Webinar recording: Property Practitioner Act
Peter Mennen (LinkedIn), legal expert, summarises the Property Practitioner Act and the requirements for Property Practitioners.
Find the recording HERE.
Webinar recording: Effectively Logging Queries with CoJ
Find the recording of the JPOMA webinar held on Effectively Logging Queries with CoJ HERE.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu Heritage Precinct
City of Johannesburg Press Statement by Cllr Ronald Harris
Member of the Mayoral Committee for Community Development
ALL SYSTEMS GO FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE “ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU
HERITAGE PRECINCT”
The Executive Mayor, Dr Mpho Phalatse and the Directorate: Arts, Culture and Heritage, are proud to announce the approval, in a tempestuous Council meeting, of the establishment of the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Heritage Precinct.
The Precinct will be centred around St Mary’s Cathedral, and it will be bounded by Wanderers, Hoek, De Villiers and Plein streets. Permission has also been obtained to start the public participation process to have the streets surrounding the Precinct renamed.
The following are suggested:
● Plein Street to be renamed Desmond Tutu Street
(https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-12-26-a-timeline-of-a-life-well-lived-in-service-of-the-people/)
● Wanderers Street to be renamed Simeon Nkoane Street
(https://www.bstrust.org/about/our-history)
● De Villiers Street to be renamed Trevor Huddleston Street
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Huddleston)
● Hoek Street to be renamed Ffrench Beytagh Place or alternatively, Cathedral Street.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonville_ffrench-Beytagh)
The City acknowledges the prayers, perseverance and persistence of Dean Xolani Dlwati, his team and the Anglican Church for wanting to honour the immense contribution Archbishop Tutu made to the freedom we celebrate today. We will now be working with various entities and departments to combine the different components of the precinct. The project forms part of the Multi-Party Coalition’s Inner City Renewal Programme. With this milestone decision of Council, we, in partnership with the Anglican Diocese, now embark on the exciting project to deliver to the City, our province, South Africa and the world at large, a long-lasting legacy in celebration of our very own world icon.
As we celebrate today, let us remember what the Arch said: “Learn from yesterday, live for today,
hope for tomorrow”. This befittingly epitomises our “City of Golden Opportunity!”
ENDS
Issued by on behalf of Councillor Ronald Harris, the Member of the Mayoral Committee for
Community Development in the City of Joburg
Informal Trading Policy approved
On Tuesday 26 April 2022, the City of Johannesburg Council approved the implementation of the Informal Trading Policy.
202203_Final Draft Informal Trading Policy
Newzroom Africa interview with Economic Development MMC Nkuli Mbundu on the Informal Trading Policy (5 February 2022)
Rental Housing Act Amended
There is a public participation and comment session on the final draft of the Rental Housing Tribunal Regulations.
The public participation sessions for Gauteng are:
20 April 2022 – Sheraton Hotel Pretoria, 10h00-14h00
21 April 2022 – Birchwood Hotel and OR Tambo Conference Centre Boksburg, 10h00-14h00
Angela Rivers will be attending and will feedback to JPOMA members.
Billing Webinar
JPOMA is hosting a billing webinar with CoJ to assist property owners with billing queries; find out how best to log queries in order to get quick results. The webinar will also cover how calls are allocated and why it is important to log queries correctly.
Date:6 May 2022
Time: 09h30 – 10h30
Click HERE to register for the webinar.