Natasha Odendaal

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Natasha Odendaal

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

Gauteng metros continue to exceed water allocations

5th April 2024 Water utility Rand Water on Friday reiterated its commitment to be part of the Gauteng water provision solution, as high water consumption across Gauteng continues. The utility is collaborating with Gauteng’s metropolitans to ensure integrated water demand and conservation management, through a... →

SAʼs smartphone shipments surge 29%

5th April 2024 Smartphone shipments in South Africa in 2023 expanded 29%, driven by robust shipments in the second half of the year, intensified competition among Chinese original-equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and numerous promotional activities by major OEMs, the latest data from research firm Counterpoint's... →

UCT research team develops ‘new set of tools’ to support mine closure planning in South Africa

5th April 2024 A new set of tools aimed at assisting in responsible and sustainable mine closures across South Africa has been developed by a University of Cape Town (UCT) research team through a Water Research Commission (WRC) project. Useful for governments, industry, civil society, academia and international... →

Liquid C2, partners combine forces to create safer, more productive digital experience

5th April 2024 Pan-African technology group Liquid Intelligent Technologies business Liquid C2 is collaborating with global technology leader Google Cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic to bring advanced cloud, cybersecurity solutions and generative AI capabilities for businesses across... →

MTN, Huawei sign MoU for joint innovation tech laboratory

29th March 2024 Telecommunications giant MTN Group and information and communication technology (ICT) giant Huawei have partnered to create a Joint Innovation Technology laboratory at MTN’s Roodepoort headquarters. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed at the Mobile World Congress, held in Spain, in... →

Vodacom SA awarded 5-Star Green Star certification

29th March 2024 Telecommunications group Vodacom South Africa has been awarded 5-Star existing building performance (EPB) certifications for two of its buildings, Vodacom’s Business Park and Corporate Park, at its Midrand headquarters. The Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) accreditations, signifying... →

ICT industry transitioning into intelligent economy era

29th March 2024 The global information and communication technology (ICT) industry is undergoing a significant shift as the world transitions from a digital era into an era of the intelligence of everything. As the now-entrenched digital era advances, ICT giant Huawei is preparing for the next technological leap. →

Mike Silber to join MTN

28th March 2024 Telecommunications giant MTN Group has appointed Mike Silber as group executive regulatory, effective April 1. Over the past five years, Silber held the role of Liquid Telecom group chief regulatory officer, where he was instrumental in the creation and expansion of the most extensive... →

RMB advises Royal Bafokeng on the proposed acquisition of Swiftnet

27th March 2024 Royal Bafokeng Holdings (RBH) has entered into a transaction agreement alongside Actis to jointly acquire 100% of independent owners, operators and developers of mast and tower infrastructure Swiftnet from Telkom South Africa, with RMB acting as financial adviser to RBH on the transaction. With... →

Telkom forms new technology committee

27th March 2024 JSE-listed telecommunications group Telkom has established a technology committee to boost technology strategies. According to an update to shareholders on Sens on Wednesday, the new Technology Committee governance structure was constituted to assist the board with oversight of technology and... →

CoJ officially launches water security strategy

27th March 2024 The City of Johannesburg (CoJ) has officially launched its Water Security Strategy to connect to existing strategies and policies to offer an aligned approach to water security and provide a guideline towards becoming a water secure Johannesburg by 2040. The strategy was designed to understand... →

CoJ Executive Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda

AIIM consortium acquires Octotel, minority stake in RSAWEB

25th March 2024 A consortium, led by infrastructure-focused private equity fund manager African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), has signed an agreement to acquire fibre network operator Octotel. The consortium, which includes infrastructure and energy impact fund STOA and Thebe Investment Corporation,... →

MTN rides out difficult operating environments

25th March 2024 Telecommunications giant MTN Group unpacked a resilient set of 2023 financial results, despite elevated inflation in several key markets averaging a blended 16.7%, forex volatility and ongoing political tensions in some markets, and a sharp devaluation of the naira in Nigeria. During the year... →

Icasa publishes draft call termination amendments for public comment

22nd March 2024 The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) on Friday published the draft amendments to the Call Termination Regulations of 2014 and 2018. Following a review in 2021, and the publication of the findings document in 2022, the amended regulations stipulate a further downward... →

