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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: Is enough being done to mitigate the impact of the Construction Mafia?

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South Africa's construction sector has been plagued by the existence of the construction mafia for a long period. The industry now finds itself in a position where it incurs costs to establish best practices prior to the commencement of each project to mitigate extortion risks.


Business Against Crime South Africa (BACSA) has developed the following guidelines for the construction industry to prepare for extortion groups:
  1. Create and document safety procedures for extortion attempts;
  2. For private projects, display a notice that preferential procurement regulations do not apply and for public projects, show compliance with these regulations;
  3. Keep documentation on-site to verify compliance;
  4. Prioritize hiring local subcontractors to involve the community;
  5. Deny Business Forums access to the site for preferential procurement discussions;
  6. Clarify that on-site personnel cannot make procurement decisions;
  7. Stress the illegality of subcontracting without following a bidding and tender process;
  8. Establish a safe area for employees, preferably away from entrances, and ensure an alternative exit is available;
  9. Install CCTV if possible and use cellphones to record any unscheduled interactions as evidence of potential crimes;
  10. Report all extortion incidents to BACSA, the Police, and possibly through the Eyes and Ears Initiative for a coordinated crime-fighting response;
  11. Record every extortion incident as a crime with the Police, noting that reporting can be done outside the local station;
  12. Follow BAC guidelines for prosecuting extortion cases in court.
Is this enough to sterm the tide against the Construction Mafia?

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