Why I changed my career to CA(SA) I am a 45-year-old female who was born in a village called Gopane in North West. As the last born in a family of eight siblings, I grew up watching my older siblings having to provide financially to the household as soon as they started working. This made…
Be at your best when life is at its worst I recently read an article of Mike Maddock’s on Forbes.com in which he tells the story of Professor Randy Pausch who was diagnosed with terminal cancer and decided to make his final lecture about the most important lessons he had learned in life. Pausch said…
Starbucks has affirmed its bullish view on the South African market with a bold expansion into Cape Town scheduled for later this year. This was announced by Adrian Maizey, owner and CEO of Rand Capital Coffee, the custodian of Starbucks in Southern Africa. With several leases now in place in the Mother City and investment…
The 26th of August marks Women’s Equality Day, which focuses on forging a gender-equal world, celebrating women’s successes, and raising awareness of historic and present bias. There’s a lot of discussion around women in the workplace and underrepresentation in industry — 5% of U.S. ownership in the tech industry is women, and only 2.9% of…
While the 2017 FICA Amendment Act, which came into effect of 1 April 2019, sought to fix problematic clauses within the FICA Act, it has real-world consequences for accountable institution. Regulatory changes by the state and the agencies acting on their behalf have become a status quo for financial institutions, adding to their already onerous…
Mario Fazekas, a certified forensic auditor, presented a webcast1 in which he provided an overview of the auditor’s responsibilities relating to fraud using ISA 240, The Auditor’s Responsibilities Relating to Fraud in an Audit of Financial Statements (ISA 240), as the outline. The key messages from the webcast are summarised in a two-part article series.…
The pandemic has intensified South Africa’s economic challenges, but these entrepreneurial CAs(SA) have found the secret sauce. AUTHOR | Monique Verduyn When President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed entrepreneurs in July, he applauded South Africans who are ‘searching for the silver lining’ amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a time of global crisis. The spread of the coronavirus has…
The major hurdle that the accounting profession faces, along with other scarce-skill professions, is the low number of learners (just 12%) passing maths with marks above 60%. Despite this, the profession has been successful in sustaining its pipeline thanks, largely, to the efforts of the SAICA’s Thuthuka Education Upliftment Fun. Lizanne Campbell (28) CA(SA), Manager…
In 2010 Yvonne Chetty became the first chief financial officer (CFO) at the Department of Energy, previously part of the combined Department of Minerals and Energy. She still holds the post after almost a decade and has a clear overview of what is required of a public servant while also often acting as a mentor…
This is a story about a professional services firm specialising in assurance, advisory and tax services. It is also about leadership that approaches development in a holistic manner. My conversation with its chief executive, Victor Sekese, emphasises the importance of culture as the basis for organisational, social and spiritual growth. The journey of the fully…