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June 2015 AFRICAN FUSION
SAIW bulletin board
“T he past year has been one of
change in South Africa, which
has brought many challenges to SAIW
and the welding industry,” begins Ma-
roga, before announcing the elected
council members and welcoming its
newmember, SASSDA’s John Tarbotan,
who replaces retired SASSDA president
Bill Scurr on the SAIW board. “I would
like to thank all the Council members
for the time and expertise which they
contribute to the governance of the
Institute,” he says.
On the financial side, the Institute
managed to generate a net surplus and
“with self-generated income in excess
of 98%of our total income” the Institute
was again able tomake good provisions
for future expenditure. “So overall, 2014
was an excellent year for the Institute in
terms of finances,” Maroga reports.
Thanking the South African Iron and
Steel Institute (SAISI), he says that, be-
cause of its continued sponsorship and
support, “SAIW is able to offer practical
welder training at our facility, which is a
costly activity.”
Addressing the status change of the
Institute Maroga reports that last year,
the Institute began converting from
an Unincorporated Association to an
Incorporated Not for Profit Company
registered under the Companies Act of
2008. “I am pleased to report that this
process is now complete and SAIW has
been registered as a Not for Profit com-
pany,” he announces.
Membership and branches
In response to the challenge of growing
its membership, a scheme has been in-
troduced to encourage graduates from
Institute courses to join as members on
a trial basis. “Retaining and growing
personal membership is a challenge
we share with many other technical
institutes. We need to continue explor-
ingmethods to promotemembership of
SAIW and I would like to recommend all
our members to encourage their indus-
try colleagues to join,” he urges.
The Cape Town and KwaZulu-Natal
branches have remainedactive through-
out 2014, represented by Anne Meyer
in Durban and Liz Berry in Cape Town,
while “Kennedy Nyirenda continues as
our representative inZambia” thoughan
informal association with the Engineer-
ing Institute of Zambia.
Annual highlights
“The 2014 dinner, held in August, was
once again a great success. Of particular
note was the presentation of The SAIW
Gold Medal to Robin Williamson for his
outstanding contribution to SAIW and
the welding industry, for over 30 years
of selfless service.
The 2015 Young Welder often Year, Jaco van Deventer (right) from Steinmüller, receives his
stainless steel award from SASSDA's Mankabe More.
African Fusion summarises SAIW President Morris Ma-
roga’s report, deliveredduring SAIW’s 67th annual general
meeting on May 8, 2015.
The 67th SAIW president’s report
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