Ekkurhuleni(springs, nigel and brakpan(isf)

Ekurhuleni is east of Johannesburg in the Eastrand. Springs, nigel and brakpan are as well in the aest rand, Ekurhuleni,Ekurhuleni is place which was occupied by mines and other big companies without looking at the
effects of health of the communities and the was no consultation regarding their concerns
The industry safety forum recently launched to look at health and safety standards as well as conerns of the communty. The ISF has attracted representative from 15 leading companies,mostlty from manufacturing sector, together with the eastern Gauteng Chamber of commerce and industry.ISF chairman Leon, whois safety manager.says this broadbased represenatation is vital to the suatainability and effiecy of the forum.The role of the kwa thema monitor is to make sure the community issues are taken into consideration as well,the ISF has been established to create a pltform for information sharing and grwth in the field of health and safety.
The members are commited to assisting each other in areas such as compliance with statutory health,safety obligations and commuty issues,shaing of the best practices.problem solving and continous improvement. We also collectively review our strategies, to indentify opportunities for improvement and raising standards. We hope the spirit of cooperation and willingness to share information, this together with increased membership and broader represatation going foward,will raise overall awareness of the importance of communty issues the importance of thesafety and allow local businesses to benchmark their health and safety perfomances.
membership of of the ISF voluntary and meetings are held once a month.we beleive that working with monitors and community based organisation and professional people will assist all the stake holders to achieve better results for everyone involveWe must be to capacitate communties workers about their rights againts the companies around their places,more information will be shed as we kick off.
Kwa thema monitor
MESHACK MBANGULA
Ekurhuleni Environmental Org