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CESA Appoints New President
Abe Thela (President)
t the AGM held at the CESA Conference in Cape Town on Monday
11th November, Abe Thela from Nyeleti Consulting was appointed New President
Aas President of the organisation for the coming year. I look forward
to serving CESA as President and thank you for appointing me to this
important position within our industry, stated Thela at the conference.
Abe Thela is a civil engineer with over 20 years’ postgraduate experience,
mainly in civil engineering consulting. He completed his schooling in
Soweto and matriculated in 1984. In 1982 he was selected to attend
a pilot phase of the organisation called Programme for Technological
Careers (Protec), which started in Soweto. It was during his participation
at Protec that he was exposed to various technological careers including
civil engineering.
He enrolled for a degree in civil engineering at the University of
Witwatersrand and graduated in 1988. His interest is in municipal services
provision and infrastructure development for the betterment of the lives
of all South African communities. Abe is a principal and an Executive
Deputy Chairman of Nyeleti Consulting. For the past five years he has
served on various committees of CESA.
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