Unusual for this early stage of the year, we are having great difficulty booking venues for meetings and events on the days that we would like to have them, hopefully this is indicative of an improving local economy.

Welcome back after a well deserved break. We started the year off running with our CSI project and are currently assisting the Izulu orphanage and Thuthukani School.

Working on a major Civils project in the Durban CBD, Stefanutti Stocks Civils KZN recently achieved an Industry Milestone of having accomplished 750 000 man hours without a lost time injury.

Hot and dry/humid weather conditions like that which we experience in KwaZulu-Natal can have a dangerous effect on the health of workers who aren’t prepared for it.

The Chief Inspector has recently published a notice in which he withdrew some notices and incorporated a new safety standard. The safety standard is in the form of a National Code of Practice for the Training Providers of Lifting Machinery Operators.

SafeBuild News is a monthly newsletter that looks at the various topics covered on the SafeBuild DVD while providing useful safety tips and advice to readers.

Just because it is a construction site it does not mean that workplace facilities cannot be clean and hygienic.

Site plant and machinery are the workhorse and backbone that drives construction productivity.

Health and Safety Training in the Midlands Region has progressed exceedingly well over the last 12 months and we are now proud to be presenting our first Health and Safety Workshop in Zulu.

The national Minister of Transport Sibosiso Ndebele has indicated that in Africa, up to half of all hospital surgical beds are occupied by patients injured on the roads and that vehicles had become the deadliest weapons of mass destruction ....