Water outages, ageing power infrastructure, potholed roads and failing municipal systems have become a daily reality for citizens across South Africa. Behind the headlines, however, is a less-told story: engineers working across the country to design, repair and sustain the functioning infrastructure that keeps services running. This work is now being recognised with the announcement of the finalists for the CESA Aon Engineering Excellence Awards 2026. “Too often, engineers are only brought ...

By Geoff Tooley, president of the Institute of Municipal Engineering of Southern Africa (IMESA), who attended the recent International Federation of Municipal Engineering (IFME)…

Water outages, ageing power infrastructure, potholed roads and failing municipal systems have become a daily reality for citizens across South Africa. Behind the headlines,…

Large and small engineering projects in South Africa, developed for private companies and public organisations, have been named among the finalists in the CESA Aon Engineering…