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Project Thusano was initially intended to focus on the maintenance and repair of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) operational vehicle fleet but has morphed to include expensive supplementary agreements such as training soldiers as medical practitioners and mechanical engineers in Cuba. Photo: Rajesh Jantilal/AFP/Getty Images
AUDITOR GENERAL

Department of defence still reviewing SA-Cuba agreements

It has been 19 months since then defence minister Thandi Modise said the bilateral agreement and its controversial sub-contracts were being assessed

  • Des Erasmus
4 min read
Rescue teams on site as operations continue at 75 Victoria Street, George (George municipality)
CIBD

Preliminary findings show compliance gap led to George building collapse

The death toll in the George building collapse has reached 33 and 19 people are still missing This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free…

  • Umamah Bakharia
1 min read
Lucky Montana, the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa former chief executive (Photo by Luba Lesolle/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
CORRUPTION

Montana backs Prasa-fraud accused Mthimkhulu as court hears how he bagged the top job

Montana testified that ‘unqualified’ Mthimkhulu was the right engineer for the state rail agency, despite his acquisition of allegedly faulty locomotives

  • Khaya Koko
5 min read
Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation, Lindiwe Sisulu and next to her in the middle is Deputy Ambassador of Cuba in South Africa during the introduction Cuban engineers who will be working on the country’s water system on April 22, 2021 in Pretoria. (Photo by Deaan Vivier/Beeld/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
CABINET

Cuban engineers ‘displace’ local scientists on state bursaries

South African scientists’ contracts were allegedly not renewed because of a funding gap

  • Khaya Koko
  • Eunice Masson
5 min read
The Manufacturing Circle has made recommendations to the government to improve the sector.
ENGINEERING COUNCIL OF SOUTH AFRICA

Wage dispute divides employers

Pay deals reached by the bargaining council are criticised for threatening small business, writes Teigue Payne.

  • Teigue Payne
4 min read
ENGINEERING

Engineering a future

The Engineering Council of South Africa will convene its summit on the state of the profession next month.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read