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proSET (Professionals in science, engineering and technology) is a sector of the NSTF representing about 52 professional and learned societies. This section shares news about members and introduces new members of the proSET sector.
CESA limits management development training programme to maintain quality, CESA welcomes new president, IITPSA announces winners of the 2025 President’s Awards, SAMF – SA ’mathletes’ shine at Pan-African Mathematical Olympiad and Water sector faces renewed scrutiny as King V takes effect
December 2025
CESA – How SA can build a transport system, IITPSA President’s Awards 2025 finalists announced, Identification of Work for the architectural profession and the competence requirements, Rising Stars in Mathematics Recognised at Annual SAMF Awards, SACAP calls on infrastructure Departments to uphold professional standards and comply with the Architectural Profession Act and the IDoW Policy and Water Tanker Mafias – The hidden threat undermining infrastructure and service delivery
November 2025
CESA signs MoU with Interstate Consultants Engineers Guild to support the recovery of Ukraine, TUT students secure top spots at IITPSA Cyber Student Challenge, Learners show teamwork and skill in national mathematics contest, Put your hand up’, Pr.CIOs advise women in IT, SACAP to host 2nd annual Architectural Day event – Design for Strength, Top South African performers recognised in IITPSA Programming Olympiad and TUT solar team’s video wins CAETS Communication Prize
October 2025
CESA Aon Engineering Excellence Awards 2025 celebrates innovation shaping South Africa’s (SA)’s future, IITPSA – Digital mindfulness as a weapon in the cyber security arsenal, Mathematics excellence – Local students achieve at IMC and SATMO, Revised engineering rules heading for gazette, SAAE’s entry is the winner of the 2025 CAETS Communication Prize and World Water Monitoring Day – Why communities must get involved
September 2025
Appeal suspends ECSA sanctions against engineer in George building collapse, CESA announces finalists for Aon Engineering Excellence Awards, SAMF – South Africa (SA) makes a mark at International Mathematics Olympiad in Australia and WISA – How AI can help solve South Africa’s water crisis
August 2025
ECSA E-Bulletin – Volume 5 (2025), South African team selected for 2025 International Olympiad in Informatics, Skills dearth could derail projects and ECSA and City of Tshwane sign agreement to enhance municipal engineering services
July 2025
CESA – Addressing delays in infrastructure projects, IITPSA – Navigating the ethics of AI-assisted work: A framework for responsible use, SACAP extends sympathy and support to the flood-affected community of Mthatha and South African students to compete in International Mathematics Olympiad and Pan-African Mathematics Olympiad
June 2025
CESA warns of potential unintended consequences of creating an Office of the Engineer-General, ECSA appeals for prioritisation of engineering profession transformation, Five HDIs to Coordinate SAMF’s 2025 Siyanqoba Olympiad Training, Justice sought for George collapse victims as damning report looms, Komatsu Partnership Sparks Transformational Growth in Mathematics Education and SAPMA and Corrosion Institute join forces for training
May 2025
CESA, Macpherson reflect on public works progress and imperatives, CESA calls for resilient infrastructure approach in KZN amid flood challenges, SAICE highlights repercussions of inaction in South Africa’s water infrastructure crisis, SAMF welcomes new Executive Director: Prof Seithuti Moshokoa and The signal breach: A stark reminder of ethical imperatives in the digital age
April 2025
CESA Infrastructure Indaba, ECSA brings identification of engineering work roadshow to North West, Free access to all gardens during National Gardens Week, SAICE responds to Ramaphosa R940bn Sona promise and South Africa takes over presidency of the Federation of African Engineering Organisations
March 2025
Wetlands in South Africa’s (SAs) Addo elephant park are in danger, The CEO of the IITPSA, Open for entry: Computer Olympiad Talent Search includes offline option for digitally disadvantaged and Pipeline of engineers as ECSA grants full accreditation to The IIE
February 2025
