About Us
We’re looking forward to working with you
Meet the team ready to partner with your business and help it grow wings
Why we love what we do…
Decades of experience, both local and abroad, and with every size business you can imagine, has taught us that, although your business is as unique as you are, almost every business owner is after the same thing. They want to build a successful business that gives them the freedom and the time to lead a life they can only dream of.
Running a business is unfortunately full of obstacles that block you from reaching your ambitions. These barriers, be it taxes, cash flow, month ends, compliances and so on, slow you down, distract you, sap your energy and can completely drain your motivation.
We built our business and reputation by smashing through these barriers, find the secret shortcuts to save you time and let us fight on your behalf to keep you focused and motivated on building the business of your dreams.
We’ve seen many business owners struggling to keep the balance, living month to month, with little room for movement.
Our Team

Claire Lyn Kolbé
Director
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Veronica Wales
Operations Manager
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Tapiwa Nadzo
Audit Manager
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Tamzyn Steenkamp
Bookkeeping Manager
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Colleen Goosen
Personal Assistant to Director
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Tonderai Muyengwa
Senior Auditor
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Karen Malatji
CIMA Trainee
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Masingita Mkhawane
Tax Compliance Intern
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Nthati Lehobo
CIMA Trainee
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Robin Nyamatukuluka
ACCA Trainee
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Aishwarya Cook
Finance & Office Administrator
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Kate Coleman
Finance & Office Administrator
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We are always looking for dedicated and hardworking people, who want to help businesses grow.
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Claire Lyn Kolbé
Director
Recro Business Services is headed up by Claire Kolbé. Claire is a chartered accountant (SA), a registered auditor and an accredited SAICA skills assessor with 25 years of experience.
During her 11 ½ years with PricewaterhouseCoopers, she held the management portfolios of Kwazulu-Natal’s Regional Training and Methodology, Risk Management and Audit Software Support as well as her corporate audit portfolio which included JSE-listed entities and a number of different industries.
She worked with the PwC national office in rolling out new methodology and training programs, represented the South African firm overseas being part of the global training course development team and was part of the national quality review team. She worked in the Pietermaritzburg, Durban, Harare and Malawi offices, the latter two of which she was responsible for assisting in the improvement of the quality standard of audits to meet the firm’s standard of quality.
After leaving PricewaterhouseCoopers she worked in commerce as a global reporting manager for three years implementing IFRS and a system automation project for a United Kingdom-based company with eight international offices, before starting her own practice, Recro Business Services in Cape Town in 2009. She has been involved with pre-issuance and quality review audits for the Auditor General and ICAN as well as assisting as an expert and quality control reviewer on larger audits.
Why I love what I do
The key to loving the work that you do is finding passion and purpose in it. I qualified as a chartered accountant 17 years ago, and this together with my six years of articles and as a supervisor, I have a wealth of business experience to bring to any individual and company.
I love what I do because every day I meet a wonderful variety of people to whom I can make a difference too. Whether it is the individual salaried employee taxpayer whom I can take the stress and concern of SARS compliance away; or to the small business owner who needs guidance and setup of budgets, processes, accounting systems and financial statements for financing; or the larger business who needs structuring solutions for their employees or automation and efficiency of their accounting systems; I get to make a valued difference in each of these persons lives and take the stress away from compliance and the financial side of running their business while helping them make better financial decisions

Veronica Wales
Operations Manager
Three words that describe Veronica:
Authentic, Passionate & Resilient
Veronica’s favourite quote:
Our level of awareness determines the quality of our experience – Michael Neill

Tapiwa Nadzo
Audit Manager
- Audits
- Review of AFS
- Consulting
What does Recro mean to Tapiwa:
A place to grow and add value to the business and its clients.
Three words that describe Tapiwa:
Humble, loyal and ambitious.
Tapiwa’s favourite quote:
The problem is not the problem but the problem is your attitude about the problem. Do you understand? – Captain Jack Sparrow

Tamzyn Steenkamp
Bookkeeping Manager
- Bookkeeping
- Financial Statements
- Taxation
- Consulting
What does Recro mean to Tamzyn:
Recro is a family and a place of great knowledge and growth.
Three words that describe Tamzyn:
Passionate, Honest, and friendly
Tamzyn’s favourite quote:
You’re a warrior, warriors don’t give up and they don’t back down. Pick up your sword and shield and fight – LuHan Roy

Colleen Goosen
Personal Assistant to Director
- Director support
- HR admin support
What does Recro mean to Colleen:
Recro’s values align with my own therefore I look forward to being part of a team that truly cares about their clients and growing along with the business.
Three words that describe Colleen:
Kind, reliable and hardworking.
Colleen’s favourite quote:
Be thankful for what you have, you’ll end up having more – Oprah Winfrey

Tonderai Muyengwa
Senior Auditor
- Accounting
- Financial Statements
- Taxation
- Audit
What does Recro mean to Tonderai:
A great place to learn, develop and grow while contributing in my small way for its betterment.
Three words that describe Tonderai:
Dependable, reliable and responsible.
Tonderai’s favourite quote:
You miss 100% of the shots you never take – Wayne Gretzky.
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Aishwarya Cook
Finance & Office Administrator
- Customer service
- Client support
- Internal marketing
- General administration
What does Recro mean to Aishwarya:
It means exceptional talent and greatness for achievements made and growth in store.
Three words that describe Aishwarya:
Prosperity, ambitious, and innovative.
Aishwarya’s favourite quote:
Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.

Kate Coleman
Finance & Office Administrator
- Customer service
- Client support
- Internal marketing
- General administration
Three words that describe Kate:
Determined, resourceful, thoughtful
Kate’s favourite quote:
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Karen Malatji
CIMA Trainee
- Bookkeeping
- Payroll
- Taxation
What does Recro mean to you:
Recro means growth and contributing towards the betterment of someone’s company.
Three words that describe you:
Cheerful, Hardworking & Tenacious
Your favourite quote:
If you put yourself in a position where you have to stretch outside your comfort zone, then you are forced to expand your consciousness. – Les Brown

Nthati Lehobo
CIMA Trainee
- Bookkeeping
- Payroll
- Taxation
Three words that describe you:
Curious, Adaptable and Dependable
Your favourite quote:
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. – Hellen Keller

Masingita Mkhawane
Tax Compliance Intern
- Tax
Three words that describe you:
Resilient, patient, funny
Your favourite quote:
Happiness is an inside job. Don’t assign anyone else that much power over your life – Mandy Hale

Robin Nyamatukuluka
ACCA Trainee
- Accounting
- Financial Statements
- Taxation
- Audit
What does Recro mean to you:
The foundation to my prestigious career.
Three words that describe you:
Aesthetic, Versatile and Responsible
Your favourite quote:
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” – C.S. Lewis
Giving Back
We believe in being responsible to our environment and actively participate in putting this into practice by running a 98% paperless environment and recycling everything possible.
We have also been blessed with much and it is our responsibility to share with others. Causes close to our heart are entrepreneurship interventions; animal organisations and children in need. We chose a charity each year to support as a team but our ongoing
Some of our key projects that we support are below.
Don’t waste another second
with numbers that aren’t getting you to that business and life, you are longing for.

Contact Us
Need to make sense of your books?
Want your business to grow?
Want to rather focus on serving your customers?
We love meeting new businesses so please reach out.

Office
23 Akasia Avenue
Panorama
Cape Town
7500
Phone
+27 21 930 3850
+27 71 265 8148
+27 71 265 8148