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Ore truck soot tipping - Lebombo border residents have legal recourse

Sep 18, 2024 | freightnews.co.za | Eugene Goddard |Kate Collier

Residents of Komatipoort could legally pursue transporters for tipping soot out of ore trucks carrying coal and manganese to the Port of Maputo. Cobus Botha, who heads up the border town’s agricultural association, has on various occasions complained that tippers are often seen by the side of the highway, emptying potentially hazardous soot from their trailer buckets.
Electra Mining Africa celebrates women-owned business and thought leaders

Aug 30, 2024 | bizcommunity.com | Lindsey Schutters |Kate Collier |Sindy Peters

Advertise your job vacancies2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Competent women business leaders are breaking barriers and transforming the role of women in the local mining and industrial sectors, while inspiring a future generation to follow in their footsteps. Many women-owned businesses and female business leaders will be participating at this year’s Electra Mining Africa, Southern Africa’s largest mining, electrical, automation, manufacturing, power and transport trade exhibition.
Essential blasting and environmental controls for surface mines

Aug 20, 2024 | lexology.com | Kate Collier |Amy King

On 2 August 2024, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) published new guidelines for the mandatory Code of Practice (COP) concerning ground vibrations, noise, air-blast, and flyrock near surface structures and communities (Guidelines) that will become effective on 1 November 2024. The Guidelines reinforce and clarify existing duties under Regulation 17 of the Mine Health and Safety Regulations.
Adapting workplaces to climate change

Jul 5, 2024 | bbrief.co.za | Kate Collier

Kate Collier | Partner | Webber Wentzel | mail me |South Africa’s scorching summers are becoming the norm, not the exception. This changing climate is not just a weather inconvenience, but a growing threat to worker safety.
Prioritising construction site safety, a vital commitment

Jun 25, 2024 | bizcommunity.com | Lindsey Schutters |Katja Hamilton |Terena Chetty |Kate Collier

In the wake of a recent construction site tragedy in George where a building collapse resulted in injuries and loss of life, the imperative of prioritising health and safety protocols on construction sites has come sharply into focus. Such incidents underscore the paramount importance of adhering to rigorous health and safety procedures to safeguard workers, mitigate risks, and ensure the wellbeing of all involved.
Adapting workplaces to climate change: Workplace safety and sustainability

May 30, 2024 | peoplefactor.co.za | Kate Collier

South Africa’s scorching summers are becoming the norm, not the exception. This changing climate is not just a weather inconvenience, but a growing threat to worker safety.
Op-ed: Why adapt workplace safety to climate change?

Apr 29, 2024 | esi-africa.com | Kate Collier

by Kate Collier South Africa’s scorching summers are becoming the norm, not the exception. This changing climate is not just a weather inconvenience, but a growing threat to worker safety.
OPINION | Climate change is a threat to worker safety. Here's how to adapt

Apr 28, 2024 | news24.com | Kate Collier

Some outdoor jobs like in agriculture, forestry and construction, put workers at risk for health problems due to climate change. (Morsa Images/Getty Images). Climate change presents a double threat to workers - existing problems like droughts, heatwaves and floods will become more severe in areas already prone to it, while new and unexpected dangers are emerging, writes Kate Collier. South Africa's scorching summers are becoming the norm, not the exception.
Adapting workplaces to climate change: Workplace safety and sustainability

Apr 25, 2024 | polity.org.za | Kate Collier

South Africa's scorching summers are becoming the norm, not the exception. This changing climate is not just a weather inconvenience, but a growing threat to worker safety.
Adapting workplaces to climate change: Workplace safety and sustainability

Apr 24, 2024 | pressportal.co.za | Kate Collier |Teresa Settas

By Kate Collier, Partner at Webber WentzelSouth Africa's scorching summers are becoming the norm, not the exception. This changing climate is not just a weather inconvenience, but a growing threat to worker safety.