Why did I chat to SAICA about this? Everyone tells you that your CA(SA) articles / training contract is going to be tough. But what if you feel that you’re in the wrong place, that you’re not getting the experience you should be, or that things are too bad to put up with? SAICA regulations…
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Why did I chat to SAICA about RPL? I had a chat a while back with Gareth Olivier from CA Connect, “Should you start your qualification journey if you’re older”. For a lot of people, the information around how their articles / training contracts will work, is the dealbreaker for this decision. Once you’re working,…
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Why did I chat to Nicolaas? Nicolaas van Wyk is the CEO of SAIBA (South African Institute of Business Accountants). I wanted to chat to him to provide more insight for students about professional accounting qualification options in South Africa. (If you enjoyed this, want us to chat about something else, or want more of…
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Why did I chat to Cindy? Cindy Mati is the Senior People and Culture Manager at BDO. (Most people refer to this department as HR!) I chatted to Cindy on behalf of all those students who need to put CV’s together, attend interviews and are planning to start articles and want more information on what…
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Why did I chat to Matt? Matthew Tilling is an Australian CPA who is somewhat of a self-confessed IFRS Geek. Matt was the Director of Education at the IFRS Foundation for a few years, so I wanted to chat to him to get some behind-the-scenes information on how IFRS Standards are written, and how the…
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Why did I chat to Vincent? Vincent Motholo CA(SA), RA is the Chairperson of SAICA for 2022 and 2021. He was a UNISA Auditing lecturer, and an audit partner at SNG-Grant Thornton. His experience as an academic and in practice is really valuable for students. I wanted him to share his qualification journey with us…
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If you’re going to do an accounting training contract in the future Online Course Course duration: 3 hours Cost: R450 (Launch price until November 2018) You can see the course outline, details, preview videos, on the course site. (Please note: If you’re paying via EFT, or want to register for more than one candidate, please…
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Online Course: New Trainees “Why should I do audit articles if I don’t want to be an audit partner?” This is a question I field every year from students at various levels in their studies. It is a reasonable question. Given that your training contract should prepare you for your career ahead, why should you…
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The ‘ideal’ path to qualifying as a Chartered Accounting is to do your SAICA articles after your CTA / PGDA. This is because it makes sense to get all the ‘theoretical’ and academic knowledge in your head, and then apply it in practice. There are a lot of arguments for, and against this. Some people…
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You’ve studied IFRS, pored over Tax legislation and agonized over the ISA’s, will this make you the successful Accountant you wish to be? Whether you’re studying a CA(SA) qualification, ACCA, ICB, CIMA, or any other type of studies, you’re going to need to broaden your skillset. Most accounting students focus on their technical knowledge with…
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Bad study advice nearly ruined my career. (Read here for that story!) Don’t let this be you as well! Part of my discussions with students at all levels includes the things that they should be careful of when choosing their study and career paths. It’s exciting to have options and spend time deciding what to…
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I spent quite a lot of time thinking before I started writing this article. It’s a direct response to a question I was asked on my Facebook support group (Yvonne’s Auditing Support), but it’s also extremely relevant to pretty much anyone on the CA(SA) journey. Let me start by saying that this is a HUGE…
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Think for a moment about the students around you if you’re in a class environment. If you’re working, think of your friends, colleagues, seniors or even your bosses. If I told you that you had to lead a team to finish an important project with five other people, for which you would take ultimate responsibility,…
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There has been a lot of noise in the news and in accounting / auditing student circles about the pending changes to the path to qualifying as a Registered Auditor with IRBA. This, (and an article that appears to have been written by someone who doesn’t understand the field!) has completely, and understandably, confused a lot…
DetailsThis is an infographic I created to simplify the new path to qualification as an RA. I’ve also written an article with more detail.
DetailsJust as you thought you were coming to grips with your qualification journey and what it requires from you in the future, a change is about to be implemented that will change some of the steps in that journey! From 2014, the second Board Exam to qualify as a CA will be changing. This will…
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