Jesmane Boggenpoel’s book My Blood Unites and Divides was a compelling account of her experiences as a woman of colour breaking barriers at a time when opportunities for people of colour were scarce. Now, she’s helping others learn from those experiences in a new online course, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workforce, available on Udemy.…
Koko Khumalo is the CEO and founding partner of Motlanalo Chartered Accountants and Auditors Incorporated (Motlanalo Inc), a majority African Black women-owned South African audit, accounting and professional services firm. As Motlanalo has steadily grown, her vision has not waned Koko is more confident than ever that there is room in the market for an…
Chanelle Nandlal’s first experience of London − as a young girl from a small town in the big city − was like no other. She arrived expecting everything to be 100% different, but was fascinated how some things are the same and some things so different! Chanelle Nandlal CA(SA) first lived in London 12 years…
Bonga Mokoena’s appointment as CEO of BDO – a post he took up in May – sees his career come full circle as he moves away from the financial services industry, where he has concentrated his efforts for the past several years, to focus once more on audit. Bonga Mokoena’s approach is, in his own…
Audrey Muvezwa believes that the CA(SA) training teaches one to be flexible and offers mobility that very few qualifications offer. He vouches that one can easily adapt to different environments and positions as you have the invaluable resource of being a strategic thinker. And not only that: she is also taking it to the next…
Nancy Chakabuda is enjoying a secondment in the US early in her career and has since never let go of her dream of adding a more immersive and longer-term international experience to her career portfolio, knowing the immeasurable benefits of gaining a global perspective and enhancing soft skills and communication while understanding different cultures better,…
In July, a 73-year-old professor will paddle 1 100 kilometres down the Rio Madeira, a tributary of the Amazon River. He aims to try to inspire the commitment of corporate SA to fund a reforestation project in the Brazilian Amazon as well as pioneer a new genre of climate reporting in integrated annual reports Fifty…
Gary Klinkradt CA(SA) is a partner at Klinkradt Chartered Accountants – and on the side, he is an avid artist. He started painting seriously in 2003 and his art is becoming highly sought after and can be found throughout South Africa and also in other parts of the world. Gary loves to paint thick impasto…
When meeting Donné for the first time, it is not difficult to be feel energised by her passion for life and all things International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) related. It is unsurprising, then, that Donné is a committee member of the IASB IC in addition to being the Head of Advisory Services at FirstRand Limited.…
One of the best reasons – for some, the most important reason – to take on a career in the public sector is the chance to make a positive difference in the lives of others. The sector provides many opportunities for CAs(SA) to do this and can allow you to have a direct impact on…