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SAIMC CEO Johan Maartens
Message queuing telemetry transport cited as a solution for data silos in mining
20th March 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

With data becoming increasingly important for mining operations, the need for a unified, integrated data architecture that eliminates data silos, as well as enhances efficiency, profitability and... 


Schneider Electric appoints Hilton Baartman as Digital Energy Director for Anglophone Africa
Schneider Electric appoints Hilton Baartman as Digital Energy Director for Anglophone Africa
4th March 2025

Schneider Electric, the world’s most sustainable company and a leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, is pleased to announce the appointment of Hilton Baartman as... 


New SolGold CEO Dan Vujcic
SolGold overhauls leadership as it accelerates development, weighs ASX listing
4th March 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

LSE- and TSX-listed SolGold on Tuesday announced leadership changes and a strategic reset aimed at accelerating the development of its flagship Cascabel copper/gold project in Ecuador. The... 


SAIMM presents Drilling and Blasting Course sponsored by AECI
SAIMM presents Drilling and Blasting Course sponsored by AECI
12th December 2024

The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM)in collaboration with AECI will be hosting the Drilling and Blasting Course, designed to provide professionals with valuable insights... 


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Women in Industry - Sappi
23rd August 2024

Sappi, leading global provider of everyday materials made from woodfibre-based renewable resources, celebrates some of the women who contribute to building a more circular economy.   


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Maelgwyn - Women in Mining
9th August 2024

Specialised mineral processing technologies provider Maelgwyn South Africa celebrates the women who make things happen. Sazini Makamu 


Multinational celebrates SA female engineers
28th June 2024

During International Women in Engineering Day (INWED), which took place on June 23, with the aim of celebrating the contributions of female engineers, multinational plant equipment manufacturer... 


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S Africa’s infrastructure at a crossroads – council
16th February 2024 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Industry body Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) has emphasised the significance of maintenance as a proactive measure against further decay of South Africa’s infrastructure. The council... 


Saice President, Steven Kaplan, at the University of the Free State
Mentorship programmes necessary
17th November 2023 By: Sabrina Jardim

Maintaining a sufficient number of capable engineers, technologists and technicians to meet the demands of the South African civil engineering and construction industry requires relevant training... 


SAIEE) fellow and deputy president Pascal Motsoasele
Opinion: SAIEE – Pioneering industrial transformation in the engineering fraternity
24th August 2023

In this article, South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE) fellow and deputy president Pascal Motsoasele writes that the institute is poised to lead the charge in championing... 


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Gold Fields - Women in Mining
11th August 2023

Adwoa Pokuaa Issaka Position: Unit Manager Safety at Gold Fields, South Deep 


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Experience required for Industry 4.0
21st April 2023 By: Sabrina Jardim

With the rise of Industry 4.0 and a subsequent increase in the regulation of engineers and technologists, more experience is required from professionals operating in relevant fields, says Society... 


Dr Zwanani Titus Mathe, PrEng (ECSA 20030060), Chief Executive of SANEDI
Opinion: Focus on improving EAF as a quick win to stop loadshedding
12th January 2023

In this opinion article, SANEDI CEO Dr Zwanani Titus Mathe interrogates measures and interventions that could be pursued to improve the energy availability factor of the Eskom coal fleet so as to... 


Wits School of Mining Engineering accredited for another five years
7th December 2022 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The University of the Witwatersrand’s (Wits') School of Mining Engineering has once again recently been accredited by the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA). The ECSA accreditation is... 


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Maintenance deemed first priority
16th September 2022 By: Nadine Ramdass

The maintenance of infrastructure by local municipalities is critical to ensuring lasting, quality and sustainable essential services for future generations, says industry body South African... 


You can be the next forklift champion!
6th May 2022

In an effort to promote the importance of Forklift Operation and operators in the Supply chain and Logistics industry, Lifting Africa and LEEASA (Lifting Equipment Engineering Association of SA) is... 


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Advance you mining career and sign up for the Wits Advanced Mineral Resource Management programme.
5th May 2022

The School of Mining Engineering will be launching their second intake of this two-year modular programme developed in close collaboration with industry and aimed at filling a competency gap in the... 


