JPOMA GM Angela Rivers attended the IBT Summit on 3 February 2026.
The IBT Presidential Summit brought together government, industry, financiers, researchers, innovators, and communities to shape a national agenda for accelerating the adoption of Innovative Building Technologies in South Africa. https://ibtsummit.co.za/
Key takeaways 1) We need more creative, cooperative, quicker, better, cheaper housing. 2) We need more decent housing in functioning human settlements.
Innovation in the building sector is a critical!
Challenges Facing the Implementation of IBTS and Intervening Mechanisms in South Africa Panel discussion
Key points: What are the barriers? Research, sustainability, climate change, transition to more sustainable concepts, education, construction delays, policy, scaling, social acceptance. Solutions Climate resilience products, 3D printing of houses, precinct-level interventions, green buildings, collaboration, local government needs to be included as they drive implementation.
Barriers Associated with IBTs and Applied Measures and Interventions Panel discussion
Key points: Need to encourage new innovation through design, inspect and certify. It is not about project delivery it is about the process and we need to get communities involved from the beginning. Community investment is everything. Regulation does not support quick innovation, Regulation has not kept up with the pace of innovation. There needs to be more support in the transition from informal to formal housing. New technology needs to support job creation
Ms. Tandi Mahambehlala Deputy Minister of Human SettlementsMs. Thembi Simelane Minister of Human SettlementsH.E President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa
The City has been served the refuse application and the next steps are as follows:
The City of Johannesburg has until on, or before 19 April 2022 in order to file their notice of intention to oppose and the record of the decision;
JPOMA will then have until 5 May 2022 in order to file any supplementary notice of motion or affidavit that we feel is necessary;
The City will then have until on or before 17 June 2022 within which to file their answering affidavit, and JPOMA will have until 1 July 2022 to file a reply;
JPOMA then has 10 days within which to file heads of argument, rendering them due on 15 July 2022, and the City of Johannesburg will have 10 days within which to file their responding heads of argument, being 30 July 2022. At that stage JPOMA will be entitled to apply for an opposed date which we anticipate being in mid-September 2022 in the event that the parties adhere to the above time periods.
Update from Michael Wellbeloved of VMW Inc.:
To provide an update in this matter, this morning we addressed this letter to the City of Johannesburg, warning against the disconnection of municipal services to the accounts that form the subject of the review application. After transmitting the letter I received a telephone call from Hloni Mokoena, of Moodie & Robertson Attorneys, who informed me that he had been instructed in the matter and that he had received our letter. Hloni agreed in broad terms with the content of our letter, on a without prejudice basis and stated that he would have to take instruction.
The first timeline in this application comes to pass on 19 April 2022, on which date the City will have to file the record of the decision. We will provide an update on that day but we anticipate that the City will be late in filing the record.
JPOMA are currently finalising the sewer application.
Following the city being served, JPOMA circulated another press release, which has created a great deal of attention. Please see below the various publications:
The City of Joburg has launched a Regionalisation Drive. Services on offer at Regional Customer Service Centres include; Meter reading input by customers (water & electricity); Change of ownership; Statement repository; Due date updates; Special meter reading requests; Acknowledgement of Debt; Logging of queries & general account enquiries.
