About us

Accounting involves identifying, measuring and recording events which influence an enterprise's financial situation and results. At under  and postgraduate level the focus is on financial reporting,  financial accounting, and local government accounting.  

More specifically, the Centre strives to:

• Support the University in fulfilling its social responsibility towards the South African business community
• Present introductory, pragmatic, non-degree tuition in accounting studies and taxation in accordance with the needs of the business community
• Undertake research commissioned by the business community and/or research in respect of accounting studies and taxation
• Provide community service
• Use distance teaching as the main method of instruction in executing this task
• Execute its task in partnership with the staff of the School of Applied Accountancy and the School of Accounting Sciences in particular, and the University as a whole.