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Wrap your Ears around our Waterfall Podcasts

Have you ever wondered what goes into the making of on current and future innovations for cities around the
a world-class city? In the third season of the country’s world and how they can offer residents an improved
only property development podcast series (produced living experience. This is the dawn of the smart city, a
before the rebrand to Waterfall City), you can get the concept that includes several unique technologies and
inside scoop, as Waterfall Podcast host and producer, innovations for a better life. This podcast season explores
Spike Ballantine, speaks to prominent people involved what these cities offer by showcasing metropolises
with leading smart cities worldwide, as well as those worldwide that integrate the best examples of smart
living and working in our award-winning Waterfall City city technology. The podcasts also parallel the work
development in South Africa. being done in those cities with Waterfall’s efforts in their
In the 6-episode Waterfall Podcast Season 1, launched pursuit of smart city living.
in August 2019, the season showcased topics like “If I say smartphone, smart TV or smart appliance,
Waterfall’s history, bird- and wildlife, Mall of Africa, plus no doubt you have a pretty good idea what I’m talking
the 2019 achievements of Attacq, Balwin and Waterfall about,” says podcast presenter Spike Ballantine. “In fact,
Management Company, and their plans for 2020. putting the word ‘smart’ in front of a lot of products
The Waterfall Podcast Season 2 kicked off the first has become a thing, and it generally means that that
of its 11 episodes in February 2020 and covered product is connected, sometimes autonomously, and is
topics such as the look-and-feel of Waterfall, the generally designed to make life easier. But a smart city?”
new Munyaka development, luxury living at Ellipse, “Defining that is a little more complex. For most, a
Waterfall’s heliport, business leases 101 from Attacq, smart city is a place where technology rules and Wi-Fi is
Waterfall’s sustainability, and renting your dream house free and fast. But peel back a city’s layers of traffic, waste
in Waterfall. management, safety, water, power, sustainability – and
The 6-episode Waterfall Podcast Season 3 was more – and you’ll discover that a smart city is made up
launched in January 2022. The focus of this series was of a few other things besides good Wi-Fi.”

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