A collaborative effort to establish a National Centre for Mathematical Sciences in South Africa (SA), Ethical considerations around the IITPSA member ambassador nominations awards, IITPSA President’s Awards winners named, SAIMM – Leading beyond boundaries and SANBI and OFB join forces to boost biodiversity monitoring and data management
December 2024
SAMF – A Tribute to Alwyn Olivier, Cross-border collaboration to conserve southern African medicinal plants, ECSA CEO’s visit to TUT, ICT heavyweights shortlisted for IITPSA 2024, IITPSA – Experience tops wish list as SA ICT skills shortage persists, Partial collapse of Umbongintwini River bridge highlights and Sustained investment in transport infrastructure
November 2024
Top SA performers recognised in IITPSA Computer Programming Olympiad, RD&E Communiqués 2024, IAIAsa – Innovating Environmental Law, SANBI – Celebrating 125 years of conservation, CESA, ECSAE-Bulletin – Volume 2 (2024) and New CPD rules add flexibility for SA engineers
October 2024
Celebrating collaboration and excellence at the 2024 CESA Aon Engineering Excellence Awards, IITPSA elects new President, 2024-2025 Board, The SAIEE says goodbye to a Stalwart, SACAP and Ekurhuleni Municipality forge a path forward for building plan reforms and Sustainable Human Settlements, SANBI – Women and youth leading the way in Natural Capital Accounting and Sibling duo leads SA’s success at global university maths competition
September 2024
Online proSET General Meeting, Charley the elephant to retire from National Zoological Garden and High School maths wizards bring home medals for South Africa
August 2024
CESA welcomes Macpherson’s appointment as Public Works Minister, The 2024 CESA Aon Engineering Excellence Awards to celebrate innovation and collaboration in engineering, SoftwareOne sponsors three key IITPSA initiatives and South Africa must develop solutions to address specific sanitation issues
July 2024
Thought leadership in action, Highlights from the 6th annual Student Research Day, Citizen science awareness workshop empowers communities and Engineering Council Investigating Neo Victoria Implosion
June 2024
176 schools participate in IITPSA Talent Search, Booysendal hosts GSSA Eastern Limb Relaunch!, Condolences from CESA and Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens re-opens for visitors despite nearby fires
May 2024
SASRI welcomes a new Director, Infrastructure development must remain unaffected by political transition, SANBI-Ecological infrastructure’s role in water security and ICT Leadership in SA
April 2024
ECSA E-Bulletin – Volume 1, CESA applauds government’s infrastructure investment amidst calls for enhanced fiscal efficiency and Of brainstorming & thinking out loud
March 2024
Falsehood flies and truth comes limping after it, The Control Conference Africa 2024, Empower learners through maths: SA mathematics challenge and olympiad registration open and CESA’s new President David Leukes calls for translating policy into action ahead of SONA
February 2024
IITPSA names SA’s IT Personality of the year, ECSA pays tribute to Johan de Koker Pr Tech Eng, Design Flood Estimation in municipal areas in South Africa – IMESA workshops coming soon and Physics in our Everyday Life series: Energy, Load-Shedding, Climate Change & Rural Development
December 2023
Latest GSSA newsletter available, CESA acknowledges SANRAL’s shift in Preferential Procurement Policy for infrastructure growth, ECSA annual stakeholder briefing, ECSA introduces registration application calendar, Kirstenbosch named best botanical garden in Africa and First assessment of impact of GMOs on biodiversity published
November 2023
IITPSA Ethics chair wins David O’Leary Award, 2nd International Conference on Industrial Engineering, Systems
Engineering and Engineering Management, CESA calls on National Treasury to adopt a balanced approach to fiscal responsibility and economic growth and SAIMM Mining Exhibition at the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre to be upgraded
October 2023
SAIEE 72nd Memorial Lecture, South African mathematicians shine at the International Mathematics Competition 2023, Join SANBI and NASA for the Space Apps Challenge, Nolitha Fakude Chairman of Anglo American Honoured with the Brigadier Stokes award by SAIMM, SAIMM, WISA welcomes promulgation of Regulation that regulates the professionalisation of Process Controllers, CESA Responds to the Announcement of a Construction Mafia Hotline and CESA Aon Engineering Excellence Awards 2023 winners announced
September 2023
