Editorial
Healthy Approach -
Gelezani Consulting
Who is Gelezani Training and
Consulting CC and how did the
concept for the business begin:
Merging 40 years combined experience, Gelezani Training and Consulting
cc was started in 2006 by Managing
Member: Muzi Mazina, Members: Ivan
Ka-Mbonane, Isabel Mitchel, and the
late Tom Mitchell.
‘Gelezani’ is a combination of the
Zulu word – ‘Flow’ and slang Tsotsitaal
– to learn or go to school, the basis of
Gelezani’s concept of a flow of knowledge to both clients and employees.
What services do Gelezani offer its
target market?
• D e s i g n , i n s t a l l a t i o n a n d
implementation of Integrated
Management Systems in accordance
with ISO 9001:2008 (Quality), ISO
14001:2004 (Environmental) OHSAS
1800:2007, (Health and Safety), and
OH&SA 85 of 1993 (Health & Safety
Act & Regulations)
• A s s i s t a n c e w i t h T h i r d Pa r t y
Certification
• Implementing specific safety systems
& assisting contractors on site
• Conducting Risk Assessments,
(including fire) determine risk rating
control measures for each project.
• D e v e l o p m e n t o f S t a n d a r d s ,
Procedures and S afe Wor k
I nstruc tions for projec ts and
implement mitigating control
measures to reduce the risk profile.
• Conducting legal compliance audits
• Assisting with Incident Investigation
and Mitigation
• Co m p l i a n ce t ra i n i n g ( H e a l t h ,
Safety, Quality) training in English,
Afrikaans, Zulu, Xhosa
• Liaison with the Department of
Labour.
• Provision of Safety Officers / Spotters
on any size project
Is as much importance being put
on Health and Safety as on other
aspects of projects?
Project focus is production, due to the
direct impact on livelihoods, seeing
Health & Safety as a ‘paper exercise’
or ‘portrayed priority’, forgetting that
a well-executed Health and Safety
strategy, assists the achievement of
set goals for the team by minimi