Few of South Africa’s chartered accountants are black: hearing their stories suggests what to fix: There are ways to make the path to a chartered accountancy qualification less fraught for black candidates. Andrey Popov/Shutterstock Chartered accountants can be found in the upper echelons of organisations all over the world as CEOs, directors and senior managers. …
Accountants can reduce the environmental impact of mining: pointers for South Africa: Coal processing in South Africa. Shutterstock The South African coal mining industry has a long history, dating back to the late 19th century, and contributes significantly to the economy. The coal sector employs 92,230 people and annual earnings are R27.9 billion (about US$ …
Open source accounting software developed by accountants: Over the last six months, I have been working on GoDBLedger, an open source accounting system that I feel addresses some of the issues that plague current accounting software solutions. Even in my first year as a graduate accountant, the software frustrated me because I have seen what …