SA ENGINEERING

The South African Department of Water and Sanitation has appointed 24 Cuban engineers to enhance and improve efforts on water delivery and related services. However, government has been criticised for allegedly ignoring locally trained and unemployed engineers. In defence, the department’s spokesperson Sputnik Ratau says the highly qualified Cuban specialists would assist as advisers at the provincial and local level throughout the country. For reaction to government's move Zikhona Miso spoke to Chief Executive Officer of the South African Institute of Civil Engineering, Vishaal Lutchman and Herman Mashaba from the political party ActionSA.