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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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NEWS: Construction and building material sales indicate strengthening economy

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The improvement in the sales of construction and building material was encouraging amid the challenging economic environment, the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) said.


Wholesale trade sales data released by Statistics South Africa showed a 31.3 percent increase in sales in May this year compared to May last year, to reach R158 billion.

Month on month, sales increased 6.3 percent from April. In the year to date, wholesale trade sales have increased by 14.5 percent.

Sales of construction and building materials increased to R13bn from R11bn in April, with expansionary year-on-year growth of 115.9 percent in May.

Within the metals and engineering (M&E) sector, the increase in the sale of construction and building material was driven mainly by the increase in the demand for building supplies across all segments, including non-ferrous metal products, basic iron and steel products, as well as other fabricated metal products.

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Seifsa chief economist Chifipa Mhango said the figures were a sign that economic recovery in South Africa remained on track amid improved trading and industrial production activity.

He said, however, that the current unrest threatened to halt this progress, because it has disrupted supply chains across all sectors.

He said the government needed urgently to mobilise all its resources to ensure stability, to ensure that the economic recovery was not derailed.

“Our revised indications suggest that if the unrest continues further, production and sales of products within the M&E sector will be affected, as road freight transport, which is a core element of input supply, has been massively disrupted, thus negatively affecting the current positive trend in construction and building material sales,” he said.

Source: IOL

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