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Contents

PARTICIPATION
ASSOCIATIONS
6 JASWIC listings
7 CPD questionnaire
8 World Mental Health Day: Moving beyond slogans to equip friends in trades
BUSINESS AND TRAINING
9 Phuti Berta Kgole’ s plumbing journey
11 The role players of a project( Part 1)
12 How to behave like a leader of your plumbing business
PRACTICES
PROJECT
14 R11-million plumbing works at University of Johannesburg
TECHNICAL
34 How do you reduce spluttering at your taps?
REGULARS
1 Fitting Thought – October: Mental Health Awareness Month
3 Tell Me Why: Tshepang Tsotetsi
3 What’ s in your toolbox?
11 POPI Act
34 What happened here?
35 Web / Brand listings
Audit Bureau of Circulations
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OPINION PIECE
19 Mental health in the trades
FEATURE
22 Boreholes: Clear water doesn’ t mean clean water
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HEALTH AND SAFETY
26 Staying safe when the sun goes down
HEALTH AND SANITATION
31 Be prepared: A shift in water heating is coming
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October 2026 | Vol 32 No 08
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