LETTER: Erik Venter and Simon Mantell’s article contains ‘inaccuracies’
It is disingenuous to claim that the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants has done very little to restore trust in the profession
The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (Saica) acknowledges that our members are fully within their rights to have strong opinions on the status and standing of the profession of which they currently hold membership. However, the comments by Erik Venter and Simon Mantell are unfortunate in that they have not engaged with Saica on the merits of the content of the article before it appeared in the media. Had they done so, Saica would have had the opportunity to point out various factual inaccuracies.
Among these inaccuracies are that Saica is not taking appropriate, decisive action against errant members or embarking on a process to restore trust in the CA (SA) designation and the profession. On the contrary, as has been communicated to members on various occasions, in 2016 Saica introduced noncompliance with laws and regulations (Noclar) provisions to its professional code, effective from July 2017; has set up a compliance division to improve member compliance wit...
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