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It's a jungle in Jo'burg this morning. Not only is the heavy raining causing havoc on the roads, but thousands of workers are stranded due to today's National Taxi Alliance (NTA) strike. And that's bad news for your business. Here's what you need to know about how to handle employees who couldn't [read more...]How to avoid a Miss SA type nepotism scandal in your workplace
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News reports this morning indicate that government intends to meet with the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) today in a last ditch attempt to halt a mass strike in the mining sector. The looming strike, which is expected to have a devastating impact on the economy, has [read more...]To ensure you receive up-to-date information and advice that is 100% correct, we have experts in every field:
Practical Tax Loose Leaf
Alan Lewis
Alan commenced his tax career in 1990, as a tax advocate, in the then Commissioner for Inland Revenue's legal department. After terms as a member of the Pretoria Society of Advocates, and a consultant at a leading audit firm, Alan commenced his own consultancy, approximately 6 years ago. www.acbs.co.za
His tax litigation experience has prepared him to advise a diverse portfolio of clients, on a wide range of tax subjects, with a special emphasis on litigation procedures and tax efficient structures.
Alan is a Specialist Tax Law Consultant and Advocate of the High Court of South Africa.
Ettiene Retief
With more than a decade of experience, Ettiene is a specialist in taxation and the interpretation and application of tax laws. Ettiene is a partner at Financial Tax & Remuneration Services (FTR Services). Ettiene holds membership of the Institute of Directors, South African Institute of Professional Accountants and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. He is Chairman of the Tax Technical Committee of South African Institute of Professional Accountants.
Antonie Goosen
Antonie is senior partner of the Tax advisory- service.com (a company he founded) and a former SARS official with 17 years of experience at SARS. Who better to get your affairs in order with SARS?
Peter O'Halloran
Peter is an advocate and Executive at BDO Spencer Steward – Botswana. He has a Master's degree in tax and is currently working on a Doctoral thesis in taxation. He has over 17 years experience in tax and estate planning. Peter specialises in tax research, structuring and litigation.
Andre van Staden
Andre has a master's degree in tax law and is a specialist with nine years of experience in a wide variety of taxation matters, including correct remuneration structuring and complete payroll solutions to achieve sound corporate governance and legislative compliance.
Anthony van Zantwijk
Anthony is a specialist in intellectual property commercialisation. He holds a LLM (Tax) (Wits); is a partner at Sibanda & Zantwijk and a fellow of the Institute of Intellectual Property Law. Anthony consults to Treasury and SARS on the taxation of IP.
Jackie Arendse
Jackie has an H Dip Tax Law (Wits) and M Comm (Tax) (KZN) and is a Visiting Associate Professor at Wits University. She is currently in private practice specialising in tax training and consulting. She is the former Project Director: Tax at the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) and now serves on the Board of the South African Institute of Tax Practitioners and Chairs their National Technical Committee. She is also a member of the Education Committee of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Tax Watch consulting tax expert:
Wessel Smit
BCompt (Hons) HDip Tax MCom (Taxation) CA (SA) Wessel is an independent tax consultant, and has extensive experience in presenting taxation courses, and advising on taxation issues, including experience in the writing and reviewing of technical learning material. Wessel was previously a senior tax lecturer at the University of the Free State. He is also a member of SAICA's National Tax Committee. Wessel is a also a consultant for ProBeta.
Peter Franck - Editor-in-chief of the Practical Vat Loose Leaf
Peter is tax consultant in the private sector and a Vat consultant to the East African office of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Peter was integrally involved in the introduction of Vat in South Africa. He worked at SARS for many years and was also a regular speaker at BPS Seminars.
Dee Bezuidenhout
Vat manager at BDO, ex-SARS law administrator and interpreter and auditor with 17 years' SARS experience behind her. Dee has drafted several Vat guides for SARS and assisted several other countries with the implementation and drafting of their Vat laws.
Kallie van der Merwe
Is an advocate and former SARS law administration group manager responsible for indirect taxes.
Christo Augustyn
Is a manager of the Indirect Tax department at KPMG. Christo holds a National Diploma in Internal Audit.
