Camira Registered Accountants and Auditors

Core service offerings

Precise answers to
complex matters.

An integrated range of forensic, audit, and tax services delivered to the standard required in high-stakes financial, regulatory, and legal environments.

01 — Forensic

Forensic Accounting & Investigations

Independent, evidence-based financial investigations conducted to a standard suitable for legal proceedings, disciplinary hearings, and regulatory processes.

Fraud and misconduct investigations
Reconstruction of financial records
Quantification of financial prejudice
Shareholder and partnership disputes
Procurement and related-party irregularities
Expert reports for litigation

02 — Tax

Tax Dispute Resolution & SARS Engagements

Technically grounded engagement with SARS at every stage of dispute — from objection through to compromise — drawing on a Professional Certificate in Tax Dispute Resolution.

Objections and appeals against assessments
Voluntary Disclosure Programme (VDP)
Compromise of tax debt
Structured payment arrangements
Resolution of penalties and interest
VAT, income tax and trust tax matters

03 — Audit & Assurance

Audit & Assurance

Statutory audit and independent review services by a Registered Auditor (IRBA), with direct practitioner involvement at every stage of the engagement.

Statutory audits
Independent reviews
Assurance engagements
Financial reporting compliance

04 — Accounting

Accounting & Financial Management

Financial statement preparation, management reporting, and financial oversight for entities requiring technically sound and well-documented accounting records.

Preparation of financial statements
Management reporting and analysis
Budgeting and financial oversight
Trust and entity accounting

Forensic capability

Evidence-based.
Defensible.

Camira has conducted forensic investigations across a broad range of sectors and fact patterns, including matters culminating in litigation, disciplinary action, and liquidation.

IFraud identified in the course of statutory audits of state-owned and private entities.

IISpecial investigations into the financial affairs of political organisations, religious bodies, and non-profit entities.

IIIEmployee and executive fraud, including salary irregularities, connected-party appointments, and procurement manipulation.

IVBusiness partner and shareholder disputes involving diversion of income and breach of fiduciary duty.

VDirector misconduct investigations culminating in liquidation proceedings.

VIRecurring forensic reviews and due-diligence investigations into prospective joint-venture partners and directors.

Our methodology

Independence and objectivity as the foundation of every engagement
Reconstruction and analysis of financial records from source
Identification of control weaknesses and governance failures
Determination of root causes, including negligence or misconduct
Quantification of financial impact and prejudice
All findings supported entirely by documentary evidence
Reports structured for legal, regulatory, and disciplinary proceedings

Professional collaboration. Camira collaborates with advocates and attorneys where required, enabling integrated financial and legally aligned solutions. The practice maintains working relationships with current collaborators in law and with law enforcement bodies.

Marica Gerber is a Chartered Accountant (SA) and Registered Auditor (IRBA) with specialised forensic accounting training and over two decades of independent practice experience spanning external audit, accounting and assurance, taxation, and forensic investigation.

She practises independently through Camira Registered Accountants and Auditors, following early-career experience in Deloitte's Specialist Forensic and Investigation Services division in Woodmead, where she contributed to complex assignments for major corporate clients including Rennies/Bidvest, Dimension Data, and First National Bank.

Forensic engagements are conducted applying an independent, evidence-based methodology consistent with the standard required for legal and regulatory proceedings. She has led investigations across a wide range of sectors and fact patterns, including matters culminating in litigation, disciplinary action, and liquidation.

Her tax dispute resolution practice includes objections, appeals, VDP applications, and compromise of tax debt, supported by a Professional Certificate in Tax Dispute Resolution from The Tax Faculty. She also holds an Advanced Certificate in Companies and Securities Law (UNISA, with Distinction) and a Higher Diploma in Forensic Accounting (UNISA) with distinctions in Fraud Prevention, Fraud Detection, and Forensic Audit.

Chartered Accountant (SA)SAICA / UNISA

Higher Diploma in Forensic Accounting (3 Distinctions)UNISA

Professional Certificate in Tax Dispute ResolutionThe Tax Faculty

Adv. Certificate in Companies & Securities Law (Distinction)UNISA

Higher Certificate in B-BBEE (77%)UJ

BCom HonoursUNISA

Our standards

How every engagement
is conducted.

Independence

Every engagement is conducted free from bias or preconceived conclusions. Camira acts solely in the interests of the facts as disclosed by the evidence.

Evidence basis

All findings are supported entirely by documentary evidence and verifiable data. No conclusion is drawn that cannot be traced to a primary source.

III

Legal defensibility

Outputs are structured for scrutiny by courts, tribunals, regulators, and legal representatives — including use in litigation and disciplinary proceedings.

Direct involvement

Every engagement is led personally by the registered practitioner. Professional judgment is never delegated to non-qualified staff.

Expert & tender engagements

Positioned for
specialist mandates.

Camira is positioned to respond to tenders and mandates requiring an independent, qualified forensic and tax expert with verifiable professional standing and a track record of court-standard reporting.

Forensic investigations for organs of state, SOEs, and regulated entities
Independent expert appointments in commercial litigation
Forensic reviews for boards, audit committees, and governance structures
Tax expert engagements in disputes and regulatory proceedings
Financial analysis for arbitration and dispute resolution
Independent quantification of financial loss or prejudice

Expert witness capability

Reports and testimony at court standard

Camira prepares expert reports and, where required, provides expert testimony in financial, forensic, and tax matters. Reports comply with the requirements applicable to expert evidence in South African courts and tribunals.

Clear statement of opinions and their factual basis
Distinction between established fact and inference
Full disclosure of methodology and limitations
Independence from the instructing party confirmed
Qualifications and registrations verifiable on public registers
Available for cross-examination and oral testimony

Contact

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an engagement.

All enquiries are received directly by the practitioner. Initial consultations are conducted in confidence. Camira is available for mandates across Gauteng and nationally.

Practitioner

M.C.M. Gerber CA(SA)

Telephone

Cell

General enquiries

Physical address

TLU-SA Gebou, Jameslaan 194
Silverton, Pretoria

Website

www.camira.co.za

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Independent expertise.Court-standard output.

Precise answers tocomplex matters.

Forensic Accounting & Investigations

Tax Dispute Resolution & SARS Engagements

Audit & Assurance

Accounting & Financial Management

Evidence-based.Defensible.

How every engagementis conducted.

Positioned forspecialist mandates.

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Independent expertise.
Court-standard output.

Precise answers to
complex matters.

Evidence-based.
Defensible.

How every engagement
is conducted.

Positioned for
specialist mandates.

Enquire about
an engagement.