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Ms Hlengiwe Ndlela

Hlengiwe Ndlela

Ms Hlengiwe Ndlela

Senior Lecturer

Discipline Accountancy
Email

NdlelaH@ukzn.ac.za

Campus Westville
Office Address Building & Room: J Block – 1st Floor, Room 121

Academic Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting (UKZN)
  • Honours Accounting Science (UNISA)
  • Masters in Accountancy (UKZN)

Biography

Ms Hlengiwe Ndlela is a Senior Lecturer in the Auditing cluster in the Accountancy discipline teaching auditing at the 3rd year level in the School of Commerce. She has a Masters in Accountancy (UKZN) obtained in 2018. Hlengiwe is a Chartered Accountant (South Africa) with the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) and is a Registered Auditor with the Independent Regulatory Board of Auditors (IRBA).

She has over 15 years’ working experience spanning across a number of industries, namely; basic education, higher education, manufacturing, and financial services (accounting/auditing industry) with her skills covering External and Internal Audit, Teaching and Learning, Leadership, Board of Directors, Auditing and Finance. Prior to re-joining UKZN, she was in the Auditing Practice as an Audit Partner and Director at Ernst and Young where she had an opportunity to lead the KZN audit/assurance business unit.

Ms Ndlela finds purpose in utilizing her professional skills and qualifications to enhance the lives of those around her, be it individuals and or businesses. She brings this to life through her involvement within the university, in business and through external community engagements. My research interests are in accounting/auditing, innovation, people and technology; and how these components change and transform industries, processes, the customer experience and their lives.  

Research Interests

  • Auditing
  • Accountancy
  • People development, leadership and governance
  • Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
  • Innovation in the profession (Auditing and Accounting)

Professional Qualifications

  • CA(SA), RA

Selected Publications

  • Ndlela, H. P., & Sibanda, M. (2018). Effects of an audit opinion on the operations of a municipality in a developing economy. Acta Universitatis Danubius. Administratio, 10(1).
  • Sibanda, M., & Ndlela, H. (2019). The causal link between FDI, FPI and carbon emissions: Evidence from South Africa. African Journal of Business and Economic Research, 14(2), 47.
  • Sibanda, M., Gumede, Z., Nomlala, B., Mkhize, M., & Ndlela, H. (2019). Revisiting the Causal link Between Agriculture, Industrial output and Financial Sector Development in South Africa. Journal of Reviews on Global Economics, 8, 1258-1267.
  • Sibanda, M., & Ndlela, H. (2020). The link between carbon emissions, agricultural output and industrial output: Evidence from South Africa. Journal of Business Economics and Management, 21(2), 301-316.
  • Sibanda, M., Ndlela, H. P., & Nomlala, B. (2020). DRIVERS OF INTERNATIONAL TOURISM IN SOUTH AFRICA: EVIDENCE FROM ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS. Journal of Global Business & Technology, 16(2).
  • Mzimela, Z., Sibanda, M., Nomlala, B., & Ndlela, H. (2022). Evidence from South African Construction and Industrial Transportation Businesses on Asset Revaluation. Eurasian Journal of Business and Management, 10(4), 239-251.
  • Ndlela, H., Sibanda, M., Nomala, B. C., & Mvunabandi, J. D. (2023). A Case of a South African Municipality’s Audit Opinion, Audit Implementation Plan, and Service Delivery. Journal of Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies, 9(3), 395-404.