Plumbing Africa May 2017 | Page 3

Fitting thought 1 Plumbing Africa Times are a changin’ Nearly halfway through 2017 and our market has experienced a turbulent time with rating agencies junking us — all in one week — politicians lost in their own infighting, changes in ownership for medium and large companies, and so on. It is not all bad, though, as it shows that companies are still willing to invest, although the junk status happened after the investments/ purchases were made. However, if companies were to be run according to politicians one would get nowhere — just look at state- owned enterprises. But — plumbing goes on, as the business we are in provides the network to keep clean, live in hygienic conditions, and dispose of waste. This issue sees the launch of the “Wall of fame”. While it is good to show those shocking, appalling, and dangerous installations in our other ‘wall’, it is important to display those installations that are professionally done and crafted, showing pride in workmanship. Send us your “Wall of fame” photos for publication. Our contributors share their wisdom and we continue with the National Water Resources Strategy 2 document, as with the piece on legionella. IOPSA has been active and we now reproduce the compliance table. We also acknowledge the contestants who were awarded medals at the World Plumbing Day Fun Run and Cycle Ride. Our feature project is Old Mutual Wealth where plumbers installed a water treatment plant. The President Hotel in Cape Town offers some useful water-saving ideas that they have introduced for their own water-saving initiative. We feature valves in this issue and will follow with pumps in the next issue, as the topics deserve their own space. Finally, we review the ISH 2017 trade fair held in Frankfurt, with the general feedback being that water is the major issue. Again we say, while times are changing, it provides many an opportunity for the plumbing industry to grow itself. As that great advert for Mainstay said, “You can stay as you are for the rest of your life — or you can change to Mainstay.” In this case, you can change to grow your business. PA Rory Rory Macnamara ISSN 1812 - 1705 Audit Bureau of Circulations October–December 2016 Controlled free distribution         3501 EDITOR Rory Macnamara • [email protected] CONTENT MANAGER Benjamin Brits • [email protected] subeditor Elaine Enslin DESIGN/LAYOUT Mpho Ngobeni • [email protected] NATIONAL ADVERTISING SALES Director: Dale Macnamara • [email protected] External sales: Lyndsay Stephenson • [email protected] (Cape Town) Johann Lourens • [email protected] Internal sales: Zeldalee du Toit • [email protected] Process coordinator: Estelle Thurtle •[email protected] DISCLAIMER HEAD OFFICE Interact Media Defined (Pty) Ltd 13A Riley Rd, Bedfordview 2007 PO Box 695 Edenvale 1610 Tel: [phone] • Fax: [phone] email: [email protected] ACCOUNTS Laetitia Arnott • [email protected] MANAGING DIRECTOR Sean Macnamara, CA (SA) • [email protected] Official JOURNAL OF THE • Institute of Plumbing South Africa (IOPSA) • Sani`ter Africa, Plumbdrain Africa • Polymer Hot & Cold Technology Group (PHACT) • Plumbing Design Association (PDA) PRINTER Typo Colour Printing Specialists Cnr Bezuidenhout & Beaufort St, Troyeville 2094 Tel: [phone] Delivery/Subscriptions Kristin Long | [email protected] DISTRIBUTION/MAILING Cab Holdings (Pty) Ltd 1 Trein Street, The Gables, Cleveland, 2001 Tel: [phone] While every reasonable precautions have been taken to ensure the accuracy of the advice and information given, neither the editor, publisher, proprietor, staff nor any official body represented or published in this issue, will accept responsibility for any damages, loss, injuries or false claims that may arise or be made in the content. Disclaimers by individual companies are hereby overridden. Reproduction of any of the content is expressly forbidden in terms of the Copyright Act of 1987 with all amendments. All requests to reproduce must be made in writing to the Publisher and such confirmation must be given in writing before proceeding. A copy of where the reproduction was published must be supplied to the Publisher at the above address. No reasonable request will be refused provided all conditions are met. All Publication and Exhibition titles are registered as trade marks in terms of the Trade Marks Act of 1993 and are held by Interact Media Defined (Pty) Ltd, Reg No 2014/092774/07. INTERACT MEDIA DEFINED Reg. 2014/092774/07 | VAT. 4560266159 May 2017 Volume 23 I Number 3