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Our regular columns and sections are all contributions from leading industry figures.
Empowering members
Empowering members 17th Aug 2020 Covid-19 infection rates have increased rapidly over recent weeks and we have to brace for worse to come. The...
Saiosh response to Covid-19
The Covid-19 pandemic is presenting various challenges, as well as opportunities, for health and safety professionals, who are used to dealing with risk as...
The rise of Saiosh
The year 2020 is special for Saiosh, an organisation established by dedicated industry professionals in 2010. A decade later, with more than 15 000...
Outlining Saiosh’s Code of Conduct
Professionals often face ethical dilemmas while carrying out their duties. Saiosh is governed by a constitution, a code of conduct and by disciplinary procedures...
Beware of bogus safety bodies
A legitimate professional body can assist its members in advancing their careers while protecting the public from misconduct. Saiosh CEO NEELS NORTJE provides some...
Health and safety in the 4IR
Even with an ever-changing work environment and the introduction of new technologies, there will be a need for health and safety officers. Saiosh president...
Maintaining professional competence
Neels Nortjé, chief executive officer of the South African Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (Saiosh), explains why it is important to pursue continuing...
Wanted: Health and safety for emerging contractors
Small, medium and micro-enterprises (SMMEs) play a vital role in developing economies because they absorb a significant part of the unemployed labour force, but...
Mental health affects safety!
For some time now, I’ve been wanting to write about mental health – a condition that affects so many lives Some case studies on...
A proud history
Saiosh CEO, Neels Nortje, takes us down memory lane and chronicles the history of Occupational Health and Safety in South Africa. Although there was...
A year in review
Saiosh experienced phenomenal growth in 2018 with the implementation of exciting projects and initiatives to improve its benefits for members. I’m happy to report...
Get registered today!
Occupational Health and Safety officers can register with the South African Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (SAIOSH) to obtain a designation, stay updated...
Saiosh attends IOSH 2018
For the first time, Saiosh was invited to attend the annual conference of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health in the United Kingdom...
The Economic Impact of Health and Safety
Employee health and safety in the workplace must remain a top priority. It has been a dreary and depressing few months interacting with companies...
Beware changes to the OHS Act
The eighth Saiosh conference took place alongside the A-OSH Expo in May. Billed as the largest occupational health and safety (OHS) conference in Africa,...
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