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  • Lifetime Achievement Award - Congratulation Prof Joe Amadi-Echendu

    Posted on November 15, 2023

    The Lifetime Achievement Award is the International Society of Engineering Asset Management (ISEAM’s) most prestigious award to a person who has: ● personal integrity; ● an established history of distinguished service in one or more fields related to Engineering Asset Management...

  • Prof Lavagnon Ika visits the GSTM

    Posted on November 10, 2023

    Lavagnon Ika is Full Professor of Project Management (PM) and former MSc Program Director at the Telfer School of Management (uOttawa). He's jointly affiliated with the uOttawa School of International Development and Global Studies. He holds an MSc and a PhD in PM from the Université du Québec....

  • CII - SA Chapter: Lunch Hour Webinar - 23 Nov. 12:30 - 13:30

    Posted on November 06, 2023

    Construction projects are executed with the input from a variety of project participants, including the owner’s team, professional team and the contractor. In some procurement models such as design-build projects, the relationship between the professional team and the contractor allows...

  • Virtual Lunch Hour Seminar with Prof Ika, Friday, 27 October 2023 12h00

    Posted on October 26, 2023

    In this talk, Prof Ika explores the nexus between project management and grand challenges in Africa, where sociopolitical complexity is high and institutional challenges are paramount. He suggests that, despite a shared overarching concern for organizing work and delivering change, project...

  • 11th South African System Dynamics Conference 16 - 17 November 2023

    Posted on October 17, 2023

    South Africa System Dynamics Chapter (SASDC) is hosting our hybrid 11th annual South African System Dynamics Conference to create a networking platform where researchers can present novel work which contributes to systems thinking, system dynamics (theory, methodology or empirics), systems...

  • ISEM Conference 2023 - Best paper award to Martin Lekarapa & Schalk Grobbelaar

    Posted on October 17, 2023

    Martin Lekarapa (MPM graduate) and Dr Schalk Grobbelaar received the award for best paper in the proceedings of the recent ISEM2023 Conference for their study which focused on examining the difficulties in budget development for heritage building projects.

  • 15 Project leadership lessons from SA's pursuit towards the Rugby World Cup 2019

    Posted on September 28, 2023

    IPMA CASE STUDY SERIES “Zero to Hero” 15 Project leadership lessons from South Africa’s pursuit towards the Rugby World Cup 2019, Giel Bekker & Inga Minelgaité. Publisher and owner of the IPMA Case Study - © International Project Management Association (IPMA®)...

  • Timber Construction Conference themed “Growing Timber Connections”

    Posted on September 27, 2023

    The inaugural Timber Construction Conference, themed “Growing Timber Connections”, occurred on 12 September 2023 and was held at Future Africa Pretoria. The Conference aimed to promote the widespread adoption of timber construction throughout South Africa, showcasing its numerous...

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