Editor’s Letter
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Editor's Letter
Our regular columns and sections are all contributions from leading industry figures.
2020: Many lessons learnt
2020: Many lessons learnt 10th Dec 2020 As we come to the end of the most traumatic year – ever – for most of...
Should the Compensation Fund be privatised?
Should the Compensation Fund be privatised? 8th Oct 2020 If I had R10 for every complaint I’ve received pertaining to the Compensation Fund, I...
Take a bow, mining industry!
Take a bow, mining industry! 17th Aug 2020 The mining industry in South Africa should take a bow. Between 1993 and 2019, the industry...
More good news!
In our last issue, I wrote about the good news associated with Covid-19 (yes, I am an optimist). Now, I bring you more good...
Covid-19: not just bad news
Covid-19 has been utterly horrific for humankind and the economy (both here in South Africa and globally too). But it’s not ALL bad …...
Becoming a jack of all trades
Creeping into discussions at many health and safety conferences is the concept of lifelong learning. Although not new, this idea is centred around continuously...
If we fail, people die
I recently attended the 14th annual HSE Excellence Europe in Amsterdam and it reminded me – yet again – of the vital importance of...
A question we shouldn’t have to ask
Which would you rather be without – electricity or water? You may notice a theme running through this issue: power, or, more specifically, the...
Male-specific cancers and the workplace
Our readers need no introduction to issues of occupational health, but what about a very real health concern that is affecting countless men around...
Keeping your head
I suffered a bit of a health and safety blunder at home a few weeks ago… My better half and I recently bought and...
Why safety?
Why do safety professionals do what they do? Why do their companies or clients listen to them? Why, why, why? At the 2018 Saiosh...
Telling stories and changing cultures
“Catch a man a fish and feed him for a day. Show him how to fish and feed him for a lifetime.” That proverb...
Traveling, safely…
Business travellers worldwide are becoming more astute to possible health and safety risks when abroad, and, happily, this is happening at a rapidly increasing...
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