Two boys, aged 10 and 11, drowned in an open trench filled with underground water in Orange Farm on Wednesday after they climbed over construction site barricading. According to the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) one of the boys climbed over to...
The Department of Labour is calling on the construction industry to include women and youth in their health and safety training measures. Speaking at an explosives workshop in Polokwane last week, Tibor Szana chief inspector of occupational health...
The Department of Labour (DoL) has advised companies to ensure that they have proper employment equity (EE) plans in place as proposed amendments to equity legislation will tie state contracts to compliance with legislation. Speaking at a workshop...
The Department of Labour (DoL) has started its inspection to determine the cause of the collapse of the unused pedestrian bridge over the N3 highway. Five people were injured, three seriously, when the bridge collapsed in the early hours of the...
Labour Minister Mildred Olifant has handed over a report on the Tongaat Mall collapse to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). The mall collapsed on 19 November 2013, killing two people and seriously injuring 29 more. The slab collapse was...
The Department of Labour’s Chief Inspector, Tibor Szana, on Wednesday announced the appointment of Lennie Samuel as the Presiding Inspector to head the Section 32 Inquiry into the collapse of the temporary walkway bridge between Sandton and...
The Department of Labour will launch a formal inquiry to establish what exactly led to the M1 bridge collapse earlier this month where two people lost their lives and 19Â were injured. According to a report by TimesLIVE the department’s chief...
The Department of Labour says it has found that the construction industry has a less than 50 percent rate of compliance to health and safety. This emerged on the eve of the new dispensation coming into effect for the registration of Construction...
The Department of Labour is gearing up to host the Construction Sector Seminar on the 2020 vision for the Construction Health Safety Industry, on Thursday. Newly-appointed Department of Labour Deputy Director-General of Inspection and Enforcement...
