{"id":7716,"date":"2012-02-07T13:47:02","date_gmt":"2012-02-07T11:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/02\/update-1-s-africa-mines-minister-targets-ceos-on-fatalities\/"},"modified":"2012-02-07T13:47:02","modified_gmt":"2012-02-07T11:47:02","slug":"update-1-s-africa-mines-minister-targets-ceos-on-fatalities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-1-s-africa-mines-minister-targets-ceos-on-fatalities\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 1-S.Africa mines minister targets CEOs on fatalities"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Recasts with comments on CEO liability)<\/span><\/p>\n

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By Ed Stoddard and Wendell Roelf<\/p>\n

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CAPE TOWN<\/span> Feb 7 (Reuters) – South Africa’s mines
\nminister said on Tuesday that industry chief executives should
\nbe held liable for avoidable fatalities, also raising the
\npossibility of court action.<\/p>\n

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Targeting chief executives would take her safety drive to
\nnew levels as the government tries to stem the death toll in the
\ncountry’s mines, the world’s deepest and among the most
\ndangerous.<\/p>\n

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“Fatalities which could have been avoided, we feel that CEOs
\nmust be held liable for those accidents, because they are
\nresponsible for the operations. As they show interest in how
\nthey grow the profits they must also show interest in safety,”
\nSusan Shabangu told Reuters in an interview.<\/p>\n

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Asked if this meant possible court action, she said: “These
\nare some of the issues that we must look at. For me the courts
\nare the last option. But legislation provides for us to go to
\ncourts.”<\/p>\n

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Earlier she told the annual African mining conference in
\nCape Town that the platinum industry’s contribution to
\nfatalities in the mining sector remained a “serious concern” and
\ndefended safety stoppages which she said had contributed to a
\ndrop in accident rates.<\/p>\n

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South Africa’s platinum sector has been battered by
\noversupply, squeezed margins and an uncertain economic outlook,
\nmaking producers increasingly vocal about regulatory pressures,
\nparticularly the impact of inspections and stoppages as part of
\nthe government’s zero-harm target.<\/p>\n

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“The department has been greatly concerned about lack of
\nimprovement in compliance and fatalities in the major platinum
\nmines,” Shabangu said.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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