CORPORATE PROFILE
Mr Cyril
Vuyani Gamede
President:
Engineering Council of South Africa
Mr. Cyril Gamede was appointed in July 2012 as the President of the
Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA). Prior to this appointment, Mr.
Gamede was appointed in 2011 by ECSA to assist in its Transformation
Initiative. He graduated with a Mechanical Engineering Degree at the University
of Cape Town (UCT) with a Sammy Sacks Award in 1986 and later completed a
Masters in Mechanical / Industrial Engineering in 1988.
While at UCT, Mr. Gamede was involved in the Student Representative
Council (SRC) and formed part of the protest that let to mass admission of
black students on campus residences in 1983.
He started a group to help black engineering students who were
struggling with their studies at the then University of Natal in the mid-1990s.
The group later formed an organisation called the National Society of Black
Engineers (NSBE) which was launched in 1998. The objective of the organisation
was to encourage engineering as a career within the black community and ensure
that black engineers are part of the main stream economy. He was the first
president of NSBE.
Mr. Gamede was involved with the Natal Branch of the South African
Institution of Mechanical Engineers (SAIMechE) for many years. He later joined
the Council of SAIMechE and was elected president in 1999. Mr. Gamede was also
involved with the Professional Advisory Council (PAC) (Mechanical) of ECSA for
several years. The main function of the PAC is to register eligible
professional engineers.
He was in the Advisory Board of Chemical Engineering at the University
of Cape Town from 1999 to 2010. He also served as Commissioner of the Electoral
Code of Conduct Observer Commission (ECCO Commission) in the June 1999 general
elections. He joined the army Reserve Force in 1999 and later became an Officer
(Captain) in 19 Field Engineers Regiment (1999 – 2005). Mr. Gamede also served
in the following organisations: WISA (Water Institute of South Africa), IWSA
(International Water Supply Association) and UADE (Union of African Water
Suppliers), ISEE (International Society of Explosive Engineers).
He is currently the Chief Executive of Umgeni Water Board. Prior
to that he was Chief Executive of Asceng.
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Dr.
Keith Ivor Jacobs
Vice President: Engineering Council of South Africa
Dr. Keith Ivor Jacobs is a
Professional Engineer who currently resides in Cape Town.
He is an Acting Director for Regional
Services at the University of South Africa (UNISA). In this role, Dr. Jacobs is
co-ordinates for all national activities at regional level.
Dr Keith Jacobs is a qualified engineer
and educator and holds multiple qualifications. He has a Higher National
Diploma for Post School Education (Pen Tech); he also holds a Higher National Diploma
in Mechanical Engineering (Pen Tech), a Bachelor of Education (UWC), and
Honours Degree in Business Administration (USB) and has a PHD from the
University of Cape Town.
He is no stranger to the higher
education sector, having spent 14 years as a Lecturer and 20 years in the
higher education administration.
He started his career as a lecturer at the
Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) in 1983 until 1997 when he was a
Senior Lecturer. He became a co-ordinator for Co-operative Education and was
then appointed as the Head of Department, Acting Dean and Deputy Dean at the
Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT).
Dr Keith joined University of
South Africa as a Regional Director in 2011 where his responsibilities were strategic
and operational management of the department and the University. In 2013 he
became the Acting Deputy Registrar and his portfolio was then inclusive of registration
and assessment activities. In 2014 he became an Acting Director for Regional
Services.
He has served in the following
Professional and Advisories:
Chairperson
of the Inaugural Agreement for International Engineering Technicians: (ECSA)
Deputy
Chairperson (West Coast FET College Council)
Board
of South African Engineering Education Association
Board
of Masakhi’iSizwe
Chairperson
of the Engineering Standard Generating Body (ESGB)
Chairperson
of the Professional Engineering Technicians Registration Committee (ESGB)
Chairperson
of the Sakhimfundo Education Trust (ECSA)
He is a Registered as a
Professional Technician with the Engineering Council of South Africa. He is also
a member of the Chamber of Technology and a member of the South African
Institution of Mechanical Engineering (SAIMechE).