Civil Engineering September 2021 | Vol 29 No 8

56 September 2021 Civil Engineering passion for travelling and experiencing different countries, cultures and people. He is actively involved in teaching maths and science to the underprivileged and continues to stay fit and connected with people through regular outdoor sports and events. Lethu Dlanjwa Pr Tech Student outreach portfolio Lethu is a project manager at SANRAL. He holds a BTech Transportation Engineering, BSc Hons Applied Science Transport Planning, and is currently studying towards an MEng Transport Studies. Lethu is a professional registered technologist with fifteen years’ experience in the civil design of roads, stormwater, sewer reticulation, site supervision, and project management. His key experience includes 11 years in planning and design of roads and stormwater drainage systems, geometric design for urban and rural roads and measurement of site operations and processing of payment certificates. Lethu joined SANRAL’s Northern Region team in October 2017 as a project manager, which entails management of numerous projects ranging from planning, rejuvenations, upgrading, improvement, and rehabilitations. This role also includes reviewing of geometric designs on the SANRAL Northern Region National Road Network, comprising Gauteng, North West, Mpumalanga, and Limpopo. In his free time Lethu enjoys sports including soccer, rugby, cricket. Ronald Pillay Pr Eng Ronald is the Chief Engineer for the eThekwini Transport Authority. His qualifications are: BSc Eng (Hons) (Civil) and Pr Eng. Ronald has more than 12 years’ experience, specialising in public transport planning, PT demand, service and infrastructure planning. He enjoys playing music and writing songs. Johan Brink Pr Eng Johan is a key member representing the division on all division activities in the Western Cape. He is a tech- nical director and transport engineer at ITS Global and holds Pr Eng and MEng qualifications. Johan started his career in the consulting industry and today has more than 20 years’ experience in transport engineering and planning. His experience ranges from traffic impact assess- ments to large-scale metropolitan transport network planning and national road safety strategies. He also worked on a number of international projects ranging from Nigeria to Portland, USA. He also has experience in many other transport areas including pedestrian movement and cycle facilities, rail and air transport, development charge policies and road safety, among others. Johan loves to hike, run and cycle in the outdoors, and to be in nature. Thereafter, to cook (or braai) and appreciate some good wine with friends completes a perfect day. Sabata Malope Student outreach portfolio Sabata is Associate: Transportation and Construction at Nyeleti Consulting. He holds a BTech Eng (Civil) and specialises in transporta- tion and road infrastructure. He is currently enrolled for a Masters of Engineering in Transport Studies at the University of Cape Town. Sabata has successfully managed a variety of projects and has been re- sponsible for all relevant aspects, including project management, design, contract documentation and procurement, site and head office supervision, budgeting, and cost control. He has also been involved with various transportation studies and has worked as resident engineer on major water, road, and structural projects. He has 10 years of experience ranging from national to municipal road infrastructure, including public transport, and assists in conducting pavement visual assessment and stormwater designs. Sabata enjoys camping, photography and playing indoor soccer. Retshepile ‘Tshepi’ Khabo Social media portfolio Tshepi is a Planning and Design Engineer for Lotshephe Development Engineers. She holds a BSc in Civil Engineering and has 10 years’ experience in the civil engineering industry, most of which has been as a geometric designer for roads and railways. Her current position involves project planning and the design of roads, sewer, storm- water, and water supply. Tshepi’s hobbies involve photography and writing poetry, and her favourite thing to do is spend time with her son. She is passionate about community improvement, and recently started a Facebook page where she provides CV writing assistance to young people without access to computers, where she thoroughly enjoys meeting many great people. Debbie Besseling Debbie is the technical divisions administrator for a number of SAICE divisions. She has extensive experience in the field of public relations, media, communications, and publishing, spe- cialising in the more technical fields of engineering and mining. She works on numerous portfolios for the SAICE Transport Division, including events management and general administration. Debbie has successfully run various events for the division, ranging from online lectures to the Chairman’s Award luncheons and Kwazulu-Natal and Western Cape luncheons. On a personal note, she enjoys spending time in nature, gardening, reading and writing profiles and articles. REFERENCE 1 https://www.smartinsights.com/digital-marketing-strategy/ online-value-proposition/start-with-why-creating-a-value- proposition-with-the-golden-circle-model