Chartered Accountants · Ermelo · Est. 1983

Your numbers, in trusted hands for over 40 years.

Audit, tax and payroll for owner-run businesses across Mpumalanga. Plain English. Real advice. The same team, year after year.

The Mentz & Co office — Ermelo, Highveld
40+
Years in practice
300+
Owner-run clients
Member of
SAICA · IRBA · SAIT
Since
1983
Why people stay

We're not the biggest firm in Mpumalanga. We're the one our clients keep.

We answer the phone.

No call centres, no portals. The senior accountant who signed off last year’s books picks up this year too.

Plain English. Real advice.

We speak SARS, so you don't have to. We tell you what to do, in words you'll actually remember after the meeting.

The same team, year after year.

Hein has been signing off financials for 40+ years. Ilse for 14. Your accountant won’t change every two years.

What we do

The unglamorous work, done right.

Tax & SARS

Tax returns & SARS compliance

Returns, objections, audits, eFiling — we run the whole thing. You sign at the end.

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Reviews & AFS

Independent reviews & annual financial statements

Books your bank will believe — IFRS for SMEs, line-by-line, on time.

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Payroll & VAT

Bookkeeping, payroll & VAT

Monthly bookkeeping, PAYE, UIF, SDL and VAT201 returns. Quiet, reliable, never late.

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Trusts & estates

Trusts, estates & succession

From IT3(t) submissions to handing the farm to the next generation. The slow, careful work.

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Statutory

CIPC & statutory

Annual returns, directors' changes, beneficial-ownership filings — without the chase.

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Niche

Farmers & agribusiness

VAT on animal feed. Mixed-use farm invoices. Diesel rebates. We do this every week.

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Hein at his desk — paper ledgers, warm lamp
The anti-Big-4

Old enough to trust, modern enough to keep up.

Hein signed his first audit in 1983. Ilse came in 14 years ago. The records on our shelves go back four decades — but the eFiling is live, IFRS is current, and POPIA is handled.

If you've ever wondered why your accountant hasn't picked up the phone in two weeks, we'd like a chat. The same team answers, year after year — no junior shuffle, no offshore back office.

From our clients

Quiet, careful work. People notice.

Hein has signed off our financials for 22 years. When the bank asked questions, he was on the phone the same morning.
Pieter van der Walt Maize farmer · Wakkerstroom
We tried a bigger firm in Sandton for two years. We came back. The point of an accountant is that someone actually knows you.
Anneke Lourens Owner · Lourens Bouers
They explain it like a person would. I finally understand what my own VAT return says.
Sipho Mahlangu Director · Highveld Logistics
How it works

Three steps. No surprises.

01

Book a chat.

30 minutes, on the phone or at the office. We listen, you ask. No invoice for the conversation.

02

We map out the year.

You get a one-page plan: what we'll do, when it's due, what it costs. In plain English.

03

We do the work.

Books, tax, SARS, CIPC — handled. Same team, every year. You sign at the end.

Books in order. Phones answered.