As I sit down to pen my thoughts for this edition, I realise that we are 26 days away from our seventh democratic elections. South Africans will be making their mark and hoping for a reduction in unemployment, ...
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Reflecting back on 2023, it was a busy year for the SAFPA committee.
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The 2023 SAFPA six-a-side soccer tournament was a huge success.
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It’s hard to believe we are in the fourth quarter of 2024. Time indeed flies. It’s been a busy time at SAFPA. Ruveer Persad at Zest WEG electric motors was kind enough to host a technical talk on ...
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At SAFPA’s recent hybrid virtual and physical meeting, Ruveer Persad and Fanie Steyn from Zest WEG Group gave an interesting presentation on minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) in South Africa.
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SAFPA recently held a highly successful Golf Day.
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All systems are go for the SAFPA Soccer Day on 25 November.
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Motion Control’s editor had a chat with new SAFPA president, Uven Moodley to find out more about his background, and what his plans are for SAFPA.
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Welcome to Uven Moodley, who is the new SAFPA president. We wish you a happy and fruitful time in this prestigious position. The members of Moodley’s new committee are: Wessie Van Der Westhuizen (vice ...
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At the previous AGM in June 2021, I had just become president of the association, the world and the country were still facing levels of lockdown and we reported that we were focusing on establishing ...
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At SAFPA’s recent technical online presentation, Dr Mandy Wilke, global technical manager for drives, motion control and intellectual property at Trelliborg Sealing solutions, gave a very interesting ...
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At a recent SAFPA technical presentation, a young engineer from BMG, Christo Theron gave an interesting presentation entitled ‘Accumulator Pre-Charge Nitrogen Bottle Requirement’, covering his experience ...
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