OUR HISTORY
Thabani Zulu and Company, affectionately called TZ& Co, was formed in
2001 under
the Name UKUTHABA FINANCIAL CONSULTING. The
company was officially registered as Thabani Zulu and Co in 2003 with
Independent Regulatory Board of South Africa (IRBA) and the South
African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA).
The firm will always pride itself with its relevance to the needs of the
clients and its responsiveness to the general community needs.
As a philosophy, Thabani Zulu and Company has always targeted the
youth for employment opportunities and released them after significant
training and development to the broader business world to add value
The future is certain – A Proudly South
and use the skills generated from the firm to enhance their
African entity that operates in
organizations.
significant centers of the world.
Our
alumnae
are
making
strides
in
Commerce,
Government and private practice. The firm takes pride in witnessing
these ex-colleagues expand their horizons.
May not be in the “Big-mens’ league
With all changes that have taken effect, the firm has retained its core
but will definitely offer rivaling
values of :
solutions
•Service excellence,
•Social responsibility
•Skills development.
OUR SERVICES:
Thabani Zulu and Company offers the following core services
1.
Internal Auditing
2.
External Auditing
3.
Forensic investigation services
4.
Risk Management
5.
Financial Management
6.
Business Consulting
7.
Training
Our experience in business at all levels, coupled with our
unmatched skills in imparting knowledge, is arguably the best in
the industry.
The key is to stay relevant and focused
Our solutions and material are cutting edge and unprecedented
on what the client actually requires.
with our clients often remarking on the quality of our service
The success of the client is our success
and the philosophy is walking that
offering.
The key to our service offering is our approach to our clients as
business partners rather than clients, often absorbing their
painful road with them.
challenges as ours and drawing on our knowledge and experience
to offer meaningful solutions.
TZ & CO. STRUCTURE
MANAGING
PARTNER
DIRECTORS
MANAGERS
SUPERVISORS
INTERNAL AUDITORS
CONSULTANTS
ADMINISTRATION
The firm, headed up by Thabani Zulu has 5 Directors, a pull of competent professional staff and excellent
administrative capacity. We are constantly striving to grow, careful not to do so quickly and forever mindful not
to compromise our service standards
TZ & CO.
FACILITIES
Thabani Zulu and Company has invested in modern facilities to
ensure that our people are satisfied with the environment, our
systems are state – of – the – art and our clients are well serviced.
With the Head Office in Durban, we have satellite offices in
Pietermaritzburg and Johannesburg.
Our facilities are fully equipped with interned wireless connectivity
operating on CLOUD computing to ensure that we can service our
clients from anywhere in the world. As a firm we have even begun
to host some of our client’s critical information in our secure
facilities to ensure that they derive the same benefits as us.
Although tenuous, we strive to strike a balance between the shortterm survival of the firm, particularly in these challenging economic
circumstances, and our growth. We always ensure that our
investment in the firm and its people is geared towards
sustainability into the future.
TZ & CO.
CORPORATE SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY
Thabani Zulu & Co is passionate about uplifting society. Voluntary
tutoring has been done for the South African Social Workers Association,
teaching
under-privileged
pupils
Accounting,
Economics
and
Mathematics since 1991 until the program was discontinued.
Time is dedicated to visit schools and offer support to the administrators
and motivation to pupils.
Thabani Zulu & Co has funded studies of a number of under-privileged
children that aspire to succeed in life, particularly in the field of
commerce. Awards ceremonies have been held to recognise teachers that
are willing and dedicated in making a difference in children’s lives.
Churches and community organisations are visited to offer support and
make donations. Thabani Zulu & Co believes that success and prosperity,
values and ethics, all have to be underpinned by a solid belief system;
and investing energy and money in religion yields a return that can never
be compared to any other.
TZ & CO. LEADERSHIP
Thabani qualified as a CA after completing his B.Comm degree and
Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting from University of Natal in
Durban. He trained with KPMG where he rose to a position of
Supervisor. Whilst at KPMG, Thabani moved to the Training Department
where he was responsible for developing and presenting training
courses to all staff within the firm.
Thabani joined Daimler Chrysler SA as a Financial Accountant and
also responsible for the implementation of SAP within the Parts
Division.
He joined Unilever SA as a Management before joining Ngubane &
Company as a Director responsible for Training and Development
After some 15 months with Ngubane & Co, Thabani was invited to
Thabani Zulu CA (SA)
Managing Partner
Provincial Treasury to Head the Internal Audit Division. His primary
responsibilities were to give strategic direction and monitor progress of
Internal
Audit
function,
including
Forensic
Investigations,
Risk
Management Services and Governance.
