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Natasha Odendaal

Natasha Odendaal

Natasha Odendaal is Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.

Vaal dam water levels improve

20th January 2022 The water levels of the Vaal dam have improved 3.3%, reaching 110.5% as rainfall continues inland. The latest information released by the... 

Busa, IQbusiness launch of SAtion ecosystem to boost economic recovery

14th June 2021 IQbusiness and Business Unity South Africa (Busa) have launched an initiative aimed at moving South Africa into economic recovery and digital... 

Icasa nears ‘spectrum impasse breakthrough’

14th June 2021 The outlook of the negotiations surrounding the current impasse over high-demand spectrum is encouraging, with the Independent Communications... 

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Telkom launches new whistleblowing channels

4th May 2021 Telecommunications group Telkom has unveiled a new platform for the public to report any acts or suspected acts of fraud, corruption and irregular... 

Icasa to oppose the High Court application filed by MTN

29th January 2021 The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa plans to oppose the High Court application filed by telecommunications giant MTN.... 

Minerals Council develops mining-focused water conservation tool

15th July 2020 The Minerals Council South Africa has developed a user-friendly water conservation and water demand management (WC/WDM) tool for the mining sector.... 

Vodacom zero rates what3words website

Vodacom zero rates what3words website

28th May 2020 Telecommunications group Vodacom has zero-rated the emergency location tracker platform ‘what3words’ for its more than 43-million subscribers... 

Gauteng adds more hospital beds and wards in Covid-19 prep

7th May 2020 In line with plans to get Gauteng’s health system ready for an expected surge in Covid-19 cases, the Gauteng Department of Infrastructure... 

Icasa to urgently, responsibly release emergency spectrum

6th April 2020 The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa is planning to temporarily release the high-demand International Mobile Telecommunications... 

Vodacom, Discovery to offer Covid-19 screening platform

Vodacom, Discovery to offer Covid-19 screening platform

2nd April 2020 Vodacom and Discovery have teamed up to develop risk assessment and virtual healthcare tools for citizens to assess their Covid-19 risk, schedule... 

Vodacom e-School registration reaches one-million users

Vodacom e-School registration reaches one-million users

1st April 2020 User registration on telecommunications group Vodacom’s e-School platform is nearing one-million as South Africa’s schools remained closed. With... 

DWS delivers 287 water tank across Gauteng

30th March 2020 The Department of Water and Sanitation on March 30 reported the delivery of another 100 water tanks to needy communities in Soweto. Amid a national... 

R2K to picket over Rica privacy failure

R2K to picket over Rica privacy failure

19th February 2020 Advocacy organisation, the Right2Know (R2K) Campaign on Wednesday held protests in Pretoria and Cape Town against what it says is the failure of... 

DWS starts to move on implementing master plan strategies

DWS starts to move on implementing master plan strategies

3rd December 2019 A week after the launch of the National Water and Sanitation Master Plan, the Department of Water and Sanitation has announced plans to start... 

Spectrum is an inhibitor to lowering data prices, Vodacom, MTN insist

Spectrum is an inhibitor to lowering data prices, Vodacom, MTN insist

3rd December 2019 A lack of access to spectrum remains a significant inhibitor in efforts to lower data prices, mobile operators Vodacom and MTN have said in... 

Competition Commission's final report confirms South Africa's high data costs

Competition Commission's final report confirms South Africa's high data costs

2nd December 2019 The Competition Commission on Monday published its much-anticipated final report on its Data Services Market Inquiry, confirming revelations that... 

Gauteng outlines ambitions for climate change mitigation

Gauteng outlines ambitions for climate change mitigation

21st November 2019 After two years of development, gathering input, undertaking consultations and further refinements, the Gauteng City Region is preparing to... 

Prolonged drought hits South African farmers’ resilience

Prolonged drought hits South African farmers’ resilience

12th November 2019 Federation of agricultural organisations AgriSA on Tuesday painted a dire picture of the impact the years-long drought has had on South Africa’s... 

Water-shedding can be avoided, says Sisulu

Water-shedding can be avoided, says Sisulu

28th October 2019 Water-stressed South Africa has to decrease the amount of water consumed or face the prospect of “water-shedding”. The Department of Water and... 

Eskom confident of avoiding summer load-shedding but does not rule it out

Eskom confident of avoiding summer load-shedding but does not rule it out

4th September 2019 State-owned power utility Eskom on Wednesday said it was unlikely that there would be any load-shedding over the next seven months as the utility’s... 

Telecoms policy proposes shared approach to spectrum to open market

Telecoms policy proposes shared approach to spectrum to open market

29th July 2019 The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies has released the long-awaited Policy on High Demand Spectrum, along with the Policy... 

