Providing support to those affected by the recent floods in KZN

With the recent flooding affecting areas in Kwa-Zulu Natal once again, the SAICA Board and its staff send their condolences to members and associates and their families who have been directly affected by this natural disaster.

As a membership body, SAICA prides itself on being part of a community that rallies behind the nation in times like these. It is for this reason that SAICA initially launched the SAICA Business Emergency Rescue (BER) initiative. As previously communicated, the BER exists to find ways in which SAICA and the profession can assist members and associates with advice, expertise and services to rebuild their businesses as well as help those affected to deal with the emotional and mental distress that comes from unfortunate events like the floods in the last few weeks.

Within the BER, we launched the SAICA Difference Makers: Business Emergency Flood Rescue Assistance programme when KZN and parts of the Eastern Cape were first affected by floods a few weeks ago. We once again remind our members about this initiative, following the devastation in KwaZulu-Natal over the weekend.

In this regard, SAICA has partnered with Gift of the Givers to provide an opportunity for members, their organisations as well as SAICA staff to contribute financially towards the relief efforts aimed at assisting those affected by the floods. SAICA has engaged Gift of the Givers in this regard to facilitate a more streamlined and direct process of administrating the welfare fund and members and associates can make a contribution directly to Gift of the Givers through:

Gift of the Givers
Standard Bank, Pietermaritzburg
Branch code: 057525
Account number: 052137228
Kindly use the following reference number: SAICA/BER

You can email your deposit slip to donations@giftofthegivers.org for a S18A tax deductible certificate.

We also urge and encourage all our members and associates to join SAICA’s existing community group on the Telegram Messenger application where members can connect with one another to ask for and offer advice and support as needed. If you haven’t already done so, please download the app and join this group (details on how to do so appear at the bottom of this communication).

Thank you in advance to all our members and associates who are stepping up to help. We appreciate your dedication to the well-being of not only our fellow South Africans, but also the economy.

Regards

Freeman Nomvalo
SAICA Chief Executive Officer

Instructions on how to join SAICA’s Telegram Group
Download the Telegram app on your mobile device as well as on your computer or laptop. Once you have downloaded the application to your device, add the SAICA number (074 990 5307) as a contact to your phone. You can then sign up to join the group by following this link. Your membership status will be verified before you are added to the group.

Please remember to read the group’s terms and conditions as well as the POPIA disclaimer on the sign-up page before joining the group.

At SAICA, we firmly believe that we must do what we can to make a sustainable difference and we therefore encourage all our members across the world, to help in any way they can and urge members who need support to get in touch either via the Business Emergency Rescue initiative or on the Telegram Messenger group.