How to keep your workplace COVID-19 safe and risk-free

How to keep your workplace COVID-19 safe and risk-free

With coronavirus still very much a presence in our lives, staying safe and healthy has never been more important – particularly in a work environment where contact with others is inevitable. Keeping employees as safe and risk-free as possible should therefore be your...
To all small businesses readying to reopen, NOSA is at your disposal

To all small businesses readying to reopen, NOSA is at your disposal

In his national address on Wednesday 17 June, Cyril Rampahosa announced the government’s move to an ‘accelerated’ version of Level 3. This will allow small businesses and select eateries to reopen, including beauty salons, hairdressers, and tattoo parlours. He stated...
When a COVID-19-centric attitude is a safety hazard all on its own

When a COVID-19-centric attitude is a safety hazard all on its own

For many South Africans, when they withdrew into lockdown at the end of March, their lives (as they understood living to mean) stopped. With only the scantest of trips condoned to restock and resupply, the world ultimately pushed pause. Now presented with the chance...
How a social species must adapt to social distancing to survive

How a social species must adapt to social distancing to survive

Our biological imperative compels closeness to propagate and survive. And yet, right now, the inverse applies. Perhaps part of the general resentment at being told to stay home emanates from the innate need to be with people aside from those with whom we live. Our...