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Renewing your Saiosh membership is the right choice: you will be part of South Africa’s largest regulatory occupational health and safety (OHS) professional body. Recognised by the South African Qualific... Read More...

The global population has now passed eight billion. Demand and supply of products and resources are increasing exponentially; an associated larger workforce and new technologies will heighten occupational r... Read More...

I’ve been sceptical about the validity of several studies performed on pollution and its environmental impact. There’s no denying the reality, however, of extreme weather changes and destruction caused by nat... Read More...

Disruption coupled with innovation is the norm post-pandemic. The global economy is in complete disarray as wars, recessions, inflation, fuel prices, and food shortages escalate. South Africa also faces other... Read More...

Disruption coupled with innovation has been the norm since the start of the pandemic. Now, we are experiencing a significant easing of restrictions both locally and abroad, but are things returning to normal? ... Read More...

The South African Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (Saiosh) turned 10 in 2020. Sadly, due to the global pandemic, we couldn’t celebrate this achievement during our 10th Annual Saiosh OHS Conference, ... Read More...

Renewing your Saiosh membership is the right choice. You will be part of South Africa’s only South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) recognised voluntary and regulatory occupational health and safety (OHS... Read More...

Our columnist reflects on the highs, lows and heartbreaking moments of 2021, and sets his sights on the light at the end of the tunnel. Sadly, there have been more than five million deaths from Covid-19 wor... Read More...

We are living through the greatest change in our lifetime, and the health and safety (H&S) profession is closely aligned to this change. We have an ageing workforce with many skilled H&S professionals w... Read More...

Saiosh established a Saiosh Technical Committee (STC) to provide technical and legal input into the draft Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Amendment Bill 2020. After extensive deliberations, the committee h... Read More...