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

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

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

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

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.

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14 Jan 2026

Driving Impact Through Collaboration: SAICA Sponsors Inaugural Accounting Award at NSC High Achievers Ceremony

Johannesburg, 14 January 2026 – The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) has proudly sponsored the Accounting Award at the National Senior Certificate (NSC) High Achievers Results Announcement—a historic first for the profession. This inaugural inclusion of an accounting category sends a powerful message: Accounting is not just about numbers—it’s about driving economic growth, building communities, and empowering youth.

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8 Dec 2025
Press release

South African Chartered Accountants remain the most trusted in the world

Johannesburg, 08 December 2025 – The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) is thrilled to announce that the 2025 Edelman DXI–Chartered Accountants Worldwide (CAW) Trust Survey has once again confirmed the CA(SA) designation as the most trusted Chartered Accountancy designation globally. This achievement builds on the strong foundation laid in 2023, when both SAICA and the CA(SA) designation were recognised as the most trusted worldwide in the same study.

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21 Nov 2025
Press release

SAICA Receives Integrated Report Award in NPO/NPC Category

On 12 November, the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) was recognised with the Integrated Report Award for the NPO/NPC category for the 2024 reporting period at the Integrated Report Awards, hosted by the Chartered Governance Institute of Southern Africa.

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