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Associations
CDAA on track with all projects
By Dineo Phoshoko
The Copper Development Association Africa (CDAA) held its annual
general meeting (AGM) on 25 May 2017 to discuss important issues,
which included the organisation’s year-end financial statements, the
election of an external auditor, and an update on the various projects
in which the CDAA is involved.
Former Springbok rugby player and coach Nick
Mallet was invited to the AGM as a guest speaker.
Most of those in attendance were members of the
organisations. have been taking place. The project was expected to be
completed at the end of June 2017, whereupon no further
testing will be conducted. The promotion of copper cages
would still continue as a project for the CDAA, though.
Chairperson of the CDAA, Evert Swanepoel, started the
proceedings by acknowledging those in attendance. He
expressed his gratitude at everyone who made an effort to
attend despite their busy schedules. He also gave a special
thanks to members from Durban and Kimberly who came to
the meeting. Swanepoel was followed by Bob Kempthorne,
secretary of the CDAA, who discussed the organisation’s
annual financial statements for the 2016 financial year. The next project discussed was where the CDAA is
supplying antimicrobial copper to eight clinics that are being
built. The antimicrobial products are mainly brass products,
which include taps, light switches, and door handles,
among others. The project is on track and as soon as the
products have been installed, the CDAA will share pictures
of the installations. The CDAA is also in discussion with
Eskom to provide antimicrobial copper products to Eskom’s
mobile buses that travel through rural areas to promote
health. In addition, the Hospital Association of South Africa
Conference is taking place in September 2017 at the Cape
Town International Convention Centre, and the CDAA will be
exhibiting at the conference.
With all the formalities done, there was an update of all
the activities that the CDAA has been involved in since
November 2016. First to be discussed was the aquaculture
project, where growth trials for the finfish in Richards Bay
From left: Evert Swanepoel
(CDAA chairperson),
Levine Warries (CDAA
centre manager), and Nick
Mallet (guest speaker).
July 2017 Volume 23 I Number 5
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