The latest Bloodhound Project Newsletter (February 2019) is available here .

Professional Engineering bodies meet with Minister of Public Enterprise to discuss solutions to the country’s electricity...

The Engineering Council of South Africa has recently started issuing electronic Registration Certificates to persons apply...

Many of you have watched the TV broadcasts of the Zondo Commission into state capture. The terms of reference of this inqu...

A 1,000mph race car project has been saved after an entrepreneur stepped in to buy the business.  The  Bloodh...

A 1,000mph race car project has been axed meaning the supersonic vehicle is on the market for the price of a Ferrari. The&...

The most common question that I am asked about SAIMechE goes something like “What is the benefit of being a member of SAIM...

IDoEW status The long outstanding issue of the Identification of Engineering Work (IDoEW) was raised in an article of...

    Extracted from CBE Bulletin Oct 2018 Brief synopsis and contextual background CBE is im...

The project to race a car at over 1,000mph has run into a financial roadblock with the company behind the venture going in...

Ninety-nine percent of everything people interact with daily, is man-made. By man-made, I mean nearly everything is:&...

Over the last decade, SAIMechE’s Events Department has delivered quality training activities for engineering professionals...

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is fundamentally changing the world of work for which we are preparing our students...

The world is changing fast for us mechanical engineers. I was at varsity round about the same time the guys from Goog...

Record attempt scheduled for Quarter 4 2019 While intense fund-raising activity has been ongoing, the Project has su...

Mr Ralph G. Sharp (Hon FSAIMechE) was a former Chairman of the SAIMechE KZN Branch, long standing member and great friend...

All registered Mechanical Engineers in private practice should be aware of the possibility of having to defend themse...

In 2018, it feels almost irrelevant to talk about sexism, as we now live in a world where discrimination based on anything...

As prescribed in SAIMechE’s Constitution, an Honorary Fellow shall be a person intimately connected with mechanical engine...

  Raimund Stephanus Loubser (Hon FSAIMechE) was born on 14 May 1927 to Thys Loubser, the Chief Mechanical Engineer o...

Johan Rall (Hon FSAIMechE and past President of SAIMechE (1987-1988) . “SAIMechE held a very important place in J...

The UK-based team chasing a new world land-speed record will send its Bloodhound supersonic car to South Af...

Unfortunately for engineers, the vision for new projects often emanates not from engineers, but from politicians...

Unfortunately for engineers, the vision for new projects often emanates not from engineers, but from politicians...

The latest Bloodhound SSC Newsletter is available  here . Excerpt from the newsletter: " BLOODHOUND is operatio...

The SAIMechE Central Branch, in conjunction with the participating universities (Tshwane University of Technology, Univers...

Engineering is generally recognised as a profession, along with other professions such as medicine, dentistry, law, minist...

SAIMechE UKZN Student Chapter Chairperson, Michaela Geytenbeek, started Girl Cad. An initiative aimed at girls from grades...

The KwaZulu-Natal Industrial Technology Exhibition (KITE), held between 26 and 28 July 2017 at the Durban Exhibition Centr...

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The International Engineering Alliance (IEA) has recognised that the Engineering Council of South Africa’s (ECSA's) standa...

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The SAIMechE Mpumalanga Highveld (MH) Branch hosted the annual World of Engineering exhibition earlier this year. Here's f...

The SAIMechE Meritorious Student Awards is presented annually to deserving students from the tertiary institutions offerin...