CHARTERED SECRETARIES SOUTHERN AFRICA - Johannesburg

The career-long programme of study comprises a number of standalone qualifications and continuing professional development, each of which renders graduates employable at any stage along the education continuum, and which, when accumulated, can lead to the premier qualification of Chartered Secretary. In 2002 the King II Report on Corporate Governance introduced the primary tenets of corporate governance in South Africa. In September 2009 King III was launched, encompassing changes which anticipate the new South African Companies Act, 2008, (expected to become effective in the second half of 2010) and changes in international governance best practice. Notable in new legislation is an even greater emphasis of the role of appropriately qualified governance professionals and accounting officers such as Chartered Secretaries.