Build the Firm You Actually Want.
Not the one that was handed to you.
Five speakers. Five problems solved. One morning at Irene Farm that changes how you run your practice.
This event is not about inspiration. It is about the actual decisions that separate a practice that grows from one that stays where it is.
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Most women in accounting end up running a practice shaped by someone else’s rules. Someone else’s hours. Someone else’s clients. Someone else’s idea of what this career should look like.
The 2026 SAGE Women’s Day with CIBA is a half-day event built around one honest question: what does it actually take to design an accounting practice around your life, your ambition, and your clients?
Not a panel about resilience. Not a keynote about glass ceilings. A working session with five expert speakers who will tackle the real barriers practice owners face — software costs, finding clients, pricing services, working paper standards, and knowing what CIBA already provides to help you.
Whether you are a Chartered Bookkeeper building your first client list or a Chartered Business Accountant in Practice ready to scale, this event was designed for where you are right now.
Join us at Irene Farm Conference Centre in Centurion on 6 August 2026 for a morning that will change how you see your practice and yourself.
| 📅 Date: 6 August 2026
🕘 Time: 09:00 to 14:30 📍 Venue: Irene Farm Conference Centre, Van Ryneveld Avenue, Irene, Centurion 🎟 Admission: Free for CIBA members 👗 Dress Code: Your Statement of Account — wear the outfit that makes you walk into a room and own it |
| Seats are limited to 50 guests. This event is free for CIBA members |
Faith Ngwenya, Head of Education at CIBA
Sage South Africa
DataGrows South Africa
Ruwayda Redfearn, CEO of Deloitte Africa
DraftWorx
Leana van der Merwe, MC
Our heartfelt gratitude to our sponsors whose support has made this event possible
By attending this event you will gain
1. Know What You Are Already Entitled To
CIBA provides more than most members realise. This event shows you exactly what to use and how to use it — mapped directly to the barriers you face right now.7
2. Cut the Admin That Is Eating Your Hours
Sage and DataGrows will show you the tools that recover time and return it to your clients and your growth. Practical, specific, and demonstrated live.
3. Charge What Your Work Is Worth
The fee confidence conversation most practice owners avoid. Ruwayda Redfearn will have it with you directly — including how to calculate your floor rate and move from compliance to advisory billing.
4. Protect Your Practice With the Right Documents
DraftWorx will show you how properly drafted financials and working papers protect you from disputes and reviews — and how automation makes this faster and easier than you think.
5. Find Your Next Clients
The panel will open a live conversation about how CIBA is building the pipeline between accountants and the SMEs who need them.
6. Dress Like You Mean It
Dress Code: Your Statement of Account. Your Closing Statement. Wear the outfit that makes you feel unstoppable — smart, casual, bold, classic, whatever that looks like for you.
7. Leave With More Than a Good Morning
Real tools. Real connections. A networking lunch on a farm. And a clear picture of the practice you are going to build.
Opening session with Faith Ngwenya, Head of Education at CIBA.
Most CIBA members are sitting on a toolkit they have never opened. Faith will map every benefit, every tool, and every pathway CIBA already provides — against every barrier that keeps practice owners stuck. You will leave knowing exactly what you are entitled to and what to activate first.
Presentation by Sage South Africa.
The software cost barrier is real. Sage South Africa will show you with real South African numbers how the right tools pay for themselves in recovered time and improved billing accuracy. Includes a transparent breakdown of what it actually costs to run a Sage-powered practice and what it saves.
Presentation by DataGrows South Africa.
DataGrows is built by South African accountants for South African accountants. A member of their team will walk through exactly what the most successful practice owners set up in their first 90 days — deadline tracking, billing automation, client records — with a short live demonstration built into the session.
Keynote by Ruwayda Redfearn, CEO of Deloitte Africa.
The first female CEO of Deloitte Africa. She started as a trainee accountant in Durban, made partner at 29, and returned to lead a firm generating over R7 billion annually. Ruwayda will speak directly about building client trust, moving from compliance to advisory income, and charging what your work is worth.
Presentation by DraftWorx.
Properly drafted financials and working papers are not just admin — they are the professional shield between a practice owner and a client dispute, a regulatory review, or a liability claim. DraftWorx will show you how the right tools automate the most time-consuming parts of compliance, and why the quality of your documentation is one of the strongest credibility signals you can send to a client. Includes a live product demonstration.
Facilitated by Leana van der Merwe, MC.
How does CIBA build a pipeline that connects qualified accountants to the millions of South African SMEs who are running their businesses without professional financial guidance? All five speakers return to the table for an open panel discussion where the audience shapes the conversation.
The formal programme closes at 13:35. Guests are invited to stay for a networking lunch on the Irene Farm grounds until 14:30 — one of the most beautiful settings in Centurion.
The following event is awarded 2 CPD units in Practice Management
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