Perspective Pulse

8 March 2024

Connecting knowledge and expertise

March is dedicated to celebrating our female trailblazers. At PwC, our Inclusion and Diversity efforts focus on various diversity dimensions that reflect who we are as PwC professionals. Being the best means we have seen everyone play and we know that our team is strong enough to face any challenge. International Women’s Day is a great occasion to celebrate what we have achieved having exceptional female talent in our teams. To our Mbokodos, happy International Women’s Day!

Message from PwC Inclusion and Diversity Leader, Marcia Mokone

Business strategy

Transformation

PwC’s Transformation platform brings together the complete suite of capabilities, assets and accelerators needed to help our clients address their overall business transformation needs and issues, to succeed with positioning their organisations to build trust and deliver sustained outcomes for today and the future. We help our clients shape a clear value strategy that sets them apart in partnerships - making sure everything they do contributes to their organisation’s overall strategy.

Discover our transformation services here.?

Thought leadership

Africa Business Agenda

Our recently released Africa Business Agenda indicates that CEOs in Africa are more optimistic about growth prospects, the long-term viability of their organisations and revenue outlook compared to their global counterparts with 51% of Africa CEOs more likely to expect global growth to improve in 2024 compared to 38% of CEOs globally. A smaller percentage (34%) in Africa expects the global economy to decline as compared to global CEOs (45%). CEOs in Africa also report significant revenue growth (16%) over the last year as compared to 12% among CEOs globally. Get more insights here.?

Building Public Trust through Tax Reporting?

In this 8th edition of the Building Public Trust through Tax Reporting publication, we explore the value that businesses derive from being transparent on tax and consider why tax is material to both internal and external stakeholders. Discover more here.?

Events

PwC Post-National Budget Discussion 2024

On 23 February 2024, we successfully hosted our annual post-Budget panel discussion in South Africa. Centred around the theme ‘Our Humanity: Now’s the time to work together’, our panellists Osman Mollagee, PwC Tax Partner and Xhanti Payi, PwC Senior Economist, Bonang Mohale, Chancellor of the University of the Free State and Ferial Haffajee, Daily Maverick Associate Editor shared their thoughts on how the changes proposed could affect our economy and society at large. We had the honour of welcoming 220 guests at our Waterfall office and 1438 virtually to deliver an important message: the public and private sectors need to focus on solving important problems and building trust by working together on behalf of our shared humanity. It’s a critical time for businesses, government and other stakeholders to work together in a more agile, resilient and inclusive manner and to commit to meaningful investment in societal outcomes benefiting all South Africans. Thank you to everyone who attended. More information including a recording of the event is available here.

Alumni

PwC Alumni network

Your network for life

Stay connected to our community of solvers by being part of our exclusive network of PwC alumni making a difference in businesses and communities. Our network is built on the foundation of our shared experiences and values, and driven by a common purpose and passion.

Joining the PwC South Africa alumni programme will connect you to our alumni community and to the firm, while being supported and gaining exclusive access to services and benefits tailored for our alumni community.

Build enduring connections with fellow PwC South Africa alumni. Elevate your network for life!

This week, we hosted our alumni partners at the PwC Waterfall office. The evening event presented an opportunity to reconnect with familiar faces, reminisce about fond memories and share experiences and celebrate the firm’s successes over the years.

Are you a PwC South Africa alumni? Sign up to join our alumni network.