As the risks of the COVID-19 pandemic saw various small to large entities crumble, it was an opportunity for fraudsters to flourish too. Assurance providers throughout the value chain of the integrated assurance should therefore ensure vigilance in managing the risks associated with fraud during a remote-working period The lockdown meant that most people, including…
Most often people think of accounting as being synonymous with rands and cents, profit or loss, equity, and investor returns. In the private sector, that is certainly the case as the accounting and reporting in the financial statements allows investors to decide which entity they want to invest in and what returns they should expect.…
Given the history of our country, it is no surprise that the constitution determines developmental duties for municipalities by requiring them to structure and manage their administration, budgeting and planning processes to give priority to the basic needs of their communities and promote the social and economic development of the community The Constitution of the…
In 2020 Nicholas Riemer CA(SA) co-founded The Invigilator, an entry-level smartphone application used to monitor online and remote assessments. Since launching the company, The Invigilator has conducted over 1 million assessments and was the No 1 most downloaded education application in South Africa as of September 2021. At the moment the app is used by…
Melissa Jacobs CA(SA) is the founder and owner of MJ Chartered Accountants. Unlike other accounting firms, hers is fiercely devoted to the preservations of lions. Her love for wildlife began as a child and knowing that the lion populations are seriously endangered triggered her to do something about it. With an estimated 20 000 lions left…
Schalk Burger’s love for socio-economic upliftment and his passion for innovation combined to form Xhuma − a technology start-up focused on solving the last-mile contextual challenges faced by many talented individuals during their educational journey Schalk Burger CA(SA) can still vividly remember when they started the Xhuma journey and how they kept going from funder…
Living in a world where every child has access to a good education has been Hendrik Spies’ dream for South Africa from a young age. At some stage he thought it would always be just that – a dream – until 2018, when he met Elize Weyers and her husband Malcolm, a former school principal,…
At the age of five Dr Leandi Steenkamp’s primary school teacher introduced her to playing the recorder, and soon afterward she was inspired to start playing the clarinet and later the saxophone. She excelled so much that her music teachers almost persuaded her to make a career in music, but she decided not to and…
‘I believe that women are stronger than they think and that we are born warriors … all of us. Women have to unleash the potential within themselves to navigate this journey called “life”. I did not give up and went against the odds to self-recovery,’ says Ruyaida Moosa A natural-born leader, Ruyaida Moosa CA(SA), MCompt,…
Stellenbosch University’s Professor Riaan Rudman believes that CAs(SA) have an obligation to make an impact on those around them and to affect change. As they progress through their careers, they should use the CA(SA) designation to strengthen that impact Professor Riaan Rudman, Associate Professor and Deputy Director: Social Impact and Transformation in the School of…