South Africa’s Construction Risk Has Changed, And The Industry Needs To Catch Up

South Africa’s Construction Risk Has Changed, And The Industry Needs To Catch Up

The recent building collapses in South Africa have forced a difficult but necessary shift in how the industry thinks about risk. For years, safety was often treated as a site-level responsibility. Something managed through compliance checklists, safety officers, and periodic inspections. That view is no longer sustainable. Incidents such as the George building collapse and the more recent failures in Johannesburg have exposed deeper structural i…