Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) is in full
support of President of the Republic, Cyril Ramaphosa’s 2019 State of the
Nation Address focusing on ‘Following up on our commitments: Making Your Future
Work Better’. The SONA theme is closely aligned to CESA’s 2019 theme of
‘Reshaping our Future Together’ focusing on changing social norms by ‘Doing
what is Right!
“We welcome the President’s ‘Brave New World’. I think that his call for collective
engagement is fundamental to achieve a successful future for South Africa. It is heartening that technical competence in
Government will be increased and that infrastructure promotion will be driven
further through the Infrastructure Fund.
These are positive steps that CESA supports and is willing to become
active participants in,” states Neresh Pather, CESA President.
The organisation commends President Ramaphosa for
stating that infrastructure investment is key to growing the economy. CESA
welcomes the interventions that are decisively stabilising and revitalising
state-owned enterprises (SOEs) as well as dealing with those implicated in
State Capture.
“The announcement by the President of the Oil and
Gas find by Total off the coast of South Africa could indeed be a game changer
for accelerated economic recovery and growth. This would be the miracle and the
catalyst for getting our growth up to the mythical 6% target,” states Chris
Campbell, CESA CEO
CESA’s theme for 2019 includes Delivering Purpose
and Engagement – Establishing Trust and there is a strong focus within CESA on
working with and supporting Government, with increased collaboration with National
Treasury on Procurement, the Auditor General’s office on compliance support,
together with partnering agreements with Client Bodies, allowing CESA to
contribute positively in terms of support that includes capacity building,
skills development, compliance and good governance.
The organisation is a strong proponent of Value for
Money, Resilience and Sustainability and these initiatives include working
towards capacitating infrastructure teams appropriately, in all Government
institutions, ensuring that the appropriate technical skills are used in
decision making related to infrastructure development.
As an Industry body, CESA has been
leading the call for a
collaborative and sustainable approach to the manner in which the private
sector supports government in effecting infrastructure delivery optimally,
ensuring best value for money.
More information from Bonolo Nkgodi
Tel: 011 463 2022
Bonolo@cesa.co.za
