Author: SAIGA

ADVERSITY SHAPED MY CHARACTER

By Kgomotso Sethusha Nothing quite moulds a person’s character like adversity. As someone who grew up in the village, the new SAIGA Education Training and Development (ETD) manager, Sello Malatsi, is all too familiar with overcoming adversity, having had to cross rivers to get to school. Growing up in Makotaseng, a village in Greater Tubatse, Read More

ANNUAL CONFERENCE: MAQOMA GETS ON BOARD

By Kgomotso Sethusha National president of Abasa Linda Maqoma will join a list of esteemed public speakers, accountants, auditors and thought leaders at the Southern African Institute of Government Auditors (SAIGA) conference. Maqoma, the founder and chief executive of Nomatshawe Group, will participate in lively discussions and a variety of panel discussions on accounting and Read More

Note from the SAIGA President

As we continually reset, re-adjust and refocus our strategy to make the organisation a leader in the sector and industry, we fully understand that we are planting trees that we may not be able to sit in their shade or enjoy their fruits, hence Vision 2030 is meant to benefit both the present and future Read More

Presidents Note

Karl Marx once said, “Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it under self-selected circumstances, but under circumstances existing already, given and transmitted from the past”. The past 28 have shown us that the legacy of apartheid still haunts us, in terms of economic Read More

We drive in styleSAIGA Conference in Pictures

The SAIGA 2nd Annual Conference Gala Dinner was a glitzy affair, graced by members of SAIGA, regional committees, stakeholders and sponsors at the Protea Hotel Fire & Ice Menlyn, Pretoria. The gala dinner was preceded by Day 1 and 2 of panel discussions, featuring pre-eminent speakers, public figures, opinion makers and professionals in the auditing Read More

PSAA takes class to varsity students

STUDENTS across various higher learning institutions have expressed great interest in courses offered by SAIGA and Public Sector Accountancy and Audit Academy (PSAAA). The PSAAA team, led by Portia Morai, embarked on a whirlwind tour of universities, namely the Tshwane University of Technology – Polokwane and Ga-Rankuwa campuses respectively – and the Vaal University of Read More

SAIGA Tag Team visits Cape Universities

SAIGA is continuing its drive to have accreditation and recognition of existing learning programmes in universities relevant to the Institute’s designations. To this end, SAIGA CEO Russel Morena and the Institute’s Education Development and Training manager, Sello Malatsi supported by the Education and Professional Development Committee (CPD) members, Xolisa Dlanga and Spokazi Jojo visited as Read More

SAIGA CONFERENCE A SUCCESS – MOGOENG

The Protea Hotel Fire & Ice in Menlyn was a hive of activity as public figures, politicians, and the who’s who in the auditing and accounting profession gathered for the SAIGA 2nd Annual Conference in mid-September. Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma opened proceedings as she delivered the keynote address, which she Read More

SAIPA partners with SAIGA for upcoming annual conference

Johannesburg-For the second year running, the Southern African Institute of Government Auditors (SAIGA) will host its annual conference from Wednesday the 14th to Thursday 15th September 2022 at the Protea Fire & Ice Marriot hotel in Menlyn, Pretoria.  The conference, which is sponsored by the South African Institute of Professional Accountants (SAIPA), under the theme “Step up to Read More