Department of Employment and Labour

02 Jul 2024

Inside South Africa’s construction safety crisis

By Staff Writer

At a time when safety in the construction industry is under intense scrutiny following recent fatal accidents, GVK-Siya Zama turns its attention inwards as it drives its teams to adhere to stringent health and safety standards across its projects.

14 Oct 2020

Covid-19: Construction Sectoral Guidelines published

By Staff Writer

by Kate Collier, a Partner & Shane Johnson, Professional Support Lawyer at Webber Wentzel Studies released the negative impact that Covid-19 has been on the construction sector. Some studies predicted that the sector could experience a total of 140,000 job losses. With alert level 1 now in effect,​the construction sector can breathe a sigh of relief with...

01 Jul 2020

OHS compliance not enough to reopen says IRMSA

By Staff Writer

OHS compliance not enough to reopen says IRMSA When selected companies returned to business on 1 June 2020, they should already have had risk assessments and plans in place in accordance with the requirements for Level 3 lockdown.