{"id":1014,"date":"2019-10-30T11:23:58","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T09:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cesa.co.za\/?page_id=1014"},"modified":"2026-08-21T12:11:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T10:11:06","slug":"young-engineer-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cesa.co.za\/ypf\/young-professionals-forum\/ypf-events\/young-engineer-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Engineer of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\"Young<\/p>

South Africa\u2019s Top Engineers \u2013 CESA Young Engineer of the Year Award \u2013 Recipients<\/b><\/p>

2026 – Winner: Sachin Ravjee, Zutari
2026 – Commendation: Muhammed Uzair Osman, Bosch Projects
2026 – Commendation: Marizel Pienaar, Bigen Africa Services<\/p><\/td>

2025 – Winner: Tinashe Mukalela, AvenirHoldings
<\/span>2025 – Commendation: Gisella Mulder, HATCH
2025 – Commendation: Imraan Akhalwaya, WSP
2025 – Commendation: Pierre Vivier, MSW Consulting<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2024 – Winner: Dr Andries Nel, Spoormaker and Partners
2024 – Commendation: Erika Braune, AECOM
2024 – Commendation: Istiaan Lubbe, Zutari<\/p><\/td>

2023 – Winner: Mareli Botha, Zutari
2023 – Commendation: \u00a0Darren Pillay, Knight Pi\u00e9sold
2023 – Commendation: Stephen Rose, Royal Haskoning DHV<\/td><\/tr>

2022 – Winner: Saiuree Nayager, Bigen Group
2022 – Commendation: Swesha Machere, BVi Consulting Engineers<\/p><\/td>

2021 – Winner: Confidence Tshilande, Zutari
2021 – Commendation: Deo du Plessis, Spoormaker & Partners<\/td><\/tr>

2020 – Joint Winners:
Dr Lloyd Fisher-Jeffes, ZUTARI
Yolan Pillay, SMEC<\/p><\/td>

2019 – Winner: Jeshika Ramchund (Bosch Projects)
2019 – Commendation: Dr Tony Igboamalu (Aurecon)<\/td><\/tr>
2018 – Winner: Shamiso Kumbirai (Aurecon)
2018 – Commendation: Ntseuoa Motsieloa (Nyeleti Consulting)<\/td>

2017 – Winner: Jabulile Msiza (Jones & Wagener)
2017 – Commendation: Catherine Blersch (Aurecon)
2017 – Commendation: Dr Pieter Crous (SMEC)<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2016 – Winner: Dr Gabi Wojtowitz (Aurecon)<\/div>
2016 – Commendation: Louis de Waal (Bosch Projects)<\/div><\/td>

2015 – Winner: Dr Geoff du Toit (Aurecon)
2015 – Commendation: Rudolf Le Roux (Arup)<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2014 – Winner: Makotsene Makgalamele (HHO Africa)
2014 – Commendation: Dr Cobus van Dyk (UWP Consulting)<\/td>

2013 – Winner: Andreas Melusi Ndlovu (ILISO Consulting)
2013 – Commendation: Jan Theron (Royal HaskoningDHV)<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012 –\u00a0Imraan<\/span>\u00a0Mahomed<\/span>\u00a0(BKS<\/span>)<\/td>

2011 –\u00a0Mpho<\/span>\u00a0Ramphao<\/span>\u00a0(Aurecon<\/span>)<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2010 –\u00a0Willem<\/span>\u00a0Sprong<\/span>\u00a0(GIBB<\/span>)<\/td>

2009 – Lucas-Jan\u00a0Ebels<\/span>\u00a0(UWP<\/span>\u00a0Consulting)<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2008 –\u00a0Andries<\/span>\u00a0van\u00a0Wageningen<\/span>\u00a0(Kwezi<\/span>\u00a0V3<\/span>)<\/td>

2007 – Michele Kruger (Goba<\/span>\u00a0Consulting Engineers)<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2006 – David\u00a0Freeme<\/span>\u00a0(HBS<\/span>\u00a0Africa Consulting Engineering)<\/td>

2005 –\u00a0Khelane<\/span>\u00a0Ndwandwe<\/span>\u00a0(Asakheni<\/span>\u00a0Consulting)
(Tributes:\u00a0March 2014<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0August 2014<\/a>)<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2004 – Clint\u00a0Koopman<\/span>\u00a0(ILISO<\/span>\u00a0Consulting)<\/p><\/td>

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South Africa\u2019s Top Engineers \u2013 CESA Young Engineer of the Year Award \u2013 Recipients 2026 – Winner: Sachin Ravjee, Zutari2026 – Commendation: Muhammed Uzair Osman, Bosch Projects2026 – Commendation: Marizel Pienaar, Bigen Africa Services 2025 – Winner: Tinashe Mukalela, AvenirHoldings2025 – Commendation: Gisella Mulder, HATCH2025 – Commendation: Imraan Akhalwaya, WSP2025 – Commendation: Pierre Vivier, MSW […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1012,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ocean_front_end_style_editor":"no","ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"0","ocean_second_sidebar":"0","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"0","ocean_custom_header_template":"0","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"0","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"0","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"0","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1014","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cesa.co.za\/ypf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cesa.co.za\/ypf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cesa.co.za\/ypf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cesa.co.za\/ypf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cesa.co.za\/ypf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1014"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.cesa.co.za\/ypf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2586,"href":"https:\/\/www.cesa.co.za\/ypf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1014\/revisions\/2586"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cesa.co.za\/ypf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cesa.co.za\/ypf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}