Natasha Odendaal

The first phase of a landmark cross-border fibre project – a new high-capacity digital corridor to connect Zimbabwe to Botswana, Zambia, South Africa

The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) said that the embattled State Information Technology Agency (SITA) is starting a

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has resolved to establish a political steering committee to monitor and fast-track the implementation

NRWDI outlines steps being taken to prepare for safe interim storage of nuclear waste

Buoyed by several significant milestones that the National Radioactive Waste Disposal Institute (NRWDI) has achieved over the past year, CEO Riedewaan Bakardien is upbeat its prospects for shaping the future of South Africa’s nuclear waste management landscape and the back-end management of the nuclear fuel cycle. In a wide-ranging interview with Engineering News & Mining Weekly, he delved into the NRWDI’s developing plans to strengthen the country’s long-term radioactive waste management capability through critical research and development, skills developing, technology localisation and the creation of high-quality employment opportunities.

With an ever-increasing need for cheaper or alternative drinking water sources as South African consumers lose confidence in municipal water

With an ever-increasing need for cheaper or alternative drinking water sources as South African consumers lose confidence in municipal water supply, responsible bottled water from a verified source that is sealed and traceable is becoming more important. Across South Africa, municipal infrastructure is failing as it ages and municipal water supply is becoming increasingly unreliable.

South Africans are still spending nearly eight times more connected time on 4G networks, despite the increasing coverage, handset availability and better performance of 5G networks, Opensignal’s first-quarter data reveals. While South Africa was an early African 5G mover, with launches in 2019 and 2020, users equipped with 5G-capable devices spent just 11.1% of their connected time on 5G in the first quarter of 2026, compared with 86.1% on 4G, which still anchors the daily mobile experience.

Altron Digital Business (ADB) has published a first-of-its-kind benchmark study to determine how employees experience technology across financial services industry (FSI) institutions in South Africa

The African United Business Confederation (AUBC), in partnership with MTN South Africa, successfully hosted a high-level business roundtable dialogue on satellite broadband, digital inclusion and consumer protection, on July 10.