Natasha Odendaal
Natasha Odendaal is Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.
DTI highlights Black Industrialists Programme as important intervention
29th March 2016 South Africa’s Black Industrialists Programme, spearheaded by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), is an important intervention that will... →
New BBBEE Commission given teeth to tackle fronting
29th March 2016 With fronting emerging as one of the “biggest abuses” of South Africa’s Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) Act of 2003, the newly... →
New report delivers mixed verdict on water management progress
4th March 2016 While South Africa’s 278 municipalities seem to be making some improvements in water delivery and water infrastructure management, water... →
New economic plan for Gauteng to be tabled in May
22nd February 2016 The Gauteng Provincial Government is preparing to unveil a new Provincial Economic Plan for South Africa’s economic powerhouse to better cope with... →
Legislative certainty needed for S Africa to attract investment – Maimane
19th February 2016 Instability over the implementation of legislation is exacerbating uncertainty around policies – something South Africa can ill-afford as it tries... →
S Africa holds potential to be major unconventional gas producer
15th February 2016 With unconventional gas causing a “shift in the dynamics” of the natural gas market worldwide, South Africa can exploit its potential to become a... →
December manufacturing inches up 0.4% y/y
11th February 2016 Despite ending the year better than expected, South Africa’s manufacturing production prospects for 2016 remained “dim”, stated BNP Paribas... →
Trade conditions mimic post-recession environment – Sacci
11th February 2016 South Africa’s current strained trade conditions “closely resembled” the conditions experienced post the financial recession in 2007/8, the South... →
Van Rooyen needs to resolve municipal revenue issues – Grant Thornton
1st February 2016 A long list of priorities to tackle revenue management and assurance within municipalities awaits new Cooperative Governance and Traditional... →
S Africa not heading into a recession, Gordhan assures
14th January 2016 South Africa was not slipping into a recession despite taking substantial hits in a storm of global economic challenges, Finance Minister Pravin... →
Obama sets new March Agoa deadline for South Africa
12th January 2016 South Africa has received a March 15 deadline to ensure the entry of US poultry within 60 days or lose some of its duty-free benefits under the... →
S Africa, US resolve Agoa issues
7th January 2016 South Africa has secured a trade reprieve with the US as all the conditions of its participation in and enjoyment of the duty-free trade benefits... →
SA awaits US decision on missed Agoa deadline, assures of near resolution
4th January 2016 South Africa’s access to some of the duty-free trade benefits of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) hangs in the balance as the nation... →
Corruption in Africa perceived to be on the rise; S Africa one of the worst performers
1st December 2015 The latest Transparency International report paints a bleak picture on corruption in Africa, with more than half of those surveyed perceiving... →
Financial sector gears up for Twin Peaks implementation next year
26th November 2015 As Parliament mulls the new regulatory framework to govern South Africa’s financial industry, the sector is preparing for its promulgation;... →
Slow response to blame for marginal rise in positive audit outcomes
25th November 2015 The potential improvement in the audit outcomes of South Africa’s 468 national and provincial departments and public entities is being hindered by... →
Gauteng water infrastructure unable to meet abnormal demand
13th November 2015 The water woes that have hit South Africa’s most populous province are not a result of water scarcity and drought, but rather a surge in demand... →
Water woes prompt Nomura to lower GDP forecast
3rd November 2015 Nomura has downgraded its forecast for South Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth as weather-related phenomena and structural deficiencies... →
Govt needs to embrace ICT – Radebe
2nd November 2015 Government departments that do not embrace information and communication technology (ICT) applications in the delivery of public services will fail... →
Gauteng aims to set ICT-based service delivery bar
2nd November 2015 Gauteng wants to be the province that breaks ground and becomes the catalyst in leveraging information and communication technology (ICT) in the... →
S Africa still characterised by two economies – Zulu
30th October 2015 South Africa remained divided into two economies and, a year after its establishment, the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) was... →
Q3 unemployment rate ticks up to 25.5%, youth most marginalised
27th October 2015 As South Africa’s unemployment rate for the three months to September 30 inched up to 25.5%, the youth remained on the sidelines of the country’s... →
Africa needs to take developmental stance to combat terrorism
22nd October 2015 While Africa may not be the “global frontier” for terrorism, there are many red flags warning of the potential negative impacts that could sweep... →
Africa’s anticorruption battle set to be a long, hard road
22nd October 2015 Fighting the unabating rise of fraud and corruption across Africa is going to be a “long, hard and tough” battle that will likely worsen before... →
Outa slams Sanral’s bid to seek Parliament’s approval for withholding of licences
19th October 2015 The Opposition To Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) has called on Parliament to reject the South African National Road Agency Limited’s (Sanral’s) bid... →
Telkom commits to broadband transformation
14th October 2015 With the digital age continuing to present challenges and opportunities, telecommunications giant Telkom on Wednesday reiterated its determination... →
Amplats unveils first cogen clean energy power plant for Rustenburg smelter
28th September 2015 Platinum producer Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) on Monday unveiled a new R150-million “revolutionary” 5 MW cogeneration plant at its Waterval... →
Zendai to break ground on first residential development
22nd September 2015 Hong Kong-listed Shanghai Zendai is set to break ground on its first luxury residential development in South Africa as part of its wider long-term... →
Nigeria scores ahead of S Africa in new prospects indicator
16th September 2015 A new quarterly investment insights indicator has ranked South Africa last of selected sub-Saharan African countries in an evaluation of overall... →
Numsa to lead mass march against corruption
15th September 2015 Labour union, the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) plans to, later this month, mobilise labour and about 230 civil society... →
Lack of long-term financing choking emerging economies – World Bank
14th September 2015 As advanced economies continue to dominate the use of scarce long-term funding, emerging and developing countries are struggling to mobilise the... →
ICT sector urged to rethink energy use in power-constrained economies
8th September 2015 The global information and communication technology (ICT) sector consumed around 109 GW of electricity in 2013 – representing about 6% of the... →
Pandor calls for greater ICT research, development investment
8th September 2015 More investment is needed in research and development (R&D) activities in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector to tackle five... →
Telkom targets one-million fibre connections by 2018
7th September 2015 Fixed-line operator Telkom plans to take its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) connections to one-million homes by March 2018, CEO Sipho Maseko said on... →
ICT Policy White Paper to be published before financial year-end, Minister assures
7th September 2015 The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) is slowly edging towards the completion of the White Paper meant to revitalise and... →
DEA starts consultations for e-waste strategy
4th September 2015 The rapid rise of electronic and electrical technology – and the shortening lifecycles of the products – is leaving a mass of dangerous and harmful... →
Gauteng province unpacks e-governance plans
3rd September 2015 The Gauteng provincial government’s (GPG’s) plans to transform South Africa’s most populous province into an integrated city region were gaining... →
Public, private sectors must partner for successful ICT roll-out in Africa
2nd September 2015 It is increasingly widely accepted that deploying information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure will bring about a surge in... →
Africa’s aviation infrastructure to improve in next 30 years
2nd September 2015 Africa’s aviation infrastructure has not kept pace with traffic demand, with extensive deterioration seen in infrastructure that is now in dire... →
Gas emerges as key focus area for DoE in immediate future
31st August 2015 There are indications that South Africa’s much neglected gas industry may start seeing renewed activity, as Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson... →
Matona joins planning department
28th August 2015 Cabinet has appointed former Eskom CE and Public Enterprises director-general Tshediso Matona as Secretary for National Planning in the Department... →