Telkom sheds Swiftnet in R6.75bn deal

22nd March 2024 Information and communication technology group Telkom has sold its masts and towers infrastructure subsidiary Swiftnet for R6.75-billion to consortium Towerco Bidco. The newly incorporated entity Towerco Bidco comprises of equity investors led and managed by Actis, which holds 70% of the... →

Mobile industry commits over $9bn to ITU’s call for global universal connectivity

22nd March 2024 The mobile industry committed over $9-billion in investment to extend global connectivity. The new industry commitments brings the total current value of planned investment in infrastructure, services and support to the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU’s) Partner2Connect Digital... →

Condra refurbishing Mpumalanga power station’s 39-year-old crane

22nd March 2024 Crane manufacturer Condra Cranes is refurbishing a 40 t electric overhead travelling crane that was manufactured and commissioned 39 years ago. The 21-metre-span double-girder crane is used for maintenance duties at an Mpumalanga power station since being delivered and installed in 1985. →

CoJ presents plan to tackle water challenges

20th March 2024 The City of Johannesburg (CoJ) has presented an action plan, comprising immediate, medium and long-term measures, to tackle widespread water infrastructure challenges and the high levels of nonrevenue water. This followed a meeting on March 5, where the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS)... →

Rand Water’s Eikenhof station hit again

19th March 2024 The City Power substation that powers Rand Water’s Eikenhof pump station with electricity was tripped after being struck by lightning on Monday night, the water utility reported. Accordingly, a City Power technical team has been dispatched to the site undertake a reset. →

Huawei intent on unlocking potential of networks through commercialisation of 5.5G

15th March 2024 Following the success of fifth-generation (5G) technology over the past five years, information and communications technology (ICT) giant Huawei aims to unlock the potential of networks and create new growth opportunities with its commercialisation phase of 5.5G, or 5G Advanced. “5G is on the... →

DWS hosts public consultation on revamped water, sanitation regulations

13th March 2024 As the end of the public comment period nears, the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) held public consultations for the proposals set out in the draft Compulsory National Standards for Water Supply and Sanitation Services and Regulation 3630. The regulations, gazetted on January 12, aim to... →

AfriForum brings urgent application against Rand Water’s water cuts

13th March 2024 Civil rights organisation AfriForum has brought an urgent application against Rand Water following the water supplier’s decision to reduce water supply to several municipalities. AfriForum, in its court application, requested an interdict obliging Rand Water to restore full water supply to the... →

Telkom to support SMMEs at GEC+Africa congress

12th March 2024 South Africa’s start-up ecosystem is a thriving hub of innovative and talented entrepreneurs with a desire to scale, and in support of this, telecommunications group Telkom is providing five small, medium-sized and microenterprises (SMME’s) the opportunity to attend the Global Entrepreneurship... →

Construction under way for Kempsdale dam wall raising

11th March 2024 The construction phase of the raising of Kempsdale dam wall and construction of a pump station is now under way. Inaugurated by Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu on March 8, the project, as part of the Greater Kokstad Water Supply Scheme, aims to ensure a sustainable and reliable water... →

DFFE publishes latest biological invasions report

8th March 2024 The latest ‘National Status of Biological Invasions and their Management in South Africa’ report paints a sobering picture of the multitude of alien species that have taken root in – and threaten – South Africa’s biodiversity ecosystem, Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Barbara... →

Huawei launches three AI-focused data storage solutions

8th March 2024 Information and communications technology giant Huawei has launched three new data storage solutions aimed at tackling the challenges experienced, amid the rapid development of large artificial intelligence (AI) models. The three innovative solutions, which will aid carriers in building data... →

MTN inks more deals to drive fintech, digital transformation

8th March 2024 South African telecommunications giant MTN Group has continued partnering with various global companies it drives its financial technology (fintech) and digital transformation ambitions and modernises its core network. MTN signed a multi-market agreement with global technology company Mastercard... →

Water technology firm, association ink MoU

8th March 2024 Water technology company Xylem and the African Water and Sanitation Association (AfWASA) have embarked on an innovative partnership, formalising their strategic and cooperative collaboration through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU, which was established on January 24, indicates a... →

