MONTHLY MEETINGS
SASRE meetings are usually held at 5pm on the third or fourth Thursday of each month in Pretoria and are open to all members. A member or guest presents on their project, technology or concept and fields questions from members. After the presentation members mingle, network and catch up with colleagues.
The August 2026 AGM will take place at the Stimela Boardroom, Transnet Freight Rail HQ, Kilner Park Main Building, 160 Lynette Street, Pretoria.
Upcoming
Date: Thursday, 27th August 2026
From Monitoring to Prediction: Building the Intelligent Railway
Past topics
Date | Title | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
23/04/2026 | Fully automated underground mine haulage systems and lessons learnt for innovative rail wagon designs for the SADC network | Andrew Thorburn, Galison Group |
18/09/2025 | Developing an action priority matrix and technology roadmap for predictive railway maintenance | Lindelani Nethamba, Transnet Freight Rail |
26/08/2025 | Enabling Rail Reform and Intra-Africa Trade through the Leaseco | Wilson Mogoba, Transnet Group |
26/06/2025 | How Critical is Accurate Track Geometry
Data on Track Geometry Recording Cars | Solly Mahlaule, Stantec New Zealand |
29/05/2025 | Digitisation and Digitalisation of the Transnet Engineering Wheels Business | Ntakadzeni Makhwathana, TE |
24/04/2025 | Trackview: Using Patented Electrical Pulse Analysis for Train Detection and Rail Condition Monitoring | Tian Kunneke, HisWay Labs |
27/03/2025 | A computational design (CoDe) framework to emulate Battery Electric Locomotives (BELs) | Drs Rick Vandoorne, André Broekman & Wiehan Le Roux, Zutari |
30/01/2025 | Climate Change Double Feature: Forecasting and Mitigating the Effects thereof on Railway Track | Siphesihle Kunene, Africa Weather & Rita Dlamini, TRIM |
28/11/2024 | Advancing Africa: Traxtion's successes and growth | Morris Kgama, Traxtion |
24/10/2024 | Open Access Framework and Progress to date (AGM) | Thembi Lekganyane, Transnet Rail Infrastructure Manager |
29/08/2024 | Transformation of South African and European railway sectors | Ross Hartley, Miner Enterprises |
20/06/2024 | Assessing strategies to mitigate cable theft
in the SA railway sector | Muhle Mthombeni, ACSA |
INDUSTRY VISITS
SASRE organises industry visits for its members. We visited Rely Precision Castings in May 2026 and Columbus Stainless in March 2023 and toured the BMW plant in Pretoria in 2022.
We plan to visit Plasser Rail, the CSIR 3D Printing Lab, Rely Intracast, Timken or Ford South Africa soon.
Upcoming
Date TBD
Next visit to be confirmed
Watch this space
Past
Year | Title |
|---|---|
2026 | Rely Precision Castings |
2023 | Columbus Stainless |
2022 | BMW |
2018 | Etion (formerly Ansys) |
2017 | Cast Products SA (formerly SCAW Metals) |
2017 | Rely Intracast |
2016 | SAA Technical |
2015 | Gautrain maintenance depot |
2014 | Columbus Stainless |
ANNUAL EVENTS
SASRE hosts two annual events, an informal social gathering and a gala dinner.
Watch this space for details of upcoming events.