Natasha Odendaal
Natasha Odendaal is Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.
Thousands of Telkom employees accept voluntary retrenchments
31st July 2015 The mass exit of thousands of Telkom employees came as no surprise, trade union Solidarity said this week. Nearly 2 400 employees had opted for... →
Africa’s universities have critical role to play in African Agenda
31st July 2015 Africa’s universities and scholars need to take centre stage in the ‘Africa Rising’ narrative, embracing an important role in the development of... →
Phakisa mining lab gets Cabinet nod
30th July 2015 Plans to set up the first four-week Operation Phakisa ‘mining laboratory’ to identify and resolve the challenges plaguing South Africa’s mining... →
S African unemployment rate drops to 25%
29th July 2015 Unemployment in South Africa has decreased a notch as the public and informal sector supported more job creation in the second quarter of the year,... →
African cities highlighted as cities of opportunity, but Joburg will fall short
28th July 2015 The emerging social order will see Africa build its megacities; however, South Africa’s economic powerhouse, Johannesburg, would likely fall to the... →
Pick n Pay to create jobs, cut energy use and slash waste in new ambitious programme
27th July 2015 Supermarket chain Pick n Pay has vowed to create 20 jobs every day through a new 20, 20, 20 by 2020 programme that would also see the firm... →
DA calls on government to promote certainty for distressed mining industry
27th July 2015 As sectors of South Africa’s mining industry “circle the drain”, the Democratic Alliance (DA) has called on government to take certain actions to... →
Trade restriction stockpile slow to shrink – WTO
24th July 2015 The World Trade Organisation (WTO) this week reiterated its call for vigilance as the increasing stockpile of trade-restrictive measures introduced... →
SARB rate hike a move ahead of US hikes, rand weakening
24th July 2015 The deteriorating inflation outlook and South Africa’s attempts to remain ahead of US rate hikes had supported the South African Reserve Bank’s... →
WTO’s SPS committee hears record number of trade concerns
22nd July 2015 A record number of trade concerns on food safety and animal and plant health have been raised by members at the latest World Trade Organisation... →
Gauteng province mulls ideas of GBN commercialisation
21st July 2015 The Gauteng provincial government (GPG) will table its ideas for opening its Gauteng Broadband Network (GBN), which is currently being deployed, to... →
GDE prepares to deploy 17 000 tablets to schools
20th July 2015 The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) is preparing to deploy thousands of mobile devices such as tablets and laptops with Internet... →
JCCI offering electronic certificates of origin
20th July 2015 The Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) has introduced an electronic certificate of origin initiative for exported manufactured or... →
Montana says govt to review PRASA’s decision to cut his contract short
17th July 2015 Shortly after the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa’s (PRASA’s) eleventh-hour cancellation of its anticipated press conference surrounding the... →
PRASA, Montana part ways early
16th July 2015 The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) has appointed COO Nathi Khena as acting CEO following Lucky Montana’s departure earlier this... →
Infrastructure gap closure key to Africa’s double-digit growth
15th July 2015 Large-scale investments in transnational infrastructure projects would be the only solution to pursue ambitions of double-digit economic growth and... →
Private equity making its mark in SA – KPMG
15th July 2015 There were indications of private equity fund growth in South Africa as the asset class started making its mark and proving its worth for potential... →
Gauteng to position itself as preferred investment destination
14th July 2015 Gauteng is gearing up to fast-track its ambitions of becoming a preferred investment destination, as it opens its doors for private-sector... →
Labour market tensions could be mitigated through living wage, job creation
9th July 2015 As pay equity continues to top the agenda of unions, regulators, workers and company shareholders alike, PwC warned on Thursday that focus needed... →
EPWP National Artisan Development Programme to train 330 youth
8th July 2015 The Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) on Wednesday committed to training 330 youth nationwide in various artisan trades over the next three to... →
DTC releases first interim report on VAT
7th July 2015 Following its submission to Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene in December, the Davis Tax Committee (DTC) on Tuesday publicly released its first... →
New PRASA trains meet safety, technical requirements – Montana
6th July 2015 The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) on Monday moved to assure South Africans that, despite contrary claims emerging in Sunday... →
Unions expect new municipal wage proposal after deadlock
3rd July 2015 An end to wage negotiations within the local government sector could be in sight as a conciliator’s proposal, setting out a number of settlement... →
Department of Communications to announce digital switch-off date ‘soon’
3rd July 2015 Two weeks after South Africa missed the deadline to transition from analogue to digital terrestrial television (DTT), Communications Minister Faith... →
IBM’s R700m equity equivalent investment programme kicks off
1st July 2015 The first leg of one of South Africa’s largest equity equivalent investment programmes (EEIP) aimed at bringing a research hub to the nation’s... →
New e-toll dispensation to take 18 months to implement
30th June 2015 It will take up to 18 months for government and the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) to implement the full spectrum of proposed... →
NUM welcomes further investigation recommendation, defends member actions
26th June 2015 After reviewing the outcomes of the Farlam Commission of Inquiry into the events that led to the death of 34 miners at the hands of police near the... →
Unctad to assist WTO countries battling to ratify Agreement on Trade Facilitation
26th June 2015 The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) on Friday unveiled a platform to guide and support World Trade Organization (WTO)... →
Solidarity to unveil guides to reduce reliance on Eskom
25th June 2015 A new self-help guide on reducing reliance on State-owned Eskom’s national electricity grid would be published by trade union Solidarity on Friday,... →
S Africa, US renew transport collaboration efforts
22nd June 2015 Transport Minister Dipuo Peters and US Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx on Monday inked a deal that would see collaboration and cooperation... →
Cybersecurity insurance lags in EMEA
22nd June 2015 More than a third of risk professionals throughout Africa, Europe and the Middle East (EMEA) have, over the past two years, experienced an average... →
S Africa needs to up its export game, leverage Africa’s industrialisation efforts – Davies
19th June 2015 South Africa needs to leap at the emerging opportunity to secure its future as a producer and exporter of value-added goods as Africa... →
Sanral tariffs remain ‘smoke and mirrors’ – Outa
19th June 2015 Following government’s gazetting of the new e-tolls dispensation this week, the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) on Friday said no... →
DTI eyes R3.5bn trade from FY 2015/16 missions
19th June 2015 Trade show participation and trade missions across Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East are expected to generate R3.5-billion in... →
Committee worried about small business department’s delayed planning session
18th June 2015 The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) was on Thursday criticised by its parallel Portfolio Committee for failing to arrange a... →
WTO cautions G20 members to reinforce ambitions of eliminating trade restrictions
17th June 2015 The World Trade Organisation (WTO) this week called on the Group of 20 (G20) countries to “show continued vigilance” and reinforce their... →
Proposed electricity hikes will cripple metals sector – Seifsa
17th June 2015 Yielding to State-owned power utility Eskom’s “massive” tariff hike requests will cripple a critical engine of the South African economy – the... →
Minimal impact from missed broadcasting migration deadline – Muthambi
17th June 2015 Despite South Africa officially missing the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) deadline for the digital terrestrial television (DTT)... →
Municipalities owed more than R100bn for basic services
15th June 2015 The amount owed to South Africa’s municipalities had surpassed the R100-billion mark, but the collectable amount was just R20.8-billion, the... →
Govt commits to tackling S&P's concerns after affirmed rating
15th June 2015 The South African government on Monday committed to redoubling efforts to deal with the challenges identified by ratings agency Standard and Poor’s... →
Eskom cannot be saved without delving into the root causes of its struggles
5th June 2015 As trade unions and civil society gear up to tackle South Africa’s electricity crisis from a worker and community standpoint, former Congress of... →
