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Together Sustaining Engineering
Delivering NDP Priorities
Keynote speaker at the recent CESA conference, Minister Thulas Nxesi of the Department of Public Works address the audience
eynote speaker at the recent CESA cidb, Department of Higher Education, ECSA,
conference, Minister Thulas Nxesi of the IMESA and Corruption Watch as well as CESA
KDepartment of Public Works, believes member firms, ensured lively panel discussions
that, Government cannot deliver the National and plenty of opportunity to debate the key issues
Development Plan (NDP) alone. It is incumbent on driving the NDP.
the engineering fraternity to assist Government in
delivering the priorities of the NDP and it is clear Government through the NDP has identified
that engineering underpins these priorities. He infrastructure development as key to the socio-
stated that the CESA conference came at a time economic development of the country. The
when the sector is grappling with the challenges Consulting Engineering Industry has a large
of infrastructure delivery. He went on to say, The multiplier effect on the development of the
chaos in all the processes and projects is a result infrastructure as consulting engineers are the
of an ‘imbalance’ created by lack of engineering designers who create the large scale infrastructure
capability within Government and also that projects that employ large numbers of people during
combating fraud and corruption is a pillar of the construction, operation and maintenance phases
NDP”. Minister Nxesi told delegates that efficient of infrastructure. Key topics at the conference
and effective procurement is central to government included:
priorities and that sustainable engineering should
lead to sustainable development resulting in a Infrastructure investment
green economy. Creating a conducive and transformational
environment for procurement
The CESA Annual Conference took place in The role of education in addressing Sectoral
Limpopo from the 9th to 11th November with lack of capacity
the theme Together Sustaining Engineering Promoting work opportunities for SMME’s
Delivering NDP Priorities. There was a strong focus
on the delivery of the National Development Plan Session 1 Keynote Address
(NDP). Representation from the Department of After being welcomed by Lefadi Makibinyane,
Public Works, Transnet, Eskom, SANRAL, DBSA, CEO of CESA, Abe Thela, President of CESA set
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