How to become a member or associate
How to become a member or associate
About CA(SA)
Becoming a chartered accountant CA(SA) is your gateway to a challenging and exciting career.
What is a Chartered Accountant CA(SA)
About AGA(SA)
AGAs(SA) play key managerial roles within diverse sectors of the economy.
What is an Associate General Accountant AGA(SA)
About AT(SA)
Accounting technicians play a crucial role in the financial management of businesses of all sizes and in all sectors of the economy.
What is an Associate Technician AT(SA)
Where your qualification could lead you
Where your qualification could lead you
Why become a member?
Becoming a chartered accountant (CA(SA)) is your gateway to a challenging and exciting career, global mobility, flexibility, and good earning potential in the business field of your choice.
Find a training office
Information for training officers or training office administrators who want to apply for your organisation to be accredited as a SAICA training office.
Examinations
Find out more about the Initial Test of Competence (ITC) – the standard-setting exam which is written after the completion of an accredited Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting (PGDA) programme.
Meet our members
Meet our members
Tshwarelo Legae, CA(SA)
Where music and numbers meet
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Mpho Makoko-Hottie
My journey as a trainee
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Zanele Maduna, CA(SA)
How Thuthuka changed my life
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Learning
Learning
Schools and learners
Discover more about the chartered accountancy profession and choose the right career for you.
Schools and learners
Universities, colleges and students
Congratulations on picking accounting as your future career. Let SAICA help you enhance your career.
Universities, colleges and students
Trainees
The SAICA training programme provides you the opportunity to develop your professional competence.
Trainees
SAICA initiatives
SAICA initiatives
The Thuthuka Programme
The Thuthuka Education Upliftment Fund is SAICA’s pioneering initiative to promote transformation in the profession. Its objective is to transform the demographics of the profession to reflect those of the country in terms of race and gender, and provide educational support to African learners and students for the benefit of the profession, while simultaneously helping to uplift communities.
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The Hope Factory
The Hope Factory’s socioeconomic and skills development programmes and projects establishes business fundamentals, that aims to create local economic development impact in targeted townships and rural areas that increases economic activity at a community level.
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Learn about CA2025
CA2025 sets out the competencies an entry level CA(SA) should demonstrate at the end of the pre-qualification process (that is, after the completion of the academic programme, training programme, professional programme and the two professional assessments) it is aimed at assisting prospective CAs(SA) prepare for their roles as these evolve.
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Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, world leaders gathered at the United Nations to adopt an ambitious framework of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 associated targets to address the full range of social and economic-development issues facing people around the world.
Latest from SAICA
Latest from SAICA
16 Apr 2026
Press release
Announcement of the SAICA Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of members of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) will be held on Tuesday, 26 May 2026 at 12h00.
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1 Apr 2026
Member profile
At the sharp end of technical accounting - Esther Pieterse CA(SA)
As accounting issues become more complex, sound judgement matters more than ever. When there’s no room for error, the hardest part is making the call. Known for discipline and staying power, Esther Pieterse has built her career working through difficult technical questions that affect the application of accounting standards in practice which impacts the financial statements and business decisions. That’s why she’s one of the profession’s most trusted problem solvers.
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1 Apr 2026
Member profile
Defining your destiny - Cecelia Swartz CA(SA)
When is a handbag not a handbag? When it is a partner, thoughtfully designed to carry you through every stage of your day (from wife to mother to exec creator), and the structure to keep pace with your nourishment ritual.
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