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PARTICIPATION
NEWS
7 WPC partners team up to tackle 2 000
township taps in Diepsloot
9 Protect, protect and keep on protecting
9 Plumbers Association of Zambia children’s
village hand-washing programme
ASSOCIATIONS
10 John Davis new chairman of
DWH-MANCOSA
11 Welcome Rwanda Plumbers Organisation
12 Strong legislation and enforcement: an
economic driver for the plumbing industry
15 Registered plumbers: earn CPD points
17 PIRB statistics – dashboard
BUSINESS AND TRAINING
18 Does franchising work in plumbing?
Part 2: The retail sector
21 Expect to see much more of ACO as it
adopts a top down approach
PARTICIPATION REGULARS
22 Plumbing Wall of Shame
23 The plunger games
PRACTICES
DESIGN
25 Dear Mr Plumber
PROJECT
26 Efficient heat pump project in Jewel City
PERSONALITY PROFILE
30 Adriaan Myburgh: new national
IOPSA President
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