Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) will this year place a greater emphasis on transforming its membership and the industry as a whole. Although significant strides have been made by government to transform society, CESA President Lynne Pretorius says South Africa is still facing many obstacles more than 20 years after democracy. The organisation has therefore identified transformation as a critical theme which will be taken up and driven by CESA’s Transformation Committee, which includes members from both established and emerging firms. The committee will promote transformation as an ethical business practice and monitor progress made by its members beyond the requirements of the Construction Sector Scorecard. In addition, it will help members understand that transformation is an ongoing process, facilitate sustainable BBBEE practices within the industry, and promote the practice through member’s professional and business activities. Pretorius noted that this intervention is essential considering that levels of black ownership are low across the industry. “An overall assessment of employment by race indicates that the percentage of black employment has varied between 40% and 50% since 2007. There has also been no notable increase in black staff within CESA membership over the past four years,” she said. Of the 533 firms on CESA’s current database, only 122 firms are black-owned, with this ownership greater than 51%.
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