ECSA - Extremely Chaotic Society of Apathy

If it was possible to give a 0 or negative star rating I would. I have been registered with ECSA for 5 years, paid my outrageous annual fees faithfully every year, with the understanding / hope that this goes towards a council which is meant to provide a service to the Engineering profession and industry at large. WHAT A HOAX! Can I get a refund please??? No one answers the phones or responds to emails. Have not been able to get any answers regarding confirmation of my 5-year renewal of registration, for which I have submitted documentation three times already. Ironically, the only correspondence I do receive is reminders to pay outstanding fees, which were already paid months ago and proof of payment sent! Don't get me started on their useless online portal, what a joke! I will not even get into the hell they have given the Candidate Engineer I am mentoring with regards to her registration as a professional. So much for a body which is meant to set the standard of conduct and professionalism for Engineers, the very people who are meant to be building this country. When ECSA demonstrates no professionalism and such poor conduct themselves, how can they manage a field which should, and must, be held to higher standards. Why do we continue to get swindled by these thieves? Do the maths, an annual fee average of R3500 - R4000 per registered person/candidate multiplied by how many of us? What benefit / service do they provide? It's blatant robbery. The irony is that the industry places so much store by being registered with these clowns. It literally dictates your employment opportunities and growth these days. @ECSA: Please start fulfilling your mandate or refund our annual fees and relinquish your title as the Professional Engineering body in South Africa.