It’s hard to imagine an auditor with a sleeve of tattoos, a Harley-Davidson in the garage, and a Monday-night netball fixture — but that’s Michael Steenkamp. The head of IFRS at RSM South Africa for years and now part of the technical team at Mazars, Michael is...

There is something quietly defiant about Roy Mutooni’s story — a trained economist who ventured into the unforgiving world of South African finance and refused to play the part of the outsider. In a market where pedigree and postcode often dictate altitude, he carved...

When Letechia Lulema was still a teenager, her late father—a doctor with a larger-than-life personality and the authority of a man who had built his career the hard way—sat her down for one of those defining parent-child conversations at their home in Witbank. He put...

When Denga Ramuedzisi returned from the fast-paced world of corporate finance and private equity, he carried with him not only a wealth of professional experience but also a vision. He had already co-founded a small practice back in 2006, initially running it as a...

For Terri Ladbrooke, numbers have never just been about ledgers and balance sheets — they have also marked the most personal milestones of her life. Losing her mother at the tender age of four left a scar that continues to shape how she views family and relationships....

Born in Lenasia, a suburb in the south of Johannesburg, Devi Padayachee’s life was dramatically altered at the age of six when her father, a successful sales manager, fell ill. In an instant, the financial stability the family she had known disappeared. Her mother,...