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2021-09-02 00:00:00.0 | Category: Lead, Featured, Department of Management Accounting

Academically resilient

Unisa's 2021 Teaching and Learning e-Festival reaffirmed that the institution is a committed student-centric university that partners with the state, society and the continent.

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2021-08-16 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Accounting Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Are South Africa’s biggest looters within the public sector?

Unisan Bafo Khanyeza writes in News24 of the widespread corruption at all levels of government in the country and which will remain long after SA has overcome the ramifications of the recent violent riots.

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2021-08-12 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Accounting Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Refusing to accept the status quo

Speaking at the CAS 2021 T&L Festival, the Chairman of the SAICA Board lauded the college for its resilience. “Your student performance was impressive, as from the 983 African candidates that passed the 2021 ITC exams, 315 were from Unisa. This is by far the highest contribution by a university and shows its commitment to the transformation of the accounting profession.”

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2021-07-08 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Accounting Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Unisa makes a significant contribution to transforming the chartered accounting profession

Almost a third of the African candidates who recently passed the professional assessment examination of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants are alumni of Unisa's College of Accounting Sciences.

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2021-06-14 00:00:00.0 | Category: Lead, College of Accounting Sciences, Featured, Corporate

International collaboration examines a 21st century auditing philosophy

CAS academics recently engaged with their Turkish counterparts to survey the rapidly evolving auditing landscape and its related tech tools.

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2021-06-01 00:00:00.0 | Category: Department of Financial Governance, Featured

Going beyond the call of duty – CAS reaches out to ITC Board Exam candidates

Unisa ITC Board Exam Technique Workshop, a stepping stone to becoming a CA(SA)

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2021-03-13 00:00:00.0 | Category: Lead, College of Accounting Sciences, Financial Accounting, Featured, Corporate

The ineffectiveness of South Africa’s anti-corruption strategy

Bafo Khanyeza, Senior Lecturer at Unisa, features prominently in the March issue of Accountancy SA, a monthly magazine published by the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants, with his special report on audit reform.

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2020-12-03 00:00:00.0 | Category: Department of Financial Governance, College of Accounting Sciences, Featured

Stretching the public purse

Looting of public resources continues unabated, despite the public outcry. Daily news reports tell of food parcels being diverted or used for political leverage and contract prices being inflated to ridiculous levels – all while the perpetrators openly flaunt their ill-gotten gains

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2020-11-17 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Accounting Sciences, Alumni, Featured, Corporate

Unisa says farewell to exceptional alumnus

Outgoing Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu, who graduated with a BCompt Honours from Unisa in 1997, embodied the values of integrity, selflessness, humility, and hard work. He steadfastly believed in the South African constitution. Read more

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