Spectrum policy to be issued in the next few days

Spectrum policy to be issued in the next few days

25th July 2019 Cabinet has approved the latest iteration of the long-awaited Policy and Policy Direction for the Licensing of the High Demand Spectrum. It is... 

Sisulu promises traction in water sector

Sisulu promises traction in water sector

16th July 2019 The Department Water and Sanitation is taking stock as it determines the required solutions for a sector fraught with major inequalities and... 

Spectrum policy to be released within 7 days

Spectrum policy to be released within 7 days

11th July 2019 After years-long delays, the now-urgent final policy directive on spectrum allocation will be issued to the Independent Communications Authority of... 

Ramaphosa throws weight behind 4IR as South Africa’s growth accelerator

Ramaphosa throws weight behind 4IR as South Africa’s growth accelerator

5th July 2019 South Africa is positioning itself not as an adopter but rather as a leader and driver of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) worldwide,... 

Makhura promises revitalised plan for Gauteng by end August

Makhura promises revitalised plan for Gauteng by end August

1st July 2019 Stimulating the economy is at the top of Gauteng Premier David Makhura’s agenda for the first 100 days of the sixth provincial administration.... 

Collaboration seen as key as SA moves to position for 4IR epoch

Collaboration seen as key as SA moves to position for 4IR epoch

17th May 2019 While President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) visions for South Africa are gaining some traction, the success of a new... 

WRC, DWS launch new satellite earth observation project

WRC, DWS launch new satellite earth observation project

15th March 2019 The Water Research Commission (WRC), the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) and the Department of Science and Technology on Friday released a... 

Western Cape dam levels improve year-on-year

4th March 2019 The average dam levels in the Western Cape have improved significantly year-on-year from 20.3% in the corresponding week last year, to 40.5% this... 

Gauteng allocates large chunk of 2018/19 budget to health, education

Gauteng allocates large chunk of 2018/19 budget to health, education

6th March 2018 The Gauteng departments of Education and Health have secured the largest slices of Gauteng’s R121.2-billion budget for the 2018/19 financial year.... 

Icasa to finalise End-user and Subscriber Service Charter Regulations by end April

Icasa to finalise End-user and Subscriber Service Charter Regulations by end April

1st March 2018 The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) plans to publish the final End-user and Subscriber Service Charter Regulations by... 

Cape Town drought hits tourism, threatens province’s credit ratings

Cape Town drought hits tourism, threatens province’s credit ratings

7th February 2018 As the ongoing drought and resultant water crisis threatens Cape Town’s credit ratings and gross domestic product (GDP) growth, warnings of the... 

Joburg’s anticorruption unit clamps down on corruption amounting to R16.2bn

Joburg’s anticorruption unit clamps down on corruption amounting to R16.2bn

17th November 2017 Corruption amounting to R16.2-billion across 2 469 cases, now under investigation, has been uncovered over the past year by the City of... 

Gauteng moves from debate to action regarding transformation

Gauteng moves from debate to action regarding transformation

9th November 2017 Gauteng Premier David Makhura on Thursday said South Africa’s most populous province was no longer just talking about pursuing radical... 

South Africa only in phase one of political instability

South Africa only in phase one of political instability

7th November 2017 South Africa has only entered the first phase of the political uncertainty that is expected to persist until at least the 2019 national elections,... 

Govt eager to get mining parties back to the table – Gigaba

Govt eager to get mining parties back to the table – Gigaba

25th October 2017 With the implementation of the revised – and heavily contested – Mining Charter Three postponed to December, Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba on... 

Public sector wages under the spotlight as Gigaba seeks a solution

Public sector wages under the spotlight as Gigaba seeks a solution

25th October 2017 A civil service wage agreement surpassing Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation by even one point will substantially widen the current shortfall in... 

Government moves to reprioritise NDP-aligned initiatives, infrastructure spend estimate at R948m

Government moves to reprioritise NDP-aligned initiatives, infrastructure spend estimate at R948m

25th October 2017 With increasing indications that South Africa, on its current path, will not achieve its National Development Plan (NDP) ambitions, government is... 

Busa backs Cosatu’s anti-corruption, anti-State capture stance

Busa backs Cosatu’s anti-corruption, anti-State capture stance

26th September 2017 Business Unity South Africa (Busa) on Tuesday backed the Congress of South African Trade Union’s (Cosatu’s) calls against State capture and... 

Despite NDP ambitions, South Africa weighed down by corruption, State capture

15th September 2017 It has been five years since the adoption of the National Development Plan (NDP), with a second commission having been appointed to drive its... 

Improving manufacturing value-add key to a more equal society

Improving manufacturing value-add key to a more equal society

14th September 2017 The revival and expansion of the manufacturing sector could play a critical role in South Africa’s challenging battle against deepening levels of... 

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