Mdladlana made the plea to workers at the construction site of the 2010 stadium, Soccer City in Nasrec, south of Johannesburg, where he launched the Department of Labour's five-day countrywide occupational health and safety inspection blitz.
The 2010 Soccer World Cup, to be hosted by South Africa, has seen a huge increase in construction activity throughout the country, as well as an increase in accidents and fatalities in a sector that has a reputation for poor occupational health and safety practice."