Investor confidence in South Africa should receive a boost from the message presented at the 10 year celebration of the establishment of the Credit Ombud of South Africa.
Managing debt well is a fundamental practice of any economy and if that can be achieved at the micro level directly reaching the consumer, then what impact would consumer behaviour have at the macro level?
Manie van Schalkwyk, the outgoing Ombudsman, referred to the annual report in his remarks. He expressed the joys and frustrations of setting up and operationalizing such an office in a South Africa where no such office existed before. Money is considered an emotive and personal matter in a society today that is much influenced by material status. Dealing with a person’s finances in a manner that does not judge ability or character but provides a resolution to both the consumer and the provider is why Nicky Lala-Mohan has been named as the next Credit Ombudsman of South Africa. Pictured are Manie van Schalkwyk, the outgoing Ombudsman (l) and Nicky Lala-Mohan, the incoming Ombudsman (r).
“Alumni associations have an important role to play for returning students in driving Alumni networking, collaboration and development opportunities. I am honoured to be leading this effort in my country with a number of other like-minded Alumni,” said Nompumelelo Radebe, Interim Chair of the Australia-South Africa Alumni Association. Nompumelelo received an Australian Government-funded Australia Awards scholarship to study a Master of Public Administration at the University of Sydney, completed in 2009.
Nompumelelo is one of forty leaders of Australia Awards Alumni Associations across 20 African countries who converged in Pretoria, South Africa, on 23 February 2015 for a two-day workshop on effective leadership for associations facilitated by Gretchen Dobson of Gretchen Dobson LLC International Alumni Relations.
In his welcoming remarks at the the Alumni Association Capacity Building reception, Mr Chris Munn, Chargé d’Affaires, High Commission of Australia said that Australia Awards are prestigious international Scholarships and Fellowships funded by the Australian Government.
Mr Božin Nikolić, Ambassador of Serbia in South Africa hosted a reception in celebration of the National Day of Serbia. February 15 marks the Anniversary of the First Serbian Uprising in 1804 and the first Serbian Constitution in 1835