Practical Accountancy Loose Leaf
Henk Heymans
Is the managing director at ProBeta Accountancy Development. Henk is a registered accountant and auditor, as well as a registered assessor. He has a masters degree in financial management, and has written a book called the Business Approach to Auditing. Henk is also a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants and a fellow of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. He sits on various committees of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors.
Arthur de Breyn
Arthur is the owner of BIS, a niche business intelligence company specialising in providing clients with tailor-made Excel management reports, dashboards, and other custom Excel application solutions. He has 20 years' experience using Excel as a business tool in financial modelling, budget preparation with sensitivity analysis, management- and financial reporting packs, and more. This in-depth knowledge of Excel coupled with his experience across industries internationally has earned him the titles of 'Excel wiz' and 'Excel nerd' at more than one previous employer.
Adrian Miric
Adrian left KPMG in 2003 to start his own company. He has vast experience in all aspects of spreadsheet related work. Adrian has focussed on Financial modelling and Decision support assignments. Adrian consults regularly to financial institutions on
the modelling of projects and debt. Adrian enjoys finding spreadsheet solutions to problems that clients aren't able to solve in any other way. Major clients include MTN, Old Mutual and Sasol.
Michele Bowmer - Editor-in chief of the Health and Safety Training Manual
Nell BrowneA registered Occupational Health Practitioner, with 20 years' experience in the occupational health and safety field. She has a Certificate in Medicine and Law (Cum Laude) and is registered with SAATCA as an OHSAS 18001 Senior auditor.
She is registered with the ETDP SETA as a facilitator, assessor and moderator and regularly designs and presents OHS training.
Johann BotesBosman has 18 years' experience in the field of safety, health and environment. He started his career in the mining industry. Currently he is Executive Head: SHEQ Consulting and Training at Metrix Software Solutions. He has served as local and international (third world and first world) consultant for all industry types and trained thousands of people in safety management. He served as Risk Manager for two of South Africa's Mobile Telephone Networks.
(B. Cur, OH, ROSProf, F.IoSM, SAATCA HSE 002)
Wilna is the General Manager of Edwilo Risk Consultants, a health safety and environmental consultancy business. She is a registered Occupational Safety Professional, Assessor for OSHAP PDB, Deputy President of the Institute of Safety Management and a registered HSE Systems Auditor.
Rudy Maritz
Christel Fouché Health and Safety Advisor
Christel is managing director of Advantage A.C.T. (Pty) Ltd and has been involved in this specialised industry for over 20 years, assisting with issues of health and safety in industry and mining. She completed her MBA in health and safety through the University of Southern Queensland, is an accredited trainer (1104 and 1105) with City & Guilds. She also received her International Certificate in Training with merit.
She's a qualified and accredited facilitator and assessor with the ET&DP SETA. She's also a Lead Auditor in Health & Safety, Environment & Quality (SAATCA Lead Auditor for ISO14001 and OHSAS18001). She is a Lead Tutor for Moody International/IRCA on the ISO and OHSAS standards (ISO9001, ISO14001, OHSAS18001 and ISO27001) and is the chair of the SAATCA OHSAS18001 Scheme committee.
Richard Swift
Richard joined his father in the field of occupational health and safety 11 years ago. Within a few years, he had achieved a +95% average for risk management at three of his clients' operations, culminating in receiving an internal award of "best of the best" for the highest score within the group of companies.
Eric Swift
Eric has over 35 years' experience in the field of occupational health and safety. He started a health and safety consultancy fourteen years ago and uses his experience to advise clients on the best way to achieve legal compliance.
Hayleth is a Health and Safety and Risk Management Consultant with 25 years' experience in the Risk Control field. He was previously the Regional Manager in the Johannesburg region for the National Occupational Safety Association (NOSA). Since 1989 he has provided a consulting service to industry locally and internationally, assisting companies with implementing the requirements of current Health and Safety Legislation.
Ted Rowen
Ted was a fellow of the Institute of Safety Management, the South African Institute of Security and the South African Institute for Risk Managers. He was a registered Occupational Health and Safety Practitioner.
