College of Business and Economics | Annual Report 2019 35 sAicA And school oF Accounting lAunches 100% online short leArning progrAmmes the south African institute of Chartered Accountants (sAiCA) and the school of Accounting in 2019 launched a first-of-its-kind series of short online learning programmes to equip accountants with skills to navigate the fourth industrial revolution (4ir). 4ir for accountants is the first of a suite of four courses designed especially for Ca(sa)s to assist them in their lifelong learning journey to adapt to the technological world we live in today. this fully online course introduces the fourth industrial Revolution by exploring key topics within this realm. these topics include artificial intelligence, machine learning, natural language processing, blockchain and ethics. (1) stAFF Accomplishments Exceptional school of accounting staff accomplishments in 2019 include: • muneer hassan was part of the Budget 2019: taX panel, post the national budget speech (2) • prof danie Coetsee was announced as Best professor in accountancy studies at the south africa Education leadership awards 2019 presented by the World Education Congress. (3) • Prof monique Keevy was awarded a commendation for her contribution to teaching and learning in higher education south Africa. the awards were presented by the Council on higher Education (ChE), higher Education learning and teaching Association of southern Africa (hEltAsA) national Excellence in teaching Awards Committee. (4) • prof tankiso moloi received the vice-Chancellor’s Award 2019 for the most promising young researcher of the year. (5) • prof tankiso moloi was awarded an Award of meritorious service by the association of forensic Accounting researchers (AfAr) for contributing to the growth of forensic Accounting, fraud Examination, Auditing, and Allied professions in Africa • prof tankiso moloi was invited to serve on the Economic and management sciences national research fund (nrf) standing panel. student Accomplishments in the 2019 Chinese Bridge Proficiency Competition held in KwaZulu-natal at the durban university of technology (dut) Confucius institute, ilse smit, a third-year Bacc student (registered for hsK iV), won the first prize. (6) Bacc third-year student, mr Bonginkosi Kalipa, was the overall winner of the sAiCA student leadership summit 2019. his team 3 farm project addresses two big problems: hunger and poverty with a focus on the Eastern Cape province. the aim is to bridge the gap between poverty, hunger and conflict by utilising undeveloped land to produce vegetables and use this produce to earn an income to uplift the living standards of the community. (7)
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