The CEO of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE), Manglin Pillay, says the engineering profession is the latest target of state capture.The SAICE and 14 other engineering associations have taken Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi and the Engineering Council of South Africa (Ecsa) to court, six months after the minister appointed a new council. The engineering profession says the appointment of the council was without consultation and illegal.Manglin says the process of state capture through government control of Ecsa has been happening for 12 months "under the guise of transformation".The engineering associations, which submit engineering graduates to stringent tests before they can be registered, have been "marginalised" as the government and a now compliant Ecsa attempt to control the registration process. If the government is allowed to get away with it, South Africa's world-class engineering standards will fall and local engineering qualifications will not...
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