Sven Marcus
Sven is an Occupational Health Nurse Practitioner with over 19 years' health care experience. She has seven years' experience in the occupational health industry, where she manages Wellness clinics for various companies.
Stephanie Kruger
Stephanie is a registered occupational nurse practitioner, and started Soul Sister. Her aim is to integrate complementary health with allopathic medicine, by providing holistic care to the patient within the workplace, and assisting them in their own healing process.
Anita de Wet
Anita has 16 years' industry experience and is passionate about behavioural training. She is an affiliate of BST® (Behavioral Science Technologies), and is involved with the UNISA team busy compiling a curriculum for Behavioral Science.
Ray Strydom
Ray is currently a SHE Risk Management Consultant (specialising in construction) and administrator for six professional OHS bodies. He owns his own safety consultancy, is Executive Director of Safety First Association and a Fellow Member of the Institute of Safety Management (IoSM).
Carine van Onselen
Carine is currently an advocate in the Pretoria High Court. She has held positions as both a Group compliance Manager and SHEQ legal consultant and Trainer.
Dr André Louw
M.B.,Ch. B., M. Fam. Med, D.O.H., M.B.A.
Dr Louw is the managing director of LMM Occupational Health Inc., an occupational health consulting and service delivery entity. His main interests include designing and implementing occupational health risk management plans, designing and rolling out strategic HIV response programmes in industry and the management of disability in the workplace.
Edmund Galvin
Edmund has been involved in running OHASA audits, implementing risk plans and managing this function for clients in a wide spectrum of industry, which includes warehousing/distribution centres, construction, factories, electrical, offices and retail.
Lizle Louw Editor-in-chief of Labour Law for Managers (BCom (Law), LLB, ICL Programme (Antwerp), Conveyancer)
Editor-in-Chief of Fleet Street Publications' Labour Law for Managers Loose Leaf Service.
Lizle is an admitted attorney and conveyancer. She is a director at Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs in the employment law department.
Lizle specialises in employment law, occupational safety and mine health and safety. She acts for a diverse range of clients in the mining and retail industries. Lizle's general practice includes litigation in the CCMA, Bargaining Councils, Labour Court and Labour Appeal Court, drafting of employment and safety related policies and training of line managers on all employment-related matters.
Ivan Israelstam (BA Hons., Adv Dip (IPM)) Labour law consultant and writer for the Workplace section of The Star newspaper
Alan Rycroft (BA, LLB, LLM (London)) Professor and attorney
Barney Jordaan (BA LLB (cum laude) and Doctorate in Law (LLD))
Labour law practitioner; extraordinary professor, University of Stellenbosch Business School; visiting professor, University of Cape Town GSB
Marleen Potgieter – (BA, B Proc, HDipLabourLaw) – Managing Director
Marleen is managing director at Equity Works, employment consultants. She assisted in the drafting of the Employment Equity Act and her specialties include employment structures in the workplace, mediation and dispute management.
