https://www.bizcommunity.com//196/864.htmlSouth Africa news15Health & Safety news - South Africahttps://biz-file.com/res/img/logo.gifhttps://www.bizcommunity.com//196/864.htmlen-usMon, 24 Jul 2023 16:14:07 +0200https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/864/240365.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2307/706439-208x117.jpg?3" width=208 height=117 alt="Inquest finds 'negligence' caused Astron refinery explosion" align="left"><p>An inquest found preliminary evidence that five people, including unit operators and a shift team leader, were "negligent" and caused a deadly explosion at Astron Energy's Cape Town refinery that killed two employees three years ago.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/864/240365.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=864&ct=1&ci=240365">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/864/240365.htmlFri, 21 Jul 2023 07:42:00 +0200Bizcommunity Health & Safety South Africahttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/148/834/240122.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2307/705514-208x117.jpg?3" width=208 height=117 alt="Shell finds hydrocarbons in latest Namibia exploration well" align="left"><p>Shell said on Wednesday, 12 July, it had successfully completed drilling a fourth exploration well, Lesedi-1X, in Namibia that confirmed the presence of hydrocarbons.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/148/834/240122.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=148&c=834&ct=1&ci=240122">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/148/834/240122.htmlWed, 12 Jul 2023 14:32:00 +0200Bizcommunity Health & Safety South Africahttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/157/693/239931.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2307/704779-208x117.jpg?3" width=208 height=117 alt="Nigeria's industrial sector rising to challenges of decarbonisation, energy security" align="left"><p>Nigeria is a major industrial hub. It is home to energy-intensive manufacturing businesses whose operations, and growth potential, are constrained by the weakness of the country's electricity supply.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/157/693/239931.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=157&c=693&ct=1&ci=239931">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/157/693/239931.htmlThu, 06 Jul 2023 12:10:00 +0200Bizcommunity Health & Safety South Africahttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/864/239539.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2306/703216-208x117.jpg?3" width=208 height=117 alt="Methane gas explosion killed 31 in disused Free State mine" align="left"><p>A methane gas explosion in a disused South African mine killed at least 31 people last month believed to be from Lesotho, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) said on Friday, 23 June. The deaths occurred in a ventilation shaft in the shuttered Virginia mine in the Free State.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/864/239539.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=864&ct=1&ci=239539">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/864/239539.htmlFri, 23 Jun 2023 13:12:00 +0200Bizcommunity Health & Safety South Africahttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/157/834/238660.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2305/699009-208x117.jpg?3" width=208 height=117 alt="Dangote launches Africa's biggest oil refinery - 4 ways it will affect Nigeria" align="left"><p>Nigeria's new <a href="https://www.dangote.com/our-business/oil-and-gas/">Dangote petroleum refinery</a> is Africa's biggest - it will produce 650,000 barrels a day, giving it the potential to address the country's energy supply crisis.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/157/834/238660.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=157&c=834&ct=1&ci=238660">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/157/834/238660.htmlTue, 23 May 2023 12:35:00 +0200Bizcommunity Health & Safety South Africahttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/355/238070.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2305/696591-208x117.jpg?5" width=208 height=117 alt="Source:" align="left"><br><span >Source: [[https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-track-in-a-mine-14747539/ Pexels]]</span><p>South Africa is a vibrant and diverse country rich in natural resources, holding the world's largest reported reserves of gold, platinum group metals, chrome and manganese ore - and the second-largest reserves of zirconium, vanadium and titanium.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/355/238070.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=355&ct=1&ci=238070">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/355/238070.htmlFri, 05 May 2023 10:04:00 +0200Bizcommunity Health & Safety South Africahttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/834/237987.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2304/696290-208x117.jpg?5" width=208 height=117 alt="Source: The logo of French oil and gas company TotalEnergies is seen on an oil tank at TotalEnergies fuel depot in Mardyck near Dunkirk, France, 16 January 2023. Reuters/Benoit Tessier" align="left"><br><span >Source: The logo of French oil and gas company TotalEnergies is seen on an oil tank at TotalEnergies fuel depot in Mardyck near Dunkirk, France, 16 January 2023. Reuters/Benoit Tessier</span><p>French oil and gas major, TotalEnergies, has received the green light to go ahead with its oil and gas exploration off the southwest coast - a move that has been contested by activists.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/834/237987.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=834&ct=1&ci=237987">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/834/237987.htmlFri, 28 Apr 2023 11:50:00 +0200Bizcommunity Health & Safety South Africahttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/702/237991.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2304/696287-208x117.jpg?2" width=208 height=117 alt="Image source: Kelly Lacy from" align="left"><br><span >Image source: Kelly Lacy from [[https://www.pexels.com Pexels]]</span><p>Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Barbara Creecy, has published South Africa's 8th National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report (NIR).</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/702/237991.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=702&ct=1&ci=237991">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/702/237991.htmlFri, 28 Apr 2023 10:01:00 +0200Bizcommunity Health & Safety South Africahttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/494/237492.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2304/694018-208x117.jpg?3" width=208 height=117 alt="Wits study investigates why Jagersfontein dam failed" align="left"><p>Six months after the Jagersfontein tailings dam in the Free State failed - killing one person and destroying multiple homes - civil engineers at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) have used satellite and aerial imagery to investigate what went wrong.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/494/237492.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=494&ct=1&ci=237492">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/494/237492.htmlThu, 06 Apr 2023 09:41:00 +0200Bizcommunity Health & Safety South Africahttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/330/236349.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2302/689230-208x117.jpg?5" width=208 height=117 alt="Source:" align="left"><br><span >Source: [[https://pixabay.com/photos/hospital-labor-delivery-mom-840135/ Pixabay]]</span><p>ActionSA and the UDM have dragged Eskom to court. They want health and safety sectors to be exempt from rolling blackouts.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/330/236349.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=330&ct=1&ci=236349">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/330/236349.htmlMon, 27 Feb 2023 16:40:00 +0200Bizcommunity Health & Safety South Africa