Elphas, CA(SA)

It always seems impossible until it's done.

[Sihle Lonzi @SihleLonzi]

The EFF has secured a meeting with the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) to discuss the Waiver of Professional Fees for Unemployed Graduates/Early Career Professionals.

We call on unemployed graduates, aspiring CAs, trainees, and early career professionals to share their experiences ahead of our meeting with SAICA.

We welcome SAICA’s openness to constructive engagement!

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

Dear @eNCA,

I am deeply ashamed by the type of journalism displayed in this clip. As a trained journalist, and as a former eNCA journalist myself, I must say this is dangerous and highly questionable conduct, especially when a media crew is no longer merely documenting events, but appears to be facilitating or legitimising harassment.

There is a major difference between reporting on an incident and becoming part of the theatre of intimidation.

If a legal migrant is being surrounded, threatened or humiliated by a vigilante group, the role of journalists should be to document what is happening accurately, safely and fairly, while remaining conscious that the vulnerable person may already be under pressure or fear.

Once a crew starts staging interactions, shoving microphones into faces in a way that amplifies intimidation, or giving a vigilante leader a platform without challenge or context, you cross from journalism into participation.

It becomes even more problematic in South Africa, where xenophobic violence has previously led to deaths, displacement and mob attacks against African migrants, including Nigerians, Zimbabweans, Somalis and others, many of whom were legally documented, just like this man appears to be.

Media coverage in such contexts requires extreme caution because images and narratives can inflame public hostility.

Journalists can and should interview all sides, including controversial or vigilante figures, because journalism often requires engaging difficult voices. But ethical reporting also requires balance, context and humanity. A migrant should not be turned into a spectacle while the aggressor is normalised as an authority figure.

Your crew should have avoided creating conditions where the victim felt cornered, exposed or endangered simply because cameras were present, with microphones repeatedly shoved between him and the aggressor.

I am deeply embarrassed by the conduct of this eNCA crew. You should be ashamed of this type of journalism.

This is precisely the kind of irresponsible media conduct that has historically inflamed violence in societies under tension. Journalists must never become participants in intimidation campaigns.

In this clip, you are no longer acting as observers. You become actors within the confrontation itself, helping create a public theatre where a man who is legally in your country is harassed by an ignorant vigilante who does not even understand the law governing immigration and business ownership.

A documented immigrant in South Africa has the legal right to start a business unless the conditions of their visa explicitly prohibit it. That is the law.
Journalism must expose intimidation, not become the microphone of xenophobic vigilantism.

[Mbuyiseni Ndlozi @MbuyiseniNdlozi]

Congratulations Nkululeko Dunga on your appointment as MEC of Finance in Gauteng.

Silence the noise. Do only what is best for our people! Salute!

[Elphas, CA(SA) @Elphas24]

@Savheya_Happie And at the centre of this collapse is Emerson Dambudziko Mnangagwa.

[Phiona Kyeru @kyeruphiona]

A coworker died yesterday morning😭.
​HR knew by 9 :00 AM, but they kept us working all day. They finally told us around 4 :30 PM, then had the nerve to say, "You can head home early if you need to"—knowing we all finish at 5: 00 PM anyway.
​This morning, it’s back to "business as usual." Some of my friends are literally sobbing at their desks, but they’re expected to work and be productive. No time to grieve.
​It’s a cold reality. Within a week, the company will have his job posted online. Within a month, someone else will be sitting in his chair.
​But his family ,his children will still talk about him every day,they will ask where is daddy , His wife will mourn him for ages ,he was the love of her life .
​At work, we are just a "resource" that can be replaced in a week. At home, we are the world. Stop giving your best energy to a desk that will forget you, and giving the "leftovers" to the people who never will.

[African @ali_naka]

I hear this Magaisa from Temu is mentioning my name. Tell the thing that I don’t waste time on his “kunanzva politics” nor am I keen to discuss with his kind. Thank you for paying attention to this stupid matter

[Elphas, CA(SA) @Elphas24]

@ali_naka Global projects 😂😂

[D. @Lush_Beauty1]

Your nervous system relaxes when your finances are in order.

[Vibhor Varshney @nakulvibhor]

ADVICE TO ALL EMPLOYEES :

1. Build a home earlier. Be it rural or urban home. Building a house at 50 is not an achievement. Don't get used to government houses. This comfort is so dangerous. Let all your family have good time in your house

2. Go home. Don't stick at work all the year.  You are not the pillar of your department.  If you drop dead today, you will be replaced immediately and operations will continue.  Make your family a priority

3. Don't chase promotions. Master your skills and be excellent at what you do. If they want to promote you, that's fine if they don't,  stay positive to your personal development

4. Avoid office gossip. Avoid things that tarnish your name. Don't join the bandwagon that backbites your bosses and colleagues. Stay away from negative gatherings

5. Don't ever compete with your bosses. You will burn your fingers.  Don't compete with your colleagues, you will fry your brain

6. Ensure you have a side business.  Your salary will not sustain your needs in the long run

7. Save some money. Let it be deducted automatically from your salary

8. Borrow a loan to invest in a business or to change a situation not to buy luxury. Buy luxury from your profit

9. Keep your life,marriage and family private. Let them stay away from your work. This is very important

10. Be loyal to yourself and believe in your work. Hanging around your boss will alienate you from your colleagues and your boss may finally dump you when he leaves

11. Retire early.  The best way to plan for your exit was when you received the employment letter. The other best time is today.  By 40 to 50 be out

