Causes and effects of workplace conflict

Conflict: it’s a term we are familiar with as each of us has experienced it at some point in our working or personal lives. In the workplace it can be particularly difficult to overcome these challenges. If not identified timeously, conflict can be detrimental...

Engaging graduate students through career development

Once students enter university, they tend to be more experienced and confident about their career path and future employment prospects. However, that doesn’t mean they have everything figured out. In some ways, graduate students need a higher level of expert...

PoPI and GDPR a forgotten essential in HR

The Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPI) in South Africa and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union, have shone a light on the importance of protecting valuable personal information. However, while the focus has predominantly been...

Is financial emigration or double taxation better?

When it comes to choosing financial emigration (FE) or a Double Taxation Agreement (DTA), expatriates must understand that there can never be a one size fits all approach. By Jonty Leon, attorney and financial emigration legal manager, and Claudia Aires, head of...

The workplace of the future

We already have an idea of how digitalisation, and above all new technologies like machine learning, big data analytics or IoT, will change companies’ business models — and are already changing them on a wide scale. So now’s the time to examine more...

SA leads in international accounting standards adoption

The International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) recently released its 2017 Global Status Report which measures the progress of its members in adopting its international accounting standards. By Professor Rashied Small, executive: education and training at SAIPA...