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New SAIMC fund to empower local revolution
22nd April 2022 By: Tracy Hancock

The Society for Automation, Instrumentation, Mechatronics and Control (SAIMC) is establishing a skills trust fund to sponsor individuals in their studies and work experience so that they can step... 


Company endorsed as first certified training academy
8th April 2022 By: Zandile Mavuso

Consulting engineering and project management company Bosch Ulwazi – a subsidiary of the Bosch Holdings group – has been endorsed by the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) as its first... 


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Need for skills development
29th October 2021 By: Anna Moross

The need for the development of skills and further education in the road industry is imperative, says South African Road Federation (SARF) operations director Basil Jonsson.  


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Earn CPD points by attending a workshop on galvanized rebar and bolts
4th August 2021

The International Zinc Association (IZA) is hosting its second expert workshop on 11 August 2021 at 14:30. This workshop will focus on galvanized rebar and bolts.   


Mining Giant Takes Hands with Pragma Academy to Develop AM Professional Development Programme
19th July 2021

Mining powerhouse Anglo American that partnered with the Pragma Academy to deliver their Asset Management Professional Development Programme (AMPDP), is reaping the benefits from this investment... 


ECSA mandate strives for engineering excellence
ECSA mandate strives for engineering excellence
21st May 2021

The Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) is a statutory body that was established according to the Engineering Professions Act 46 of 2000 with the primary role of regulating the engineering... 


Aspasa launches online explosives audit, encourages members to register qualified engineers
3rd May 2021 By: Simone Liedtke

Surface mining industry association the Aggregate and Sand Producers Association of Southern Africa (Aspasa) has launched an innovative and nonintrusive online explosives audit in its ongoing... 


Advancing aerospace and professional development
Advancing aerospace and professional development
11th September 2020

Founded in 1911 by pioneering South African aviator, Rear-Admiral Sir John L. Weston, the Aeronautical Society of South Africa (AeSSA), is an autonomous, voluntary, non-profit association... 


Concrete Society
Concrete Society
7th June 2019

The Concrete Society of Southern Africa NPC (CSSA) is a non-profit, member-based organisation - a ‘community’ of like-minded professionals who keep themselves up-to-date with the latest technology... 


Ecuador's mining push in doubt as ‘radical’ foes stall projects
20th March 2019 By: Bloomberg

Ecuador has tethered its economic fortunes to a burgeoning mining industry. Now it just needs to get bureaucrats and community leaders on board. Local opposition and red tape are hindering plans... 


More meetings with labour planned on Eskom
More meetings with labour planned on Eskom
28th February 2019 By: African News Agency

The special Cabinet committee on Eskom will hold more meetings with organised labour to discuss the contentious restructuring of the struggling power utility into three units, according to a... 


Yashin Brijmohan
Yashin Brijmohan
15th February 2019

This week we profile Yashin Brijmohan, executive dean for business, engineering and technology at Monash University South Africa Full Name: Yashin Brijmohan 


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Companies and engineers can use the tool to view and plan the time spent on projects
Financial control system helps engineers determine viable fees structure
19th February 2016 By: Schalk Burger

The Fresh Projects financial control system will enable consulting engineering companies to price their services fairly and derive commensurate value for their services to ensure the sustainability... 


Do engineers need ethics?
1st August 2014 By: Creamer Media Reporter

By Lorrainne Doherty The short answer to this question is: yes, they do, but it is perhaps in the ‘why’ and the ‘how’ that the real need and necessity for ethics among engineers and the engineering... 


ECSA’s engineer registration aimed at improving quality
1st November 2013 By: Schalk Burger

The drive to have all engineers registered under the statutory body Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) is aimed at improving the quality of the engineering profession in the country and... 


Engineering census
Engineering census
18th October 2013 By: Terence Creamer

An ambitious survey has been launched in a bid to determine the size and composition of South Africa’s population of engineers, technologists and technicians, as well as to assess the true nature... 


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