Engineering News reports that the Department of Labour’s inquiry into the collapse of the Grayston drive pedestrian bridge, which resulted in the death of two people and the injury of a further 19, has been postponed, possibly until July 2018.  

The presiding inspector Lennie Samuel said that he would make a decision on this within the next two weeks.  This is the fifth postponement of the proceedings.  Samuel will consider new submissions made by the legal team representing the construction company responsible for the bridge, Murray & Roberts (M&R).  The inquiry was to have resumed at the end of this month and continued for 21 days, to hear further evidence.  “These dates [were] set aside by the department seven months ago.  However, no concrete reason for the postponement has been given,” Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) representative and ENSafrica Mine and Occupational Health and Safety director Willem le Roux said.  Le Roux added that, to date, the only progress made in the inquiry were testimonies given by experts from representatives for M&R and the scaffolding company Formscaff.  This took place during July and August last year.

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