Transport culture lessons from flawed Titanic investigations
April 20th, 2012Watching the movie Titanic, in younger years, I was caught up in the love and class triangle. Little did I know that my focus would change to the transport, safety and culture triangle.
Does rail transport kill more people than mining?
March 5th, 2012SA railway fatalities numbers found in Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) research to be ‘higher than mining’, are disputed by Passenger Rail Agency (Prasa). The problem lies deeper than metrics.
Sheq requires application of intelligence, emotion and spirit
January 26th, 2012This century poses drastic changes in human safety, health, environment, quality (sheq), politics and economics. We could no longer act on human intelligence, emotion and spirituality in isolation.
Machel and Mandela foundations could promote safety culture
December 19th, 2011Foundations based on the legacies of great leaders like Chief Albert Luthuli, Dag Hammarskjöld, Samora Machel and Nelson Mandela, contribute to public safety climate and culture.
State functions require solid risk assessment
December 5th, 2011Nigerian rebels as South African state guests, ran up incredible hospitality costs. Is admin and budget risk management no longer a state departmental ethic?
Schools must manage security, health and safety
October 23rd, 2011The 2011 academic year posed many security, health and safety challenges to Gauteng Department of Basic Education, The roll call of school ssecurity, health and safety incidents include;
Road safety needs enforcement culture change
October 18th, 2011Years ago a teacher drafted me into a debating team on a catch 22 topic; ‘Is motor power a boon or a curse?’ Rising incidents, risk tolerance and revenue based enforcement are proving a cultural curse.
Churches promote H&S values and culture
October 17th, 2011In African pluralistic society, cultural and religious diversity poses HR, health and safety management issues. Most churches heal their members, but also expose some to fatigue risks, while churches could be sheq culture allies.
Occupational diseases are slow poison
October 14th, 2011Our modern business and economic safety, health, enviro and quality cultural weak point remains in our response to occupational disease.
Welfare culture obstructs empowered sheq culture
July 12th, 2011Welfare dependency culture is a thorny problem, often obstructing a healthy ‘workfare’ empowerment culture. People sacrifice their futures for ‘free’ grants.
‘Zero harm’ polemic reveals cultural divide
July 6th, 2011Semantic altercation between lawyer Willem Le Roux and mining unionist Frans Baleni about ‘zero fatalities’ and ‘zero harm’, dramatises a South African cultural divide.
Mabila is an active member of the Institute of Project Management. Mabila was instrumental towards the establishment of the Rail Safety Regulator in South Africa.