Category:Editor’s Letter

Lessons from Brazil
February 1, 2013

Lessons from Brazil

Brazil is doing a pretty good job when it comes to improving levels of occupational health and safety in that country. However the sector...

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Let there be life!
November 1, 2012

Let there be life!

Life is normally the exclusive domain of living entities, right? Not necessarily. South Africa has its very own living wall!

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October 1, 2012

Let them have sunblock!

Let them eat cake. We’ve all heard this statement, supposedly uttered by Marie Antoinette in the 1700s, repeated time and time again. Well I...

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Bug alert!
August 1, 2012

Bug alert!

Ever worried about public toilets being a breeding ground for germs? Well, here’s a shocker – even more bugs and bacteria are running rampant...

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June 1, 2012

Food for thought

Gosh we have big challenges on this planet of ours. Just one is that of food. Did you know that one billion people now...

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April 1, 2012

Stressed to death?

We all know stress is a Seriously Bad Thing – and new research has revealed that South Africans are stressing like never before …

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February 1, 2012

Shabangu shake-up on the cards?

Some CEOs value profits more than the lives of their people. That’s the damning indictment from Susan Shabangu, Minister of Mineral Resources. And she...

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December 1, 2011

The curse that is cancer

Much is said and written about Aids, and its potentially crippling impact on companies in South Africa. But, writes CHARLEEN CLARKE, there is another...

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October 1, 2011

Barmy health and safety army

Unlike just about everything else in life, the Brits take health and safety very, very, very seriously. So much so, that their obsession with...

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August 1, 2011

Size does count

When it comes to your carbon footprint, the size of your car does count. But what is it like to live with a tiny,...

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