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THE UNISWA FOUNDATIONContinuedgrowth of Swaziland by continuallyproducing top-pedigree engineerswhose expertise and skills arerelevant to the needs of the jobmarket. It further aims to closethe glaring gap in the numberof available engineers requiredto sustain the economic growthprospects of the country. Othercompanies that have shown keeninterest and have a vested interestin this endeavour include MTNSwaziland, SPTC, and RSSC whohave all toured the facility led bytheir Executive leadership.The Managing Director of Tibiyo Taka Ngwane, Mr. A.T. Dlamini, the ManagingDirector of Swaziland Electricity Company, Mr. P. Gumbi, the Vice-Chancellor,Prof. C.M. Magagula, and other offi cials touring the Electrical and ElectronicEngineering BuildingE20 million. The grants were availed by the Government ofJapan under the Counterpart Funds Grant Assistance forthe Food Security Project for Underprivileged Farmers(2KR) and the Grant Assistance for Grassroots HumanSecurity Projects (GGP). The two projects are scheduledfor completion at the end of June 2011 and end of May2011 respectively.Visit of the Managing Directors of Tibiyo TakaNgwane, Mr. A.T. Dlamini, and SwazilandElectricity Company, Mr. Pius Gumbi, to theElectrical and Electronic Engineering BuildingRoyal Swaziland SugarCorporation (RSSC)Donation PresentationOn 25 March, 2011, RSSCpresented a donation of E60,000 tothe UNISWA Foundation at an event held at the SimunyeCountry Club. The company which is the largest employerin the country and listed on the Swaziland Stock Exchangehas continued to avail funding year after year towards akey strategic endeavour of the Foundation, the InstitutionalFund for Academic Advancement. The Fund aims toavail opportunities for the most outstanding studentsThe launch of the new Electrical and Electronic Engineeringprogramme was marked by the construction of a stateof-the-artbuilding housing several laboratories andclassrooms. The construction was made possible througha grant of E12.7 million availed by the Government ofSwaziland. The current phase of the project involvessecuring equipment to be installed and fi tted in thevarious laboratories of the facility. Mr. Pius Gumbi inhis capacity as Chairman of the UNISWA-Industrypartnership initiative has been at the forefront ofmobilising key strategic partners to donate funds for theequipment requirements estimated at E10.5 million. Thenew Engineering programme aims to foster the industrialThe Chairman of RSSC, Mr. A.T. Dlamini, and the ManagingDirector of RSSC, Mr. Nick Jackson, presenting a donation tothe Vice Chancellor, Prof. C.M. Magagula who received it onbehalf of the UNISWA Foundation117REPORT OF THE VICE CHANCELLOR