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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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NEWS: South Africa set for construction sector revival

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South Africa’s construction industry is set to rise after years of decline including an approximate 20% fall last year during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new report by ResearchAndMarkets.com, Construction in South Africa - Key Trends and Opportunities to 2025 (Q2 2021).


The anticipated growth is partially due to such a steep drop in the sector’s performance last year, after South Africa imposed an initial six-week lockdown following the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.

In the first quarter of 2021, the sector’s value add was down 17.5% on a year-on-year basis, following a fall of 19.8% in the final quarter of 2020, according to Statistics South Africa.

Construction was also one of the country’s most impacted sectors in terms of employment, with over 7.2 million individuals classed as unemployed, bringing the unemployment rate in the first quarter of this year to 32.6%.

In its 2021 budget, the government announced plans to plug the economy with approximately USD 45.3 billion for infrastructure development, including the advancement of energy, agriculture, transport, housing, water and sanitation and digital infrastructure.


The infrastructure investment initiative attracted support from the World Bank, African Development Bank and Development Bank of South Africa. The investment programme is expected to create more than 1.8 million employment opportunities over the next decade.

Between 2022 and 2025, South Africa’s construction industry is expected to experience an average yearly growth of 3.4%, as the government increases its focus on infrastructure and energy sector investment initiatives.

The government anticipates South Africa’s public debt to increase from 63.3% GDP in 2020, to 81.8% by the end of this year, and 93.5% by 2026.

Source: iclg.com

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