IBT Summit: South Africa faces growing demand for housing, high construction costs, delays in project delivery, and the need for sustainable solutions in the face of climate change. Globally, countries are using new construction technologies like modular systems, engineered materials, and digital tools to build faster and more efficiently.

South Africa has strong innovation capacity, but widespread IBT adoption has been slow. Government, industry and research partners have expressed a clear need for a coordinated platform to align on standards, regulations, funding, innovation, and community acceptance. The Summit is part of a national shift toward modernising the human settlements sector, supported by whole-of-government leadership. 

Guest: Thembi Simelane, Minister of Human Settlements

IBT Summit:&nbsp;South Africa faces growing demand for housing, high construction costs, delays in project delivery, and the need for sustainable solutions in the face of climate change. Globally, countries are using new construction technologies like modular systems, engineered materials, and digital tools to build faster and more efficiently.
South Africa has strong innovation capacity, but widespread IBT adoption has been slow. Government, industry and research partners have expressed a clear need for a coordinated platform to align on standards, regulations, funding, innovation, and community acceptance. The Summit is part of a national shift toward modernising the human settlements sector, supported by whole-of-government leadership.&nbsp;
Guest: Thembi Simelane, Minister of Human Settlements

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IBT Summit: South Africa faces growing demand for housing, high construction costs, delays in project delivery, and the need for sustainable solutions in the face of climate change.

IBT Summit: Civil society organizations (CSOs), including NGOs, housing movements, and community-based organizations, were integrated into the process through pre-Summit dialogues held in late 2025 to consolidate community positions before the main event. Approximately 500 participants attend, including a dedicated contingent of civil society and community leaders. To share their key expectations and concerns regarding the state of service delivery in housing, we are joined by…

Guest: Mr Charlton Ziervogel - Community Organisation Resource Centre

IBT Summit: Civil society organizations (CSOs), including NGOs, housing movements, and community-based organizations, were integrated into the process through pre-Summit dialogues held in late 2025 to consolidate community positions before the main event. Approximately 500 participants attend, including a dedicated contingent of civil society and community leaders. To share their key expectations and concerns regarding the state of service delivery in housing, we are joined by&hellip;
Guest:&nbsp;Mr Charlton Ziervogel - Community Organisation Resource Centre

IBT Summit: Civil society organizations (CSOs), including NGOs, housing movements, and community-based organizations, were integrated into the process through pre-Summit dialogues held in late 2025 to consolidate community positions before the main event.

BT Summit: One of the key discussions happening at the summit is on the role of statutory bodies in ensuring the safety of human settlements. The National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) role in ensuring the innovation building technologies (IBT) units comply with the country's building standard, as contained in the Housing Consumer Protection Act. Our next guest represents a statutory body in South Africa established to regulate the home building industry and protect housing consumers from substandard construction. We are joined by…

Guest: Isaac Hartley - Senior Inspector at the National Home Builders Registration Council

 

BT Summit:&nbsp;One of the key discussions happening at the summit is on the role of statutory bodies in ensuring the safety of human settlements. The National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) role in ensuring the innovation building technologies (IBT) units comply with the country's building standard, as contained in the Housing Consumer Protection Act. Our next guest represents a statutory body in South Africa established to regulate the home building industry and protect housing consumers from substandard construction. We are joined by&hellip;
Guest:&nbsp;Isaac Hartley - Senior Inspector at the National Home Builders Registration Council
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IBT Summit: One of the key discussions happening at the summit is on the role of statutory bodies in ensuring the safety of human settlements.

Our next guest hails from Butterworth and Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape. Her breakthrough came when she released the iconic debut album, Zandisile at the age of 22. Her sound is described as a soulful fusion of jazz, Afro-soul, and traditional Xhosa music. In her illustrious career, she has worked alongside local as well as continental giants. She has collaborated with Salif Ketia, Adam Glaser, Vieux Farka Touré, Buika, Msaki, Kunle Ayo, Derek Gripper, Steve Dyer, Herbie Tsoaeli, Themba Mokoena, Themba Mkhize, Caiphus Semenya, Fana Zulu, Tlale Makhene, Bheki Khoza, and Mark Fransman.

This morning, she joins us in the studio to share her new album: Moya. This new body of work was released last week and explores themes of grief, healing, and spiritual renewal. She released the album in January to pay tribute to her late mother and coincides with her birth month. MOYA frames release as a ritual. Led by the single “Mayenzeke,” the project positions vulnerability as a path to balance and peace. To tell us more about this journey, we are joined by....

Guest: Simphiwe Dana - South African singer, songwriter, and activist

 

Our next guest hails from Butterworth and Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape. Her breakthrough came when she released the iconic debut album, Zandisile at the age of 22. Her sound is described as a soulful fusion of jazz, Afro-soul, and traditional Xhosa music. In her illustrious career, she has worked alongside local as well as continental giants. She has collaborated with Salif Ketia, Adam Glaser, Vieux Farka Tour&eacute;, Buika, Msaki, Kunle Ayo, Derek Gripper, Steve Dyer, Herbie Tsoaeli, Themba Mokoena, Themba Mkhize, Caiphus Semenya, Fana Zulu, Tlale Makhene, Bheki Khoza, and Mark Fransman.
This morning, she joins us in the studio to share her new album: Moya. This new body of work was released last week and explores themes of grief, healing, and spiritual renewal. She released the album in January to pay tribute to her late mother and coincides with her birth month. MOYA frames release as a ritual. Led by the single &ldquo;Mayenzeke,&rdquo; the project positions vulnerability as a path to balance and peace. To tell us more about this journey, we are joined by....
Guest: Simphiwe Dana - South African singer, songwriter, and activist
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