Featured Issue 1 2023

While it is each employer’s own choice to decide whether their workplace policies will involve drug and alcohol testing, as well as how and when these tests will be carried out, it is recommended that these p... Read More...

The Shoprite Group is the first South African retailer to pilot a heavy-duty electric truck as part of its fleet, and 28-year-old Robin Jooste from Colorado Park, Mitchells Plain, has been selected to drive... Read More...

Changes and updates to South Africa’s occupational health and safety (OHS) Act will soon see greater responsibility and penalties for non-compliant employees. “The pandemic brought health and safety sharply ... Read More...

Spill berms and spill pallets are essential tools for safely handling and containing hazardous liquids. KEVIN MURPHY, MD of environment, health, and safety provider Spill Doctor, sheds some light on these prod... Read More...

Workforce training, while essential for upskilling, can cause operational downtime which affects a company’s bottom line. However, this is easily countered with the introduction of on-demand online training, ... Read More...

In the beginning, there was the canary: these little finches would warn miners of dangerous gases underground. If the birds stopped singing, the miners had to return to the surface quickly. Such crude and ina... Read More...

Angus MacArthur, director of Alcohol Breathalysers, highlights how the iBlow10 – a high-speed, no-contact alcohol breathalyser – is ideal for testing drivers at roadblocks and workers entering industrial site... Read More...

Situational awareness and hearing protection specialist Octave10 is offering a cost-effective and improved solution for effective communication in all noisy environments. In 2013, the Department of Mineral R... Read More...

At least one in five Africans goes to bed hungry and an estimated 140 million people across the continent face acute food insecurity, according to the Global Report on Food Crises 2022 Mid-Year Update*. This ... Read More...

COP27, the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, firmly focused on the climate crisis, but pollution was also brought into the limelight in a fascinating fashion. Using 18.14 tonnes of salvaged plasti... Read More...