South African Business 2020 edition
A unique guide to business and investment in South Africa. Welcome to the eighth edition of the South African Business journal. First published in 2011, the publication has established itself as the premier business and investment guide to South Africa. Regular pages cover all the main economic sectors of the South African economy and give a snapshot of each of the country’s provincial economies. A special feature focusses on the huge potential for growth and job creation which the tourism industry holds. The possibilities presented by the age of renewable energy for the mining industry is the topic of another special feature and the CEO of Minerals Council South Africa responds to a set of questions on the state of mining in the country. South African Business is complemented by nine regional publications covering the business and investment environment in each of South Africa’s provinces.
A unique guide to business and investment in South Africa.
Welcome to the eighth edition of the South African Business journal. First published in 2011, the publication has established itself as the premier business and investment guide to South Africa. Regular pages cover all the main economic sectors of the South African economy and give a snapshot of each of the country’s provincial economies. A special feature focusses on the huge potential for growth and job creation which the tourism industry holds. The possibilities presented by the age of renewable energy for the mining industry is the topic of another special feature and the CEO of Minerals Council South Africa responds to a set of questions on the state of mining in the country. South African Business is complemented by nine regional publications covering the business and investment environment in each of South Africa’s provinces.
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OVERVIEW<br />
Engineering<br />
Training new engineers is a national priority.<br />
SECTOR INSIGHT<br />
Murray & Roberts strengthened<br />
its mining orders by<br />
R10.4-billion.<br />
A<br />
study jointly commissioned by the Water Research<br />
Commission and the <strong>South</strong> <strong>African</strong> Local Government<br />
Association (SALGA) found that the country’s four-in-amillion<br />
ratio of engineers is a long way from the required<br />
50-per-million. In 2015 there were are 16 423 registered professional<br />
engineers in <strong>South</strong> Africa.<br />
One response at national level was the importation of Cuban engineers.<br />
Several partnerships between the public and private sectors are<br />
trying to address the skills deficit. One example is the partnership that<br />
Wits’ National Aerospace Centre has with Boeing and Airbus.<br />
The Skills Development Amendment Act is intended to improve<br />
the situation. Universities, universities of technology and companies are<br />
increasing their focus on the training of engineers.<br />
The Engineering Council of <strong>South</strong> Africa (ECSA) has a programme<br />
where trainees can earn certificates in specific disciplines from a range<br />
of institutions. The qualifications are in line with the council’s Exit Level<br />
outcomes. Six of <strong>South</strong> Africa’s<br />
biggest construction companies<br />
have established a R1.25-billion<br />
skills fund.<br />
The consulting engineering<br />
industry celebrates its best work<br />
on an annual basis through the<br />
CESA Aon Engineering Excellence<br />
Awards. In 2018 the winners were:<br />
Projects with a value in excess of<br />
R250-million: Winner: AECOM,<br />
Construction of the Cape Flats 3<br />
Bulk Sewer – Phase 2.<br />
Projects with a value between<br />
R50-million and R250-million:<br />
Winner: Aurecon, Sol Plaatje<br />
University Library and Student<br />
Resource Centre (pictured). The<br />
building on <strong>South</strong> Africa’s newest<br />
university campus in Kimberley<br />
also won a Fulton Concrete Award.<br />
It was designed by designworkshop:<br />
sa, the construction work<br />
was done by Murray and Dickson<br />
and Aurecon provided structural,<br />
civil, electrical, fire and wet services<br />
design for the project.<br />
Projects with a value of less than<br />
R50-million: Winner: Hatch Africa,<br />
Tugela River Pedestrian Bridge.<br />
A good sign for the engineering<br />
sector came in the news that<br />
the Boksburg site where DCD<br />
Rolling Stock used to make rail<br />
wagons and fix locomotives is<br />
up and running again, courtesy<br />
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