BusinessLive reports that Parliament’s portfolio committee on labour has called for a speedy investigation of the deadly blast on Monday at a Denel plant in the Western Cape.
The chairperson of the committee‚ Mr Lemias Mashile, called on Tuesday for a full investigation into the explosion that claimed at least eight lives at the Rheinmetall Denel munitions factory in Macassar on the outskirts of Cape Town. In a statement‚ the committee said: "The department of labour‚ in consultation with Denel‚ must expedite the investigation to ensure that the cause of the explosion is pinned down‚ not only to provide answers to the families of the deceased‚ but also to prevent such an incident from ever happening again. At the centre of the investigation must be an analysis of adherence to health and safety laws." The committee also called on Denel to assist the injured. The committee expressed its intention to engage Denel and the department of labour as soon as the investigation was concluded.
- A short report is at BusinessLive
- Read too, Mabuza sends condolences to families of Denel explosion victims, at The Citizen
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