It’s a long way from Fourways, Johannesburg, to Porto, Portugal – but that’s exactly where you’ll find Marta Gerbach, Group CFO of Fourways Airconditioning.

What do you do when you’ve had a long and illustrious career? If you’re Seelan Naicker, you find a way to make your childhood dream come true. That’s how, at 57, Seelan has become the oldest South African to qualify as a CA.

Johannesburg, Friday 29 August 2025 - With the release of the results for the June 2025 Initial Assessment of Competence (IAC), formerly known as the Initial Test of Competence (ITC), the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) has announced an overall throughput pass rate for both the January and June 2025 IAC sittings of 76%. An improvement from the previous year’s overall pass rate for the January and June 2024 ITC sittings of 61%, demonstrating the impact of SAICA’s candidate support initiatives in collaboration with FASSET.