Masakh' iSizwe Centre of Excellence: Vision, Objectives and Advisory Board

Department of Transport and Public Works (Provincial Government of the Western Cape)

SUMMARY

This presents the vision and objectives of the Masakh' iSizwe Centre of Excellence and members of the advisory board.

The vision of the Centre is to make available to the province, the country and the continent of Africa, cohorts of professionals in engineering and built environment fields critical for the growth of the economy.

These professionals will be characterised by excellence in:

learning – measured by formal academic results as well as a commitment to ‘lifelong learning’;
citizenship – through developing an ethos of non-racialism, social justice and environmental awareness; and,
service – through learners participating in building poor rural communities.

OBJECTIVES

To award bursaries in relevant engineering and built environment fields, prioritising financially disadvantaged learners especially women and learners from rural communities.
To establish, with the Higher Education Institutions a learning framework, which includes service learning opportunities, critical engagement and approaches to lifelong learning
To involve learners in voluntary work in rural areas
To give learners an understanding of, and exposure to, environmental and cultural issues
To involve parents and/or members of the communities of origin of the learners in support for the learners
To facilitate networking across cohorts of learners.
To track the career paths of learners
To involve retired professionals in workplace training and development
To identify & review engineering and built environment needs in the economy
To develop a ‘homecoming’ strategy within the Provincial Government of the Western Cape
Obtain stakeholder support for the Centre.

ADVISORY BOARD

The Advisory Board will:

Advise the Director of the Centre on all matters relating to the objectives of the Centre as well as from time to time give advice on the suitability of the objectives and/or suggest new objectives;
Advise the Director on the staffing of the Centre;
Ensure that the work of the Centre is monitored and evaluated against its objectives;
Ensure the establishment of a constitution for the Centre.

Name	Organisation
Marius Fransman	MEC, Department of Transport and Public Works
Sidney Luckett	Director, Masakh' iSizwe Centre of Excellence
Mamphela Ramphele (Chairperson)	Director, Circle Capital Ventures
Morkel Stofberg	HR Committee Member, SAFCEC
Anthony Staak	Deputy Vice Chancellor, CPUT
Francis Chemaly	HR Committee Member, SAFCEC
Arnold Schoonwinkel	Dean, Engineering Faculty, University of Stellenbosch
Allyson Lawless	Past President, South African Institute of Civil Engineers
Faried Allie	Manager: Infrastructure & Maintenance, City of Cape Town
Sihle Moon	Director, South African Local Government Association (WC)
Maddie Mazaza	Director: Transport, City of Cape Town
Francis Petersen	Dean, Engineering Faculty, UCT
Stephen Ngobeni	(Acting) Regional Manager, SARRC t/a Metrorail
Ravi Nayagar	President, Engineering Council of South Africa
Albert Geldenhuys	Regional Manager: WC, Africon

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