Many women who are healthy and active are presenting to fertility clinics in their late thirties and early forties, only to be faced with infertility challenges. Their main complaint is the lack of education which might have helped them make better parenting choices when they were still young and fertile. Mandy Rodrigues, Clinical Psychologist, Life…
Industry experts give their inside take and provide some insights to address the issue. In recent years, South Africa has witnessed a disturbing trend: an alarming increase in corporate cyberattacks. Instead of lessening, the threat of cybercrime continues to grow, impacting more than half of the country’s companies in the past year alone. This surge…
Aristotle had a fairly dim view of business and toil, which he cynically described as merely utilitarian − a necessity but not enriching or ennobling human life. These days few would question that businesses make huge contributions to human life in the form of paying taxes, providing employment, and creating investment opportunities and goods and…
In recent years, the viability and sustainability of public institutions have come under severe pressure. The competition for public funds in light of increasing fiscal pressures has pitted departments and institutions against each other and forced all stakeholders to think creatively about how to manage resources. What remains undisputed is that such institutions remain central…
For this women’s month issue, I wanted to place the spotlight on someone who I believe is an amazing leader and influencer in the social entrepreneurship and social impact space: Laura Bergh. Laura Bergh describes herself as having the mind of a philosopher, the heart of an environmentalist and the curiosity of a detective. All…
This article has been prompted by a report that first appeared in the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors’ newsletter, IRBA News 58. That report noted that the IRBA had noted an increasing trend of deficiencies in the evaluation of uncorrected misstatements. In addition, the enforcement committee (ENCOM) has concluded on a number of matters in…
In previous articles, we have explored the questions triggered by corporate failures about what went wrong and who is to blame. Some suggest that a holistic approach to all the participants in the financial reporting process is needed to prevent corporate failure from happening in the first instance. Fragmented pieces of legislation regulate only some…
There seems to be an ill-conceived belief that placing a company in business rescue should be delayed for as long as possible. Some quarters may believe that you should never use business rescue as it will result in the business losing customers and supplier support. The 2023 Deloitte South Africa Restructuring Survey1 indicated that early…
Medical aid schemes help people to pay for healthcare needs and medical expenses in exchange for monthly contributions. Sometimes medical schemes in South Africa enter into capitation agreements with another party whereby the medical scheme pays, to such party, a pre-negotiated fixed fee in return for the provision of specified benefits to the members. The…
By providing independent oversight and monitoring of the financial reporting process, audit committees can help to identify and mitigate potential areas of risk, prevent financial irregularities or misconduct and decrease the likelihood of corporate failures. As established in the article by Carla Budricks titled ‘Comprehensive regulation of the financial reporting ecosystem’ in the June issue…