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The Duty South Africa Has Not Written Down: Psychosocial Risk and Section 8

There is no South African regulation that tells an employer to manage psychosocial risk. There is also no regulation that says they may ignore it. The duty sits where most unnamed duties sit, in the general duty in section 8 of th

Jul 29, 2026

The state inspected its own buildings and failed 69 percent of them. What that means for your assurance model

In the first half of the 2025/26 financial year, the Department of Employment and Labour inspected 187 of its own government facilities in the Free State. Sixty nine percent were non-compliant with the OHS Act. Nearly one in six was shut down or partially suspended.

Jul 23, 2026

COIDA's quiet overhaul: a three year claims window, a rehabilitation duty, and PTSD now compensable

Since 23 January 2026 the COIDA Amendment Act of 2022 has been in force, and four sets of regulations published on 6 March 2026 spell out exactly what employers must now do. The prescription period has tripled, a statutory rehabilitation duty now applies, and psychological injury is formally in scope.

Jul 23, 2026

The New COIDA Duty Employers Have Not Noticed: Rehabilitation and a Planned Return to Work

Most of the coverage of the 2026 COIDA amendments has focused on bigger penalties and a longer claims window. The change that will actually reshape how an employer handles an injury is quieter and easy to miss: a new statutory dut

Jul 17, 2026

What ISO 45001:2027 Actually Changes for a South African Employer

The first revision of ISO 45001 since 2018 has been through its Draft International Standard ballot, which ran from mid-June 2026 for twelve weeks and closed on 09 September 2026. The result has not yet been recorded: ISO still ex

Jul 17, 2026

The South African OHS Compliance Calendar: Every Date That Matters

Most compliance failures are not decisions. They are dates that passed while nobody was looking. This page carries every dated South African occupational health and safety obligation we are currently tracking, what happens if you

Jul 14, 2026

Two OHS Regulations Were Repealed on 06 September 2026. Here Is What Replaced Them

On 06 September 2026 two familiar pieces of South African occupational health and safety law were repealed in their entirety, and the Physical Agents Regulations 2024 and Noise Exposure Regulations 2024 now stand alone.

Jul 13, 2026

What a record low British death toll tells South African employers

Britain has just recorded its lowest ever annual workplace death toll, 126 workers killed in 2025/26, less than a third of the figure four decades ago. The same regulator that drove those deaths down is now naming mental health an

Jul 9, 2026

Ten Thousand More Inspectors: What a Rebuilt Labour Inspectorate Means for South African Employers

South Africa is rebuilding its labour inspectorate on a scale not seen since 1994. The government has committed to recruiting 10,000 additional permanent labour inspectors, announced by the President in the State of the Nation Add

Jul 4, 2026

Running OHS Compliance by Hand or by System: An Honest Comparison

Most South African businesses still run health and safety from a lever arch file: a hand system of printed registers, signed appointment letters and a risk assessment compiled at a point in time. A hand system is cheap, familiar a

Jul 3, 2026

Counting the crowd: how many first aiders, reps and fire wardens does a hybrid workforce really need?

Last updated on 12 October 2026. In brief The Occupational Health and Safety Act and its regulations were written for a single, fixed workplace, and they set the number of statutory appointments by th...

Jul 2, 2026

Training Landscape and Gaps: Local and International

South African OHS training is strong on legal compliance and physical hazards but thin on psychosocial risk and short, affordable options for small employers. The landscape and the gaps.

Jun 27, 2026

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