the pod(CA)st journal

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• JE#4: Khaya Sithole - A CA Voice in National Conversations

  October 5, 2026 · 1 hr 28 min

  What happens when a career you never planned becomes the platform from which you help shape national conversations? Khaya Sithole describes accounting as “the greatest accident of my life.” Growing up in rural KwaZulu-Natal with very…

• JE#1: Ruando van Rooi - From Kathu to Canada

  September 21, 2026 · 53 min

  My inaugural guest is Ruando van Rooi, who I know from his time as a student and academic trainee at Milpark Education. Ruando grew up in a small town in the Northern Cape, Kathu, and shares about his journey from there, to now working…

• JE#2: Mark Tipping - From Giving Up to Qualifying

  September 21, 2026 · 53 min

  In this journal entry, I sit down with Mark Tipping. He shares about his 17 year journey to become a CA(SA), starting straight out of school, but then giving up after being unsuccessful twice in CTA, which resulted in him believing that he…

• JE#3: Ali Andersen - Good at Finance; Called to Something Else

  September 21, 2026 · 51 min

  What happens when you are good at your work—but slowly realise it may not be the right work for you? Ali Andersen never had a master plan to become a CA(SA). She followed a path that made sense, qualified through EY and built an…

• the pod(CA)st journal - Trailer

  September 7, 2026 · 2 min

  What does it take to become a Chartered Accountant? And once you get there, what does it mean to actually be one? These two questions are at the heart of the pod(CA)st journal, an upcoming independent podcast, in which we explore the…

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