Water Wheel - Nov/Dec 2003

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NEWS SNIPPETS The first two graduates of the MBA in Water Management in Southern Africa will have their degrees conferred in December 2003. The School of Business at the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, embarked on this unique-to-Africa, Specialist MBA in Water Management degree in 2001. It was recognised that the management of water as a strategic resource in Africa requires the combining and integrating of economic, social, engineering and environmental considerations. Thus this carefully planned MBA programme equips its graduates to meet the challenge of managing Africa’s water resources and infrastructure on a sustainable basis. With the expected negative consequences of global warming, general population growth and massive population movement to urban areas, there is also a growing need for better water resources management on an integrated basis. Water managers today must be both knowledgeable about, and able to act, with the authority that comes from knowledge and experience. In many parts of Africa there is a dearth of well-trained managers working in the water sector.

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