Long-serving Sanral engineering exec looks back as he prepares to step down

When Koos Smit studied civil engineering on a public service bursary at the University of Pretoria in the 1970s, the plan was that he would qualify and build dams and pipelines.However, an oversupply of engineers at the Department of Water Affairs saw him sign up at National Roads. He remained at National Roads, and its successors, for the next 43 years, managing the development and maintenance of roads instead.