Purpose:

Over the years WUMEA has developed to become the most active of the University's alumni groups in environmental engineering and mining, producing the best engineering consultants. WUMEA holds a monthly luncheon on the first Friday of each month at the WITS club; it holds quarterly meetings ; an annual Chairman's Cocktail Party to which all final year students are invited; a Sports Day in conjunction with AEL each year featuring golf, squash, darts inter alia; and lastly it holds the annual WUMEA rugby match between a WUMEA side and the current students for the Ted Edwards Shield. Just when the first WUMEA rugby match was held is not certain, but it is believed to have been in the early 60's.The TED EDWARDS SHIELD was named after Ted 'Windy' Edwards, senior lecturer in Mining Machinery who was the most ardent supporter of the Miner's Faculty side. Interfaculty rugby was started in the mid-1960s and played on a Friday evening. Practices were unheard of and considered infra dig by the miners. Such was the spirit that the engineering consultants in mining won in the Interfaculty League the first five years in a row.

History:
It is unfortunate that there are few records of the early years of the Witwatersrand University Mining Engineers Association and that one must rely on the memories of old WUMEA members and engineering consultants. The Association for environmental engineering and mining was founded in 1954 as a result of the efforts of engineering consultants Hugh McGregor (Graduate – Aug 1939) who headed up Production Engineers, and Bob Plewman (Graduate – March 1944) who at the time was on City Deep. (The full History)

Constitution:
This environmental engineering and mining constitution has been effective from 1980 and replaces any previous constitution. All assets, liabilities, activities and responsibilities of the previous Association become the responsibility of the Association elected in terms of this constitution and the engineering consultants. (The full Constitution)