The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) claims to be “the leading accountancy body in South Africa and one of the prominent institutes globally”.
Saica has the following three recognised designations:
In their website introduction they claim to be “at the forefront of developing, influencing and leading the highest standards of ethics, education and professional excellence in the delivery of quality accountancy skills”. SAICA’s core roles are the safeguarding of the professional standards of their designations; advancing and maintaining the relevance of the profession and regulating the members’ and associates’ professional conduct against the SAICA Code.
To give an idea of SAICA’s popularity among South African accountants as well as its various designations, as of March 2022 SAICA had a total of 54,460 members. This was made up of 49,784 chartered accountants, 4,258 associate general accountants and 418 accounting technicians.
Website: saica.org.za [no follow external link]