Zolisa Sigabi

/ 30 May 2008

Predator safety in spotlight following attacks

North West agriculture minister Jan Serfontein and interest groups are to try to develop a standardised programme for working with predators. This follows a lion attack on Tuesday on the farm Uitspan, near Mafikeng. David Moloana (50), of Mareetsane village, was killed while cleaning a drinking pen situated in a lion cage.

By Staff Reporter

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/ 14 May 2008

Labour inspectors pounce on Durban sugar factory

Two construction sites in Durban, including Tongaat Hulett Sugar, have been closed down as they were considered unsafe for workers, the Labour Department said on Tuesday. At Le Domaine Estates in Hillcrest, inspectors stopped the construction of houses located directly under high voltage power cables.

By Staff Reporter

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/ 25 February 2008

Don’t sacrifice lives for profit, says Motsepe

No life could be ”sacrificed” in the name of profits, mining magnate and businessman Patrice Motsepe told protesting workers at a ferromanganese smelter near Durban on Monday. He was speaking to workers who on Monday staged a protest at the Assmang smelter following Sunday’s blast, which claimed the lives of five people.

By Giordano Stolley

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/ 25 February 2008

Workers protest over Assmang blast deaths

An explosion that ripped through a ferromanganese smelter near Durban on Sunday and claimed the lives of five people sparked protests by workers as a Labour Department inquiry into workers’ exposure to poisonous fumes was about to start on Monday morning.

By Staff Reporter

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/ 22 February 2008

Govt to start Assmang inquiry on Monday

A formal inquiry by the Department of Labour into the exposure of poisonous fumes at a Cato Ridge manganese company will begin on Monday. The inquiry follows six cases of manganism that were reported at the Assmang plant. Manganism is acquired by overexposure to airborne manganese.

By Staff Reporter

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/ 5 December 2007

How do SA Cabinet members unwind?

What does President Thabo Mbeki like to do in his spare time? Ballroom dancing? Playing the piano? No, the man likes to work during leisure hours, says his spokesperson. As the ruling party’s national conference in Polokwane approaches members of the South African Cabinet certainly need ways to unwind.

By Mirah Langer

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/ 1 October 2007

Labour inspectors shut down SAPS building

South African Police Service (SAPS) offices in Cullinan, near Pretoria, have been shut down after they were found to constitute a health threat, the Department of Labour said on Monday. Department spokesperson Zolisa Sigabi said the Crime Investigation Department building was shut down on Friday for contravening the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

By Staff Reporter

Predator safety in spotlight following attacks

Labour inspectors pounce on Durban sugar factory

Don’t sacrifice lives for profit, says Motsepe

Workers protest over Assmang blast deaths

Govt to start Assmang inquiry on Monday

How do SA Cabinet members unwind?

Labour inspectors shut down SAPS building

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