12. Join work welfare and be an active member always. It will help you a lot when any eventuality occurs

13.Take leave days utilize them by developing yr future home or projects..usually what you do during yr leave days is a reflection of how you'll live after retirement..If it means you spend it all holding a remote control watching series on TV , expect nothing different after retirement

14. Start a project whilst still serving or working. Let your project run whilst at work and if it doesn't do well, start another one till it's running viably. When your project is viably running then retire to manage your business. Most people or pensioners fail in life because they retire to start a project instead of retiring to run a project

15. Pension money is not for starting a project or buy a stand or build a house but it's money for your upkeep or to maintain yourself in good health. Pension money is not for paying school fees or marrying a young wife but to look after yourself

16. Always remember, when you retire never be a case study for living a miserable life after retirement but be a role model for colleagues to think of retiring too

17. Don't retire just because you are finished or you are now a burden to the company and just wait for your day to die. Retire young or whilst energetic to enjoy waking up for a cup of coffee, enjoy the sun, receive money from your business, visit nice place that you missed and spend good time with family. Those who retire late, spend about 95% of their time at work than with their family and that's why they see it difficult to spend time with their family when they retire but end looking for another job till they die. If they don't get another job, they die early

18. Retire at your house than at government accommodation so that when you retire you can easily fit into the society that raised you. It's not easy to adjust to live in a location after spending more years at company house or at government house

19. Never let your employment benefits make you forget about your retirement. Employment benefits are just meant to make you relax, get finished whilst time is moving. Remember when you retire no one will call you boss if you don't have a business

20. Don't hate to retire because one day you will retire either voluntarily or involuntarily

Hope this will help you look at life positively

[Elphas, CA(SA) @Elphas24]

@daddyhope You go soft on Nyambirai because he's "big" when he's an "enabler" by saying it's his choices. But hammer individuals who are small in your following or not popular calling them stupid, sycophants or illiterate or sots of names in dictionary. What a world.

[Elphas, CA(SA) @Elphas24]

@IOL That's where someone will get themselves a gun, go straight to the person who caused their dismissal and Kill them or hire a hitman to kill them straight. People can be crazy when their whole life gets shattered like that

[Village Lawyer ⚖️🇿🇦👆 @Malatjie_]

I drive an old Polo with no third party insurance, if I accidentally bump your vehicle ...I can only say sorry and wish you luck in trying to succeed with a civil action against me 😬

[Elphas, CA(SA) @Elphas24]

@Malatjie_ @Milla__K 😂😂😂

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

White privilege is real. Imagine if Paul O’Sullivan was Black and Zimbabwean, Dudula and March for March would have been on the streets.

He insults Black South Africans and their leaders using derogatory names. He is not even qualified for the jobs he did for the state, yet there is silence, you would hear a pin drop. They are scared of white folks.

Even the media calls him a forensic police investigator, yet he is not qualified for that.

[Asante Mokhuoa @AsanteOnBoards]

Absa Strikes Again!

Absa Group, is quietly sending a powerful signal about leadership continuity and institutional memory with the return of two exceptional women leaders who know the organisation deeply and are now re-entering it with expanded perspective, sharper tools and renewed purpose.

**Nomonde White-Ndlovu | Chief Information Officer: Group Compliance

Nomonde White-Ndlovu returns to Absa effective February, this time as CIO for Group Compliance, after previously spending more than nine years within the group.

Her journey spans over two decades in South Africa’s technology ecosystem, with senior roles across financial services and multinationals, most recently as CIO of Bidvest Bank Limited. During her earlier tenure at Absa, she served on the #technology #executiveteam and led #governance, #risk and #compliance for the Group #IT Office.

She holds an MBA from the GIBS Business School (Gordon Institute of Business Science) and a BA Law degree from University of the Witwatersrand. 

In 2024, she scooped the Visionary CIO of the Year Award, presented by the Institute of IT Professionals SA.

**Caroline Marwisa | Executive: Leadership Development

Caroline Marwisa has also rejoined Absa, taking up the role of Executive for Leadership Development in January.

Her career reflects depth, range and consistency. Prior to her return, Caroline served as Group Head of Learning at Old Mutual, where she led enterprise-wide leadership and learning strategy. Her earlier eight-year chapter at Absa included senior roles spanning Head of Leadership and Learning and Manager: Internal Audit. She also held senior positions at STANLIB, serving as Head of LISP Operations and Risk, as well as Head of Corporate Actions within Asset Management.

Caroline Marwisa is a Chartered Accountant (CA(SA)) and holds a Master’s degree in Commerce (International Accounting) as well as a BCom (Honours) in Accounting from the University of Johannesburg. She also completed the Africa Development Initiative in Organisational Leadership through Absa Group Limited.

Congratulations are in order!

#AsanteOnBoards

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Whoever said “money can’t buy happiness” really knew what they were talking about 😔

[Troll Football Media @TrollFootball2]

Never ever try Panenka against Mendy

[Elphas, CA(SA) @Elphas24]

@Solphendukaa 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Uncle Tony @antomukuwa]

This is the most irresponsible statement l have seen online today!Please let us not be in this habit!If you have an opinion type it in detail and we discuss like it like intellectuals!

Whatever route a student wants to take to become a CA,A level is a necessity!

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

I am saddened to hear that Zimbabwean Sungura music giant Nicholas Zakaria, known as the Senior Lecturer, who led the Khiama Boys, has died.

His passing marks the winding down of an era in which he shaped and defined Sungura music, an era whose only remaining notable giant is Alick Macheso, whom Nicholas Zakaria mentored and trained.

May his soul rest in peace, and may his music live on in our hearts.