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PROFILE : My journey to Professional Registration - Innocent Gininda

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Innocent Gininda shares his journey to becoming a registered Professional Engineer (PrEng), emphasizing the importance of mentorship, early preparation, and understanding ECSA requirements. He offers advice to aspiring PrEngs, highlighting the value of diverse feedback and a positive mindset. My journey to becoming a registered Professional Engineer (PrEng) culminated successfully in November 2024. I was fortunate to begin my career at a company with a Commitment and Undertaking (C&U) Agreement with ECSA and a robust mentorship program. This commitment to training engineers to the standard required for Professional Registration provided me with essential resources and a structured path to track my experience against ECSA requirements. Early exposure to these expectations instilled a positive outlook on registration and solidified my desire to achieve this milestone. My views on Professional Registration have remained consistently positive throughout this journey. Working alongside ...
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OPINION: Can private sector help with South Africa's infrastructure? - Marcus Dlamini

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Civil Engineering Project Manager Marcus Dlamini shares his hardhatOPINION on the private sector's role in helping with South Africa's infrastructure roll out.


What are the immediate things the private sector can do to help with SA's infrastructure?

Private sector ( private investments) can actually invest and propose management strategies with the government. Secondly Private sector needs to come as a partner in this value chain but not as a spectator.

What are the stumbling blocks preventing the private sector to do the above mentioned things to help with SA's infrastructure.

Its corporate egoism and a divided country.

What is the role of the government in encouraging the private sector to do more?

To encourage the private investment on infrastructure government needs to Incentives private sector and also implement proper procurement strategies accompanied by good implementation strategies as well

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Is the government doing enough to encourage the involvement of the private sector in SA's infrastructure?

Yes and No - i think the government is controlled and managed in different ways and portfolios. e.g Eskom - Government has been doing their level best to supply us with electricity since given all the trouble faced by the utility - however politics and media coverage defines how we perceive things.

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