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MESSAGE frOM ThE SAICE 2013 PrESIDENT

Dear traveller

Hello, Goeie dag, Lotjhani, Molo, Sawubona, Thobela, Dumela, Ndaa, Avusheni.

To valued guests from outside of South Africa – welcome to our beloved country. May your stay be memorable
and may you return home as ambassadors of this great land.
To both visitors to South Africa and our country folk – welcome to the wonderful world of civil engineering. I am
sure you will find this world inspiring and exciting.

Travels with Civils sets out to give readers an insight into the rich heritage that our forefathers have left and that
all those engaged in present day civil engineering are providing for us and for future generations.

I encourage readers to visit the parts of the country and the projects outlined in this book, the information
provided will certainly enrich their experience. There are many gems to be discovered in your wanderings.
Enjoy and travel well.

Peter J Kleynhans (Pr Eng)

May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face;
the rains fall soft upon your fields
and until we meet again,
may God hold you in the palm of His hand.

Traditional Gaelic blessing

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