AI-based PCs poised to account for 60% of all PC shipments by 2027

8th March 2024 Personal computers (PCs) installed with specific system-on-a-chip (SoC) capabilities designed to run generative artificial intelligence (AI) tasks locally are expected to account for 60% of all PC shipments by the end of 2027. This is according to a new forecast from International Data... →

Cape Town’s New Water Programme gets under way

7th March 2024 The City of Cape Town has implemented its New Water Programme (NWP) in an effort to diversify and expand Cape Town's water supply sources and meet the growing water demands of an increasing population. Expanding Cape Town's water supply sources is becoming critical amid rapid population growth,... →

Gen AI, sustainability, monetisation key themes of 2024 TMT predictions

6th March 2024 Generative artificial intelligence (AI), sustainability and monetisation have emerged as three key themes in the 2024 edition of advisory firm Deloitte’s 'Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) Predictions' report. The TMT report outlines 19 global trends for 2024, grouped into four... →

DWS, CoJ engaging on measures to ensure water supply sustainability

5th March 2024 The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) and the City of Johannesburg (CoJ) metropolitan municipality are continuing discussions around water supply challenges in the region. The city has a total average water supply volume of 1 686 097 kilolitres a day supplying a population of 5.87-million,... →

Gauteng reiterates exit of GFIP tolling by end March

5th March 2024 The Gauteng provincial government (GPG) has approached financial institutions to raise money required to honour its contractual obligations ahead of the March 31, 2024, target date to scrap the tolling of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP). Gauteng Finance MEC Jacob Mamabolo on... →

Gauteng’s R500bn budget focuses on crime, township economy boost

5th March 2024 Gauteng’s Finance MEC Jacob Mamabolo on Tuesday tabled a provincial budget for Gauteng of R165.8-billion for the 2024/25 financial year, with a focus on fighting crime and boosting the township economy. This will increase to R171.5-billion in 2025/26 and to R176.8-billion in 2026/27, equating to... →

MTN, community police forums advance theft and vandalism mitigation proof of concept project

5th March 2024 Telecommunications giant MTN South Africa is advancing its partnership with the Gauteng Provincial Community Police Board to tackle vandalism and theft at its towers in a proof-of-concept project in Soweto. This followed the February announcement of the innovative collaboration aimed at... →

WRC extends water partnership, support to Northern Cape

5th March 2024 The Water Research Commission (WRC) is embarking on a roadshow in the Northern Cape to strengthen provincial water and sanitation resilience to climate change through research, development and innovation. The event is being held from March 12 to 13, as part of National Water Week, in partnership... →

DWS, DFFE suggest short-, long-term invasive plant interventions

5th March 2024 A joint task team established by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) and the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) have identified immediate short- and long-term interventions with clear outcomes to manage the clearing of alien invasive plants at the Vaal river.... →

Bayside Canal R87m upgrade on track

4th March 2024 Progress is being made on the City of Cape Town’s (CoCT's) R87.5-million upgrade of the Bayside Canal, from Blaauwberg road to the Rietvlei in Tableview, in the Western Cape. Work is expected to be completed by mid-June 2025, after breaking ground in November last year. →

Icasa publishes draft amendments to the 2016 End-user and Subscriber Service Charter Regulations

4th March 2024 The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has published further draft amendments to its 2016 End-user and Subscriber Service Charter (EUSSC) Regulations for comment. Stakeholders have until April 15 to provide input into the proposed amendments, which aim to improve and... →

Intelsat, Openserve partner to advance connectivity throughout South Africa

4th March 2024 Global integrated satellite and terrestrial networks operator Intelsat and South African telecommunications group Telkom subsidiary Openserve have embarked on a project that will modernise the infrastructure provider’s network across South Africa. Through the duo’s renewed and expanded... →

DWS releases water and sanitation services on privately owned land policy

4th March 2024 The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has launched the Water and Sanitation Services on Privately Owned Land Policy. The landmark policy, which aims to accelerate the delivery of access to water and sanitation services on privately owned land, followed a 2019 court case that sought to... →

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