Rising young computing stars named in IITPSA Computer Applications
Olympiad, Wits lecturer wins the Silver Jubilee Medal from the South African
Institute of Physics, July 2023 issue of Grassroots available, Industrial engineering, systems engineering and engineering
management to be addressed at ISEM23 conference, GSSA welcomes new President, National Zoological Garden receives conservation award
August 2023
SAIMC proposes new name, SAIIE to award engineers, Showcasing Innovation at the CESA Aon Engineering Excellence Awards, Nominations open for 2023 IITPSA President’s Awards, SAIMM to induct new President, Entries for the 2023 SAICE Institutional Awards now open
July 2023
Our future depends on SET education, Nominations awaited for SAIIE Awards, IT leaders prepare for ‘business unusual’ in the event of grid failure, Ethics discussed at CESA Presidential Function, SAIMM Past President appointed as the Minerals Council South Africa’s
new CEO, SANBI celebrates World Ocean Day, Corrosion Institute of Southern Africa hosts educational awareness day
June 2023
Southern African Institute of Industrial Engineering Welcomes new President, Water reclamation and reuse guide developed, Call for abstract submissions for the 13th SACAM now open, Entries invited for the 2023 SAICE National Awards, Teacher training to improve SA learners’ mathematics outcomes, Herbicide selection at the touch of a button
May 2023
NEW MEMBER: Physiology Society of Southern Africa(PASA), South African Society for Agricultural Extension (SASAE), Geological Society of South Africa warns of training scams, Reviving digital white elephant to benefit the public good, IITPSA President urges fast-tracking of ICT in education, Wasteful release of water from Katse and Mohale dams, The first Grassroots issue of the year is now live,
April 2023
New co-chair for proSET, proSET member booklet, CESA responds to Cabinet reshuffle, How to get into IT – IITPSA experts point the way, Enter your school for the IITPSA Applications and/or Programming Olympiad, Latest issue of IMIESA now available, Single Market of Engineers to be created, Dedicated cruise deepens offshore research capacity in South Africa
March 2023
NEW MEMBER: The South African Society for Animal Science (SASAS), What a truly ethical South African digital society could look like if viewed through the lens of Africanfuturism, Call for abstracts for the annual IMESA Conference, Physics in my Village competition
February 2023
SAICE, IITPSA names 2022 IT Personality, SAIMM members honoured as top scholars in South Africa, New project to map and assess biodiversity launched in Mozambique, Abstracts submissions for 25th Biennial SAAFoST Congress now open
December 2022
NEW MEMBER: ORSSA, SAICE questions the awarding of SANRAL tenders to foreign companies, Top future programmers shine at 2022 Programming Olympiad awards, Proceedings and best papers of SAIIE 2022 Conference available, SANBI convenes Catchment Indaba 2022
November 2022
2022 proSET General Meeting, 50th CESA Aon Engineering Excellence Awards winners announced, ECSA appoints Chief Executive Officer, ESSA’s Rostrum Photographic Competition, IMESA, SAIMM, SASPP honorary membership awarded to John Mildenhall, SA employers recruiting ICT skills overseas
October 2022
SAICE, IITPSA, Engineers invited by Minister to assist re-engineer the country, Municipal infrastructure, Participate in IEEE’s response to climate change, SAIAE, Inspirational stories to share, The “boring” grassland biome?
September 2022
Sanitation, Nominations open for IT personality, IITPSA, SAIMM honours former Anglo American chief executive, SAIP Gold Medal, The role of physics in society, SANBI awarded a TripAdvisor Global Top Destination
August 2022
R300-million set aside to ensure unemployed graduates are trained in the environmental and biodiversity sector, ECSA joins UJ, Book now for the SAIEE Training
July 2022
IAIAsa Climate Change Symposium, IITPSA ICT Skills Survey, GSSA online courses, and more…
June 2022
GreenMatter is hiring an Executive Director, Consulting Engineers South Africa, (IMESA), (AMESA), Corrosion Institute of Southern Africa (CISA) Executive Director speaks on fight against corrosion
May 2022
WISA, SASRI, Winners of SANBI 4th Annual Student Research Day announced, South African Institute of Physics, IITPSA, SAICE, Grassroots, SAAFOST
April 2022
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