National Recycling Day

National Recycling Day is on the 17th of September 2021. South Africans are familiar with the need to recycle their waste.  The benefits of recycling do not just focus on the fact that waste does...

A high level overview: Draft National Mine Closure Strategy 2021 & Financial provision regulations

Introduction   The draft National Mine Closure strategy 2021 was recently published for comment, comments had to be submitted to the DMRE by 23rd July 2021. The draft strategy highlighted the adverse impacts of mining,...

Before you start, be safety smart

Although South Africa is still enduring the challenges associated with the Covid 19 Coronavirus pandemic and the unpredictability of the various imposed lockdowns, more employees are reporting back to their workplaces as opposed to working...

Publication of the Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Bill 2020

The Minister of Employment and Labour recently published a notice of his intention to present the Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Bill, 2020 to the National Assembly.   The bill seeks to amend the OHS...