Anton Steenkamp (BA, LLM, LLM (Pret), LLM (summa cum laude) (Notre Dame, USA)
Practising attorney, partner in the employment law department (Bowman Gilfillan)
Penny Bosman (BA, LLB (cum laude))
Senior associate in the employment law department (Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs)
Lee-Ann Randall (BSc Occ Ther, MA, Cert Health Ec, Adv Dip Voc Rehab) Consultant and disability expert
Dale Hutchison (BCom, LLB (magna cum Laude), PhD (Cambridge)
Head of internal research unit (Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs), part-time professor (UCT)
Nicky van der Westhuizen (BCom, LLB)
Practising attorney, senior associate in the employment law department (Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs)
Gill Loveday (BA, B.Iuris, LLB, LLM in Labour Law (cum laude))
Admitted advocate, labour law specialist, part-time Senior Commissioner at the CCMA and host of the Labour Line on Talk Radio 702
Edwin Ellis (BCom, LLB)
Practising attorney, senior associate in the employment law department Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs)
Alex Ferreira (BA, LLB, LLM)
Practising attorney, associate in the employment law department (Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs)
Itayi Gwaunza (BA, LLB)
Practising attorney, associate in the employment law department (Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs)
Zahida Ebrahim (LLB (UWC) Certificate in International Business Transactions (Howard University, USA))
Practising attorney, associate in the employment law department (Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs)
Des Squire
Labour law consultant
Bradley Conradie (BA, LLB, LLM)
Practising attorney, senior associate in the employment law department (Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs)
Nichola Wainwright (BProc, LLB)
Human Resources Manager
Liezl-Mari Mouton (LLB)
Associate in the employment law department (Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs)
Ebrahiem Abrahams (LLB (summa cum laude))
Associate in the employment law department (Bowman Gilfillan)
Helen Wilsenach (BA, LLB)
Senior associate in the employment law department (Bowman Gilfillan)
Imraan Mohamed
Director (Routledge Modise in association with Eversheds)
Deidre Venter (BProc, LLB, LLM)
Head of the general law department (Leppan Beech Incorporated)
Michael Maeso (BA, LLB, LLM)
Head of the employment and pension law department and partner at Shepstone and Wylie Attorneys
Annie Irwin (BMus, TLD, LLB)
Partner and director of Anne Erwin Attorneys
Dr Alec Wainwright (D Litt et Phil)
Industrial relations specialist at Wainwright Labour Law.
Janine Nieuwoudt Editor-in-chief of the Practical Guide to Human Resources Management - HR Business Consultant
Janine Nieuwoudt has worked in the Human Resources and Strategic Management fields in various industry segments, including IT, engineering, manufacturing, international banking and auctioneering. Having gained wide experience within these diverse corporate environments, Janine started a Management Consultancy, BMT Dimensions, in 2000.
Liezel Blignaut - (M Comm Personnel Management) – Director, Human Capital Business Solutions (Pty) Ltd.
Liezel worked in various well-known organisations and HR consultant and management positions for 10 years before starting her own consultancy in 2002. She is registered as a Master HR Practitioner with the SABPP (who is the custodian for HR standards and professionalism in SA). Liezel has also participated in a number of publications and conferences in her career.
Dr Kent McNamara (MA PhD (Wits)) – Industrial Anthropologist
Dr McNamara has been an independent consultant since 1987 working in change management, team building, organisation culture, employee communications, diversity awareness, employment equity and corporate organisation redesign.
Desrae Connold – HR Specialist
Desrae has worked as a generalist in the HR field for over 28 years and is registered as a HR Practitioner with the SABPP. She has been the managing member of Connold & Associates cc for over 14 years.
Elsabé Manning – HR Consultant
Elsabé Manning is a Consultant, Executive Coach, Public Speaker and author. Elsabé studied HR Management at RAU (now University of JHB). She has 13 years' experience in training and development and she specialises in organisational and team development.
Janine dos Santos – (BA Hons Ind Psyc) – Director
Janine dos Santos is the Director of HR Solutions. She has been working in the field of Education, Training and Development for eight years, specialising specifically in Human Resources for the last three years.
Lee Randall – Consultant: Disability in the Workplace
Lee has 22 years' experience gained in South Africa, New Zealand and the USA. She writes, consults and trains on disability in the workplace. As a private occupational therapist she also provides medicolegal services, functional capacity evaluations and return-to-work interventions to attorneys, insurers, employers and individual clients.
Rob Bothma: Divisional manager at Q Data DynamiQue,the e-HR specialist within Business Connexion.
Rob has been a part of the IT industry for 27 years' and his involvement with HR systems has spanned over 15 years.
Helen Wilsenach (BA LLB): Senior associate in the employment law department (Bowman Gilfillan)
Helen was admitted as an attorney in 2004. She advises mainly commercial employers. She has a varied practice that includes legal drafting, opinion and appearance work.
Pleia Alberts: Recruitment consultant – Connold and Associates
Pleia has worked in recruitment for a number of years. She specialises in unique recruitment solutions for small companies as well as psychometric assessments and carrying out intensive background checks into candidates.
