Thabo Mokwena, SIP7 Coordinator and Guest speaker at the Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) Gauteng Presidential function, made an impassioned plea for CESA members to work together with the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) to assist with the lack of capacity at Municipal level. He stated that CESA needs to work closely with PRASA and support the 12 identified municipalities to roll out projects. Last year CESA and PRASA signed an MOU to take the process forward.

The development of SMEs in South Africa plays a significant role in job creation and growing the economy locally and globally. “SMEs in general, serve as a gateway to help grow and sustain our economy and are able to take advantage of business opportunities and niches that larger organisations may neglect or overlook, resulting in them growing quite quickly,” says Sanjeev Orie FNB Business Banking, Head of Products.

Whenever South Africa’s latest unemployment statistics are released, I’m struck by how easily our very high levels of unemployment could destabilise not only the economy, but the country as a whole.

The construction of the US$ 248-million Kazungula Bridge will infinitely improve the quality of life for the thousands of people who are currently reliant on a ferry to travel to and from Zambia and Botswana.

Entrepreneurship in South Africa has fallen dramatically with economic experts worrying about the impact on the economy and job prospects for young South Africans.