by Warren Beech | Nov 4, 2025 | Employment, Health and Safety, Mining, News
In last week’s Top Tip Tuesday we addressed the importance of the exercise of the “stop work authority” on health and safety grounds to prevent workplace injuries and fatal accidents. We discussed the judgment handed down in the matter of National Union of...
by Mbuyi Katumba | Sep 5, 2025 | Mining, News
BACKGROUND The illegal mining pandemic in South Africa, and the African continent at large, which is often blended with artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM), presents a severe threat to the country’s formal mining sector, economic stability, and security. In South...
by Warren Beech | Sep 4, 2025 | Employment, Health and Safety, Mining
“Safety of employees at the workplace is paramount, it cannot be compromised. An employer cannot be expected to wait until an employee has maimed or lost his or her life before taking decisive action against an employee who has exposed fellow employees to danger....
by Warren Beech | Jul 22, 2025 | Employment, Health and Safety, Mining
Employers, particularly in high-risk industries such as manufacturing and mining, implement stringent policies and procedures in support of the onerous health and responsibilities placed on employers under the occupational health and safety laws (the Occupational...
by Warren Beech | May 29, 2025 | Mining, News
Introduction Following the publication of the Mine Health and Safety Amendment Bill in October 2024, the last few weeks have been extremely eventful in the mining industry, with the publication of proposed changes to several environmental laws including in relation to...
by Warren Beech | May 21, 2025 | Mining, News
On 20 May 2025, the Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (Minister) published the Draft Mineral Resources Bill, 2025 (Draft Bill) for public comment. Interested and affected parties have been invited by the Minister to submit written representations on the...
