by Warren Beech | Oct 13, 2023 | Health and Safety, News
The Springboks played Tonga on Sunday, 1 October 2023 and the match started at 21h00 (South African time). There were, reportedly, higher than usual levels of absenteeism from South African workplaces on the following Monday morning. While absenteeism can severely...
by Warren Beech | Sep 21, 2023 | Employment, Health and Safety
The South African courts, including the Labour Court and the Labour Appeal Court have, in various judgments acknowledged that South African workplaces, particularly factories, warehouses and mines, are inherently dangerous places, and that, as a result, employers are...
by Stephen Nthite | Sep 21, 2023 | Employment, Environmental, Health and Safety
A cursory examination of various South African news outlets reveals a troubling surge in unlawful protests and acts of vandalism within mining communities and their vicinity. It is imperative to delve into the root causes of this phenomenon before embarking on the...
by Vusi Ndhlovu | Sep 5, 2023 | Employment, Health and Safety
As a vacation student, and, now that I have taken up a position as a candidate attorney at Beech Veltman Incorporated, one of the most important lessons that I have learnt so far, working with the various mines, is just how important health and safety is in the mining...
by Warren Beech | Jul 14, 2023 | Health and Safety
South African Occupational Health and Safety Laws place extremely onerous obligations on the employer to safeguard the health and safety of employees and other persons who may be affected by the employer’s activities. In relation to the mining industry, the Mine...
by Warren Beech | Dec 1, 2022 | Health and Safety
Conducting proper investigations into accidents so that the true cause can be identified This is Part 4 (and last) of our four-part series on “How to prevent mining and other workplace accidents”. You can access Part 1 (the “Pearl Harbour Syndrome”) here, Part 2...
