Mihlali John

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Queen’s College Boys’ High School
National Senior Certificate, December 2013
Walter Sisulu University
BCom Accounting Science GPA 67.31, December 2018
University of Cape Town
Occasional Commerce Undergraduate, (Conversion), 2019 Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting (PGDA), 2020

ACHIEVEMENTS AND LEADERSHIP
International World Youth Day African Ambassador, Rio de Janeiro Brazil (July 2013)
 I was commissioned by The Holy See, Vatican City to be the African youth continental representative during Pope Francis’ first international trip as Pontiff.
International World Youth Day participant, Krakow Poland (July 2016), Panama Panama City (January 2019)
ï‚· I participated as a South African youth member commissioned by The Holy See, Vatican City President of the Association of Catholic Tertiary Students (2015-2018)
President of Toastmasters Walter Sisulu University Branch (2015-2018)
Rising Star Annual Gradstar Top 250 University students in South Africa (2017-2019)
 An annual university student’s competition where you are judged based on work readiness through the completion of tasks and online assessments.
International Model United Nations South African delegate (2019)
ï‚· Shortlisted for Nanjing China, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia and Johannesburg, South Africa World Youth Forum, Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt (2019)
ï‚· South African Youth delegate
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) International Business Challenge National
semi-finalists (2019)
ï‚· My group made it to the semi-finals of the annual business case study competition where you are tasked with formulating a solution for a company facing technical and business risk in their operations.
Academics Officer of Postgraduate Commerce Student Council
ï‚· Handling academic matters for postgraduate students in the Faculty of Commerce at the University of Cape Town.
Schneider Go Green – International student competition Schneider Electric 2020
ï‚· Participant in a competition in which students from around the world had to put together a sustainable solution that could be used by businesses around the world.

Willing to travel: 50 miles

Experience: Walter Sisulu University Department of Accounting
Information Systems Level 2 tutor (2016) Business Ethics Level 2 tutor (2017-2018)
ï‚· Worked together with the course conveners as a tutor for 3 years, during which my tutorial groups achieved pass rates of 95%.

Head of Thuthuka Mentorship Program (2017-2018)
ï‚· Facilitated a group of senior student mentors who were assisting junior students with course work and helping to improve their academic performance.
A2A Kopano Charteris and Barnes (2017-2019)

ï‚· Audit Trainee assistant for the auditors during the audit planning phase of companies and helped determine business risk and set the materiality figure.

SmartPrep JL Tutoring (2020)
ï‚· Tutor of private university and high school students in Cape Town for the 2020 academic year.