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The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) is the professional home of Chartered Accountants [CAs(SA)] who are leaders in business, government and the communities they serve.

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The relationship between audit quality and audit fees

The relationship between audit quality and audit fees

Due to recent high-profile corporate failures in South Africa, questions are being asked about the relationship between auditor independence, the amount of fees and audit quality. There is a perception in various circles that lower audit fees equate to lower audit quality, writes Thandokuhle Myoli, Saica project director: assurance. 18 Feb 2020 Read more

From Cape Flats childhood to a well-chartered life of uplifting youth through sports

From Cape Flats childhood to a well-chartered life of uplifting youth through sports

Nathaniel Japhta grew up in the Cape Flats, a life many chartered accountants [CAs(SA)] just can't imagine. He has first-hand experience with prevalent gang culture and witnessing drug abuse, explaining: "I saw friends and family with more talent than I had go to prison for life, or face no option but a life of drug dealing. I was held at gunpoint for my watch on my way to write my matric final exams. It's just one of the many experiences I had to endure and push through." Here's what inspired him to push through and help the next generation get on the safe track to a brighter future. 18 Feb 2020 Read more

SAICA congratulates successful Assessment of Professional Competence candidates

SAICA congratulates successful Assessment of Professional Competence candidates

Today, the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) announced that 2 024 of the 3 560 candidates who wrote the Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) evaluation in November 2019, successfully met the assessment's requirements. 14 Feb 2020 Read more

Uniting the finance and business community to achieve the UN's Sustainable Development Goals by 2030

Uniting the finance and business community to achieve the UN's Sustainable Development Goals by 2030

SAICA, in collaboration with One Young World (OYW) and Chartered Accountants Worldwide (CAW), launched Finance and Business (FinBiz) 2030 in Johannesburg, South Africa on 6 February 2020 at Investec. FinBiz2030 is an initiative to unite and mobilise the finance and business community to achieve the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Finance professionals from various sectors came together as a force for change and to make a commitment to tackle some of South Africa's most pressing issues. 14 Feb 2020 Read more

Transparency reporting - a significant step toward regaining trust in the auditing profession

Transparency reporting - a significant step toward regaining trust in the auditing profession

The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (Saica) is pleased to note that audit firms are heeding the call to prepare transparency reports. KPMG South Africa recently issued its transparency report, Driving audit quality in South Africa, following on from transparency and similar reports issued by the other large audit firms in South Africa in 2019. 13 Feb 2020 Read more

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