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South Africa is crumbling -

and there are few engineers left to fix it.

Municipalities and local government authorities in South Africa are bleeding engineers, leaving them severely handicapped when it comes to critical infrastructure maintenance.

The South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) has published its 2022 Infrastructure Report Card, showing the country’s public service faced a debilitating shortage in engineering skills.

“It is rare to find a municipality that is blessed with a full complement of qualified and experienced personnel in its technical organogram,” the report stated.

“The human capacity to monitor, inspect and maintain the current infrastructure, and to plan for renewal and replacement, has not grown at the same high rate as the portfolio of public assets.”

SAICE said that constrained budgets and inattention to skills development had worsened the situation.

The institution warned that the operation and maintenance of infrastructure were complex and required a cadre of skilled technical professionals to avoid compromising the lifespan of assets through neglect.

“Most municipalities are desperately understaffed in these crucial positions or staffed by people who do not have the required training or experience,” SAICE said.

SAICE’s assessment was based on a comparison of the engineering capability of local government authorities between 2005, 2015, and 2020.

It observed “revealing” trends in the number of civil engineering practitioners appointed with varying levels of technical qualifications.

The institution shared the graphs below comparing how race representation and qualifications levels had changed.