EVs are here – but will they really save our planet? Charleen Clarke 22nd Sep 2021 Featured Issue 4 2021 All over the world, car makers are ditching diesel and petrol-engined cars in favour of electric vehicles. But can these vehicles really save the planet? CHARLEEN CLARKE reports. While electric vehicle (EV) ... Read More...
2020: Many lessons learnt Charleen Clarke 11th Jan 2021 Editor's Letter As we come to the end of the most traumatic year – ever – for most of us, I find myself reflecting on the many lessons that I learnt in 2020 This has been a brutal year. As I write this article, 1 565 407 pe... Read More...
Should the Compensation Fund be privatised? Charleen Clarke 8th Oct 2020 Editor's Letter If I had R10 for every complaint I’ve received pertaining to the Compensation Fund, I would probably be a billionaire by now. Maybe it’s time for the fund to be privatised? That’s certainly the opinion of Ge... Read More...
Take a bow, mining industry! Charleen Clarke 17th Aug 2020 Editor's Letter The mining industry in South Africa should take a bow. Between 1993 and 2019, the industry experienced a 92% overall decline in the number of fatalities! And, in 2019, South Africa’s mining industry recorded th... Read More...
More good news! Charleen Clarke 2nd Jul 2020 Editor's Letter In our last issue, I wrote about the good news associated with Covid-19 (yes, I am an optimist). Now, I bring you more good news – and it won’t come as a surprise. For obvious reasons, the market for personal p... Read More...
Covid-19: not just bad news Charleen Clarke 24th Apr 2020 Editor's Letter Covid-19 has been utterly horrific for humankind and the economy (both here in South Africa and globally too). But it’s not ALL bad … I’ve just read an article about old people who are dying alone in Spain. Th... Read More...
If we fail, people die Charleen Clarke 19th Jun 2019 Editor's Letter I recently attended the 14th annual HSE Excellence Europe in Amsterdam and it reminded me - yet again - of the vital importance of proper health and safety procedures. After all, if SHEQ professionals fail at t... Read More...
Electric cars: to die for? Charleen Clarke 24th Apr 2019 Featured Issue 2 2019 Electric vehicles may be good news for the environment, but they can be bad news for the people who work on them. In fact, as CHARLEEN CLARKE explains, they can be deadly. The headlines in British newspaper Th... Read More...
Load shedding is an opportunity! Charleen Clarke 24th Apr 2019 Featured Issue 2 2019 South Africans should stop complaining about load shedding and see it as an opportunity. That’s according to Martin Emrich, a consultant for German-based leadership development agency Management Centre Europe (... Read More...
Retail fashion or protective wear Charleen Clarke 24th Aug 2018 Profiles Sweet-Orr, the well-known South African manufacturer of protective clothing, now has a showroom in Johannesburg! CHARLEEN CLARKE attended the official opening. When one thinks “protective clothing”, the words ... Read More...
