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<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br> to unlock projects and improve infrastructure spend and Importing Cuban engineers is short-sighted -<br> infrastructure delivery, which is necessary to alleviate CESA<br> inequality, poverty and unemployment.<br> Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) is appalled<br> and shocked by the actions of the Water and Sanitation<br> CESA’s Acting CEO Wallace Mayne says that the<br> Department who are importing 35 Cuban engineers,<br> workload of engineering consultants is two thirds<br> seconded to South Africa for a two-year term to share<br> government work and a third is private sector work.<br> their expertise with their counterparts in the South<br> African water sector.<br> The lack of engineering skills within government leads to<br> blocked project pipeline, poorly packaged bids to procure<br> Their arrival follows a bilateral agreement between South<br> engineering services, delayed project implementation,<br> Africa and Cuba concluded in 2014 for co-operation in<br> inability to monitor service level agreements and<br> the fields of water resources management and water<br> implementation of projects. Consulting engineers play a<br> supply. Among the recruited Cuban specialists are: Civil<br> vital role in partnering with government as their trusted<br> engineers, Electrical engineers, Mechanical engineers,<br> advisors to ensure that sustainable solutions which<br> Irrigation and drainage specialists and Hydraulic<br> provide both quality and value are procured by the<br> engineers.<br> various departments and at the same time providing<br><br> skills transfer to mentor and train government personnel<br> CESA President Abe Thela warns that this practice is a<br> to ensure continued service delivery.<br> worrying trend since Cuban engineering skills are not<br> recognized by the Engineering Council of South Africa<br> “We have to reinstate the technical management<br> because they are not part of the Washington Accord<br> capacity within government. There are enough<br> that governs international engineering qualifications.<br> engineering skills within the country to cope with the<br> infrastructure workload,” avers Mayne.<br> “Our member firms are currently only being 60% utilised<br> and have 40% spare capacity while they are waiting for<br> He argues that the slow release of infrastructure<br> the Government to bring projects on stream,” cautions<br> projects is as a result of lack of technical skills in the<br> Thela.<br> government.<br> It has been a sore point for CESA that the three levels<br> “CESA member firms are readily available to<br> of government have acute shortages in the area of<br> partner with government to ensure that the project<br> technically qualified managers. Bringing in non-English<br> pipeline is unblocked, critical skills are transferred<br> speaking Cuban engineers is not a long term solution,<br> to the government, which will lead to service delivery<br> since they will be here for only two years.<br> imperatives being met and the quality of the lives of the<br> people of South Africa improved,” concludes Mayne.<br> “Our suggestion is that government makes use of<br> South African engineers and consulting engineering<br> firms to address this acute shortage of skills in the<br> public sector. CESA has over 500 member firms that<br> are qualified, professionally registered and have<br> high ethical standards and integrity to accelerate the<br> development of infrastructure and in particular assist in<br> the development of competent municipal engineers in<br> the long term,” says Thela.<br> He adds that bringing Infrastructure Development<br> projects on stream will create more jobs, enable<br> experiential training and accelerate service delivery<br> imperatives.<br><br> CESA with the backing of its member firms recommits<br><br><br><br><br><br> 6 Wallace Mayne (CESA Acting CEO)<br>
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