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UJ LAUNCHES ITS CIMA ALUMNI AFFINITY GROUP
The public sector lacks finance skills, a problem highlighted in the 2022 Auditor-General’s report and one that UJ’s College of Business and Economics (CBE) is empowered to take a leading role in redressing, according to Prof Lungile Ntsalaze.
He was speaking at the launch of the UJ Chartered Institute for Management Accountants (CIMA) Alumni Affinity Group last October. “If we look at global developments in finance space, CIMA takes a lead in this space. We endeavour to provide the best programmes and invest a lot of effort to ensure we are ahead of the curve. Also at the ceremony, held at the Johannesburg Country Club, was Prof Ben Marx, Head of the Department of Accountancy, who said UJ was “extremely proud of our alumni students”. CBE offered “phenomenal programmes”, he said, of which CIMA was the starship programme. “The CIMA programme makes for an excellent career, and among us are top alumni who are in demand in the marketplace and have a societal impact,” he said. The most cost-effective way to complete the CIMA professional qualification is to do the Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) Finance Learning Programme (FLP), which UJ launched in 2022, said Amanda Mhlopho, Head of the CIMA FLP. “The benefits of the FLP are excellent, especially for someone with a postgraduate diploma, and the cost is only R21,000. It’s only available at UJ”, she said. The speakers at the launch included Leslie Mpunzi, President of the UJ Executive Committee of Convocation, Kevin Thomas, Senior Lecturer and CIMA Coordinator, and Senior Lecturers Katlego Kekana and Adele Oosthuizen. For more on UJ Alumni Chapters and Affinity Groups, CLICK HERE.
“THIS INITIATIVE (THE CIMA ALUMNI AFFINITY GROUP) IS ABOUT WALKING THIS JOURNEY NOT ALONE, BUT WITH YOU. OUR CURRICULUM CAN BE RECONSIDERED BASED ON WHAT’S HAPPENING AND YOU CAN SUGGEST PROGRAMMES TO US THAT RESPOND TO NEEDS IN THE INDUSTRY… I SEE ALL OF US AS PART OF THE SAME BODY IN MAKING THE BUSINESS SECTOR WORK EFFECTIVELY,” PROF NTSALAZE SAID.
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