Tag: liability cover

Earlier this month, a bus caught fire inside Africa's longest road tunnel, the Huguenot Tunnel. The flames were sorted out “chop chop”. The traffic, not so much. Like a braai without firelighters, everything smoked for about two weeks. For most drivers, it meant longer trips and irritation. Still, we are South Africans. We do not sit still. We find another road, dodge a few potholes and carry on.

The year-long listeriosis outbreak in 2018, the Boeing 737 crashes in 2018 and 2019, and the collapse of the M1 Grayston Bridge in October 2015 are but a few out of many instances linked to some form of human error in business, frequently with long-term consequences.