Parliament warned in 2018 about its lax safety, health and emergency plans

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As the scramble for answers on what caused the fire that burnt the parliament building in Cape Town intensifies, it has emerged that officials were warned four years ago that its safety and health management systems were almost non-existent.

“This will ensure a formal procedure, which results from systematic examination of a task to identify all the hazards. It defines safe methods to ensure that hazards are eliminated or risks minimised.

At a media briefing on Monday, National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula ignored a question about what parliament had done to implement the recommendations of the 2018 audit report. Parliament failed to identify roles, responsibilities and authorities, instead going to a 'blind leading the blind' approach, the audit found.

To make matters worse on occupational safety and health, parliament had failed to identify roles, responsibilities and authorities, instead going to a “blind leading the blind” approach, the audit found.

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