Practice Areas:

• Occupational Health and Safety

Biography:

The content for LexisNexis Practical Guide Occupational Health and Safety is written by Willem Le Roux, the Executive Consultant and Pieter Colyn, the Executive and Head of ENSafrica's Mine and Occupational Health and Safety (MOHS) Department. ENSafrica is the only law firm in Africa with a dedicated team of MOHS specialists, and the MOHS Department’s senior practitioners have more than 60 years of combined experience.

ENSafrica acts for a wide range of international mining houses and multinational corporates and advises them on compliance with MOHS law, including the South African Mine Health and Safety Act (MHSA), the South African Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHASA) and legislation regarding compensation for work-related deaths, injuries and diseases. Pieter's expert knowledge has enabled him to be the leading lawyer in some of the mining industry's largest matters and he is also highly ranked by various reputable international ranking agencies.

Pieter has represented clients in the mining, construction/manufacturing and engineering industries, as well as in the ferrochrome, steel, vanadium and iron-making industries. He has personally appeared for a variety of companies, corporations and top executive and management personnel in accident investigations and inquiries, in particular, following major mine and occupational accidents and disasters in South Africa’s Westonaria, Rustenburg, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Free State and Northern Cape areas. He has also done appearances in criminal matters and inquests.

Pieter is the author of LexisNexis’ Occupational Health and Safety Law, a loose-leaf commentary on the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 with Willem. The team members of ENSafrica's MOHS Department are not just experts in the law, what sets them apart is their deep knowledge and understanding of mining and heavy industry, including complex technical issues such as rock engineering, geology, seismology, construction and general engineering. Their market-leading reputation has enabled them to appear in some of the industry's largest and foremost mine and occupational accidents and disasters.

Team members of ENSafrica's MOHS Department appear personally in informal investigations, formal inquiries and inquests. They also assist with criminal prosecutions and civil court proceedings, as far as such matters relate to MOHS law.

Biography:

Nolu Mpekelana is an award winning technology professional. She is a Founder and Managing Director for CodeNgwana, an organisation that is focused on teaching kids how to code. Her main objective is to help the African child go digital through teaching computational thinking and coding to kids. She has 10 years’ experience in IT management from the financial services sector, institution of higher learning and mining. Her entry into the education and technology space was mainly inspired by the skills shortages in the field of technology and she wanted to do something to change that and also based on her love for knowledge and creating new solutions. She hold a Bcom honours degree in Information Systems from the University of Cape Town (UCT) along with various industry certifications and management qualifications. She is a kid’s book author, and writes stories of technology for children. Among her work she serves as a board member at Waves for Change, an organisation that focuses on mental health through surf therapy. She is also heavy involved in the social entrepreneurship space and serves as a mentor for the Miller Centre of Social Entrepreneurship at Santa Clara University in Silicon Valley. Nolu is a firm believer and advocate for digital inclusion. She is also a mother, who loves art and travelling. She believes children are natural problem solvers as their minds are uncorrupted. When they are empowered a whole new world of possibilities is possible.