Thabani has been involved with a number of Boards and Audit
Committees and currently serves
Council of Medical Schemes.
Umngeni Water Board and the
Thando qualified as a Chartered Accountant (SA) after completing her
B.Comm Honours degree in Accounting and an Advanced Diploma in
Financial Management. She served articles in Public Practice with
PricewaterhouseCoopers and outside Public Practice with Transnet Group.
She possesses over 10 years’ experience in public finance management.
She has held key executive positions in the financial services sector, the
maritime sector as well as in education and training. She has also served
as a non-executive director in various public-benefit institutions. Her
innovative approach in business process re-engineering, and designing
internal control systems that ensure efficient compliance with statutes,
standards and policies; have proven to be her professional trademark.
She is passionate about people development, SMME development and
Noluthando “Thando” Radebe CA (SA)
Partner
transformation. During her career break from formal employment, Thando
co-founded a consulting firm, which specialised in financial management
capacitation of small to medium enterprises. The practice eventually
merged with Thabani Zulu & Co. in July 2012. She joined the TZ & Co.
family as a Partner responsible for growing its Training Division and
strengthening Client Service Management.
Thando is a former chairperson of the KZN chapter of African Woman CA’s
and is currently a deputy president of the SAICA Eastern Region.
She is also an Accredited Assessor with SAICA at Level 5 of the National
Qualifications Authority.
Lusanda Nhloko
Director
•
Lusanda is the director responsible for performance auditing at
Thabani Zulu and Co. she has more 12 years experience in financial
management, external auditing, internal auditing, performance
auditing, risk management, strategy facilitation and development,
training, project management and business consulting.
•
Her recently major project was the review of HIV/AIDS Programme
performance audit in the KZN Province, a report which received a
positive reception even by the MEC of Finance in the KZN Province.
•
She worked as an external auditor for Auditor-General and moved to
Wildlife as an internal auditor before joining KZN Provincial Internal
Audit Unit and served for four years where she was a Deputy
Manager responsible for the Department of Health as major client.
•
Lusanda is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors of South
Africa (IIASA) and accredited as a General Internal Auditor (GIA).
•
She holds a Bachelor of Accounting (BACCT); Post-Graduate
Diploma in Marketing Management and Certificate in Theory of
Accounting (Intermediate).
Siyabonga Bhengu is a Director Internal Audit Services. He has
spanning more than 10 years experience in the assurance and
advisory services.
He started his career in KZN Provincial Treasury in 2002 , where was
given an opportunity for internship of six month, during the intern,
in 2003, KPMG offered him a three year contract for a traineeship in
internal
audit.
He gained extensive experience in both private and public sector as
an Internal Auditor and has been responsible for a number of clients
at various capacities including secondments’ within the public
sector.
He then joined Thabani Zulu & Co, in the beginning of 2007 as an
Audit Supervisor, and then promoted to a manager six months later
and Senior Manager as later.
Siyabonga Bhengu
Director
He is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors of South Africa.
He holds a Bachelor of Taxation’s Degree and National Diploma in
Accounting from Durban University of Technology.
Lucky Reynecke is a Director of Forensic Investigations at
Thabani Zulu & Co. he has more eighteen (20) years experience
in the field of investigation and fraud risk advisory.
He stared his career at South African Police Service and is one
of the founder members of Ngubane & Co forensic division
where he helped grow the practice.
He is a seasoned and well known operative in the filed of
investigation and fraud risk advisory. He has extensive
experience in litigation support in the Special Crimes Court,
Magistrate Court, High Court and Labour Courts.
He is a member of the Association of Certified Fraud
Practitioners (ACFE) and also a Certified Fraud Practitioners
with the Institute of Certified Practitioners of South Africa.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree and a Higher Diploma in
Education from the University of the Western Cape and a
National Diploma in Policing from Technikon SA.
Lucky Reynecke
Director
Physical address: 27 – 29 Jan Hofmeyer Road
VISIT US
Westville, Durban, South Africa
Tel: +27 31 266 1811 I Fax: +27 31 266 2025
Website: www.tzulu.co.za
Directions:
We are Here!
(using The Pavilion Shopping Centre in Westville as the base)
Take the Pavilion off ramp from N3, turn right (if coming from Durban direction) or left
(if coming from Pietermaritzburg direction), onto St James Street. Proceed in northerly
direction on St James Street (approximately 2 km). At the T Junction turn left into Jan
Hofmeyer Road. Proceed approximately 500 meters to destination on your right