Start making a difference to a student’s life today. It all adds up, and you can make a huge difference! What did you do last weekend? And, more importantly, what did it cost you? If you are part of a typical middle-income family, you probably spent between R200 and R400 on takeaways. Do this twice…
Johannesburg, Monday 2 March 2020 – It takes over R150 000 to fund a BCom CA-Stream student’s varsity dreams every year. Thanks to the generous donations of funders and partners, SAICA’s Thuthuka Bursary is able to help BCom Accounting students from disadvantaged backgrounds attend university with the goal of helping them achieve their dreams of becoming…
Commitment to transformation in the profession is belied by negative university environments and poor support for Thuthuka. By Monique Verduyn The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) has made steady progress in helping to produce more black chartered accountants. Blacks in total form about 21% of the CA(SA) population. This is largely due to…
SAICA is keenly aware of the skills shortage in the financial services industry, and of the negative effect this shortage has on accountability and service delivery in the public sector. In response, SAICA has put its money where its mouth is, collaborating with government across a wide set of projects, all aimed at improving the…
When it comes to hiring employees there are many factors to consider; ability, education, experience, psychometric fitness for the job and the need to fulfil BBBEE and transformation requirements. An ability to get on with people is, for many, another key consideration – we all work better with people we like. That the prospective employee…