ABASA UWC Student Chapter

Lead & Succeed, Together. Sadly, evidence of the racial inequalities that the Association was founded to address still exist today.

Association for the Advancement of Black Accountants of South Africa

ABASA was established in 1985 to promote the professional interests of Black persons engaged in the accounting profession. We are committed and dedicated in this pursuit, and are driven by the need to ensure that every black accountant and aspiring accountant is able to realise their full potential and aspirations. As at Februar

y 2010, of the 29,814 professionals registered under the South African Institute of Chartered Accountant's CA(SA) designation, African Black, Coloured and Indian members comprised 4,682 of the membership reflecting that cumulatively black professionals still comprise 16% of the CA(SA) membership. African Black members comprise only 5% of the total CA(SA) memberships. ABASA's main objectives include:

To facilitate and encourage the entry of Blacks into the accounting profession;

To identify and work for the removal of the conditions which are detrimental to the professional well being of black accountants;

To create awareness of the work, objectives and ideals of the Association and the accounting profession in the black community. ABASA has had a number of significant achievements through the years, including:

The establishment of the ABASA Bursary Fund, through which numerous students have benefitted;

The establishment of the Nkuhlu Subvention Fund, which ensures that the historically disadvantaged universities secure quality lecturers to facilitate SAICA accreditation. In 2009 The University of Fort Hare received full accreditation from SAICA, as a result of this initiative;

The establishment of the ABASA Leadership Programme, which is aimed at using mentorship to develop more effective leaders in the profession, through which numerous black trainee accounts have been mentored by leading business people;

Admission as a member of Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) and The East, Central and Southern African Federation of Accountants (ECSAFA). The Association's founding President was Jeff van Rooyen (Chief Executive of Uranus Investment Holdings and formerly Chief Executive of the Financial Services Board). Other past Presidents of the organisation include Sizwe Nxasana (CEO: FirstRand Banking Group), Futhi Mtoba (Executive Chairman: Deloitte Southern Africa), Sathie Gounden (Former CEO: Gobodo Incorporated) and Moses Kgosana (Chairman & CEO: KPMG Africa).

13/03/2024

🔸Meet the Top 5 Executive Committee members 🔸

Do you wish to meet the rest of the executive team members? If yes, you should be looking forward to the Grand Opening to witness the members’ inauguration.

Do you want to learn more about each executive member and what they believe in? Keep an eye on all social media platforms

Remember‼️
Venue is library Auditorium.

12/03/2024

Competition time‼️‼️

Do you believe you know who we are bringing as a special guest from the EMS faculty? Leave a comment with the name and you might win a unique gift at our Opening ceremony on Friday, March 15 at the Library Auditorium.

First clue:
-The guest is a lecturer

More clues will follow on our social media channels. Keep up to date with our posts.

12/03/2024

Join us for our opening and inauguration of our Members event to see what ABASA UWC is all about, venture into an exciting new world.

It's going to be among the best grand opening events that UWC has ever hosted!!

ABASA is presenting all of this to you at the University of Western Cape.

RSVP using the link below
https://forms.gle/bHxDwvXoTSLJdwbs8

16/02/2024

Greetings, UWC Students

ABASA UWC encourages all students from the Economic and Management Science Faculty to join the student chapter by scanning the QR code.

Please do follow us all our social media page
Instagram : Abasa_UWC
Tiktok: abasa_uwc
LinkedIn: ABASA UWC student chapter

27/04/2023

"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others." - Nelson Mandela.
ABASA UWC Student Chapter wishes you all a Happy Freedom Day

22/09/2020

Good day

Please join us for the 2nd Annual ABASA Womxn's prayer, as we reflect on the outcome of the 2019 ABASA Women's Prayer and and discuss the role of Business in strengthening the fight against Gender Based Violence and Femicide.

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://lnkd.in/dfXpeWE

After registering you will receive an email confirmation with information about joining the conversation.

22/02/2020

Abasa-Uwc's Executive with the University's Provincial Rep Mr Lazola Momo

22/02/2020

Abasa-Uwc had it's first event yesterday. We had the privilege of having Mr Sazi Ndwandwa from Auditor General South Africa speaking to us about the benefits of always having a positive mindset.

Photos from ABASA UWC Student Chapter's post

18/09/2017

ABASA-UWC and Nazareth House Home for those in need would like to thank all our UWC staff and student supporters for your kind donations and the remarkable success of the Winter Soup Drive!

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