ASA: November 2018 Issue
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Top 35-Under-35 Awards Evening
Known to be one of SAICA’s favourite and more glamorous evenings, the Top 35-under-35 awards evening deserves every bit of the praise because of its dynamic and incredibly successful Top 35 winners and finalists! This year’s Top 35 winner title went to Lyle Malander, the co-founder and director of the Malander Group of Companies. He…
CPD: Professional scepticism the backbone to enhancing quality
This article explores the meaning of professional scepticism including the importance of this concept in terms of the positive impact that its appropriate application has on the work of auditors and other professional accountants. Read the full CPD article here.
Advice: Short-term measures shrink economic growth
Never before has it been more urgent for business leaders to rethink their incentive models in measuring performance than now. One of the biggest culprits in the stagnation of economic growth is short-term financial results. Read the full article here.
Focus: The best companies know how to balance strategy and purpose
A sense of agility or corporate plasticity needs to be developed where the company is in a position to tweak itself depending on the needs and circumstances. And the operationalisation needs to be led proactively by people from the very top. Read the full story here.
Mlungisi Hlongwane: A Social transformation agent
‘I hail from the deep rural area called Bergville in KZN. It boasts the Drakensberg Mountains – a Unesco World Heritage site. I have always been curious, someone who likes to challenge the norms, coming up with solutions to problems or improving the way of doing things,’ he says. Read Mlungisi’s full story here:
Feature: Is Customer-Centricity the way to survive the technology storm?
Let’s face it. There are only two real certainties in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. One is that nobody is a real expert, because it’s all just too new. Remember when social media started moving into the mainstream around 10 years ago and suddenly we had ‘experts’ pouring out of the woodwork looking for their 15…
Cover Story: Zama Khanyile CA(SA)
There is still much work to be done in South Africa to create an even playing field for women. In her role as president of African Women Chartered Accountants (AWCA), Zama Khanyile is playing her part. A fund manager at the National Empowerment Fund (NEF), she also leads a team that provides access to capital…
Advice: Don’t Ignore The 30s
Last year, life insurers paid benefits of R14,4 billion (34 100 claims). Medical schemes (2016/17) paid R136 billion in ‘relevant healthcare expenditure’. Our consumer debt is estimated at over R1,6 trillion with 11 million consumers over-indebted. Read the full article here.
Focus: The Millennial CA a Complex Asset
The business world is ever changing and with tech taking over, cryptocurrencies coming to the fore and ever-advancing efficiencies, millennial CAs could be a company’s greatest asset. The only problem is how to effectively manage this potential. Read the full article here.