The accounting profession is at one of those key points in time where change is inevitable. With the new International Standards on Quality Management (ISQM) coming into effect on 15 December 2022, we are less than four months away from its effective date. The question is: ‘Are you ready’? The only constant in life is…
As a 22-year-old student, Professor Kurt Sartorius first set out to South America with an Indiana Jones mindset paddling down the Amazon’s Madeira River. He left describing the experience as one that ‘nearly broke me’. But in July 2022, 50 years later and at the age of 73 years, he found himself returning to paddle…
THE HAPPINESS ADVANTAGE Most people want to be successful and happy. And when it comes to the pursuit of success and happiness, most have the same formula: if you work hard, you will become successful, and once you’re successful, you will be happy. But according to New York best-selling author Shawn Achor, the problem is…
As we pay tribute this month to the women who created a platform for greater gender equality in South Africa, here are some pieces of advice that have had a profound impact on the female finalists of the Top-35-under-35 competition, and their thoughts on being nominated. Andrea Klassen Have a positive attitude Having a positive…
Tracy Sondezi (31) from Durban in KwaZulu-Natal is not one to back down from a challenge. She lives her life to the full and faces obstacles head-on, even when she is scared. Tracy is currently head of treasury, head of the goods not for resale expense control department, and group financial accountant at Boxer Superstores.…
Nadine Hurwitz (33), a cost and project accountant by day and a Ballet Barre instructor after hours, from Johannesburg, did exactly that. She got knocked down, had an idea, and, against many odds, made it happen. Twice. To get back up when the school of hard knocks took you down is never easy and for…
Historically, it has not been easy for women of colour in corporate settings in South Africa. Many have had to work harder and fight for opportunities and social equality. As a proudly South African woman of colour, Sheena Bloem (37), an operations professional at a global asset management firm in Cape Town, wants to honour…
With over 10 years of experience as a financial services professional, including corporate and investment banking, treasury, funding, and liquidity management, CA(SA) Thina Tembani (35), from Johannesburg, is currently the executive assistant to the head of the banking division and CEO designate of Rand Merchant Bank, and to the COO of the banking division. She…
Sherylee Moonsamy (35), CFO at the Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA), had a very unconventional start to her CA(SA) journey. There were many times she could have given up, but she refused to do so and her dedication has finally paid off and today, she is proudly the CFO at the JDA. When faced with a…
August is women’s month – a time to celebrate fierce and fantastic South African females who rise above and achieve greatness in the face of everything that may count against them. In the powerful words of author Nakeia Homer: ‘Behind every strong woman is a story that gave her no other choice.’ A really strong…