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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 color=red face="Comic Sans MS"><span
lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:red;
font-weight:bold'>SAICE meets TWO Parliamentary Portfolio Committees in TWO
weeks!<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Dear SAICE members<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Our own SAICE Member of
Parliament, Lemias Mashile, was instrumental in arranging an opportunity for
SAICE pioneer Allyson Lawless to meet the Local Government Portfolio Committee
the week before last. The obvious choice for discussion was Skills, and Numbers
and Needs. We are happy to report that feedback from the Committee was
complimentary and positive.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Following the above
successful meeting, public hearings on a policy concerning water quality were
held in Parliament on Wednesday 4 June 2008. SAICE’s Water Engineering
Division only became aware of these hearings via an advertisement received at
the eleventh hour. While the Institution was hastily arranging for Dr Kevin
Wall to fly the SAICE flag at the hearings, both Lemias Mashile and the chair
of the Water Affairs & Forestry Parliamentary Portfolio Committee called to
make sure that SAICE would indeed be attending. It is heartening to know that
SAICE’s role is being recognised at this level. Dr Wall reported that the
hearings had focused on skills, management and funding.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>SAICE members might not
always be aware of the extent to which the Institution makes use of opportunities
such as these to help shape the future of our profession and our country. We
would therefore like to thank our visionaries and late night oil burners for
their patience, perseverance, courage and faith. SAICE is indeed bridging one
gap after the other, on behalf of its members!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Kind SAICE regards<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=2 color=blue
face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>Dawie Botha</span></font></st1:PersonName><font size=2 color=blue
face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'> Pr Eng<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>SAICE Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>T: 011 805 5947/8<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>E: dbotha@saice.org.za
</span></font><b><font size=4 color=red face="Comic Sans MS"><span
lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:red;
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