as one of four voice personalities. #1: The slow and deliberate speaker Speaks very slowly and…
The latest VAT Act amendment concerns the temporary letting of fixed property by developers (Taxation Laws Amendment Act 2021). The change comes into effect on 1 April 2022. New sections 9(13), 10(29), 16(3)(o), and 18D cover this amendment. Muneer Hassan CA(SA) Tax Consultant, Senior Lecturer in Taxation at UJ and Lecturer on the Gauteng Board…
It is worth questioning whether work-readiness training in its current form is sufficient to enable efficiencies within the organisation over the long term. Therefore, for work-readiness to be effective, we need to consider the graduate’s previous experience and whether the current workplace can be an enriched environment. Zanele Maduna CA(SA) Founder and CEO of No-Valo…
The Companies Act 71 of 2008 sets out the timeframes to formulate a business rescue plan and the format in which it must be presented after you have accepted an appointment as a business rescue practitioner and have met with the distressed business’ affected persons. The success or failure of the rescue will depend on…