Activity Title:

Inspections, report writing and expert witnessing by Joost Hogewoning

Description

The aim of this CPD event is to equip designers with a wider knowledge of doing inspections, writing up professional reports and how to prepare and present expert witnessing in court.  

This is a field seldom visited by professionals, but which can become a profitable part of any practice.

The CPD covers the different types of reports as well as guidelines on quantities and specifications.

Date:

Thursday, 6 August 2026

Payment to be made on/before Tuesday 04 August 2026

Time:

Correspondence workshop to be completed within 14days of starting date

Place:

Correspondence

Cost

R 700 – non SAIBD members

R560– SAIBD members (fully pd members)

CPD Points:

Category 1, Credits- 0.6

Validating Voluntary Association:

SAIBD (South African Institute of Building Design)

Link

Registration link: https://forms.gle/rk4RAFkXBM3aRpKSA

Activity Title:

Effective Communication and Conflict Resolution

Description

Master the art of high-stakes communication and conflict navigation, equip yourself with tools to turn tension into trust and lead with authority as an Architect.

Date:

12^th August 2026 

Time:

8am – 11am

Place:

Online via Zoom

Cost

R550

CPD Points:

CPD Value: 0,3 Category 3

Validating Voluntary Association

CPD Central

Link

https://www.cpdcentral.co.za/courses/conflict-resolution-workshop-building-bridges

Activity Title:

GIfA Coffee - Tea Break & Talk with Solutions - GIfA outreach meeting - Benoni, get ready

Description

Join us for an engaging Coffee & Tea Break & Talk with Solutions featuring Architect Joseph Ndaba, who will present on:

 "Ekurhuleni Council Building Control: Challenges, Practical Solutions, and the Way Forward."

 This interactive session will provide valuable insights into the current challenges within the Ekurhuleni Building Control Section, practical solutions, and an opportunity to engage in meaningful discussion with fellow built environment professionals, all over a cup of coffee and biscuits.

As part of our Community Initiative and as this event is hosted at Benoni Child Welfare, we invite you to support their "Fill a Bag with Dignity" Donation Drive* for survivors of domestic abuse. If you are able, please bring some essential items such as toiletries, sanitary products, tissues, chocolate, or other small necessities. Your contribution will help restore dignity and hope to those who need it most.

Come for the conversation. Stay for the solutions. Leave having made a difference.

The breakfast registration includes 0.2 CPD points, breakfast, and one complimentary beverage (juice, tea and filter coffee).

Date:

12 August 2026

Time:

8h30am - 10h00am

Place:

Benoni Child Welfare

Cost

·       GIfA Members: R100.00

·          Non-members: R150.00

CPD Points:

0.2 cat 1

Validating Voluntary Association:

GIfA

Link

RSVP: membership@gifa.org.za/enquiries@gifa.org.za

Activity Title:

GSA Practice Lecture: Bongani Kona

Description

GSA Practice Lecture: Bongani Kona

Date: Tuesday, 11 August 20226

Time: 18:00 – 19:00

Online: MS Teams

RSVP: RSVP: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/krBHc7sEhD

Cat 1, 0. 1 CPD Credits

In 2026, the GSA is inviting architectural and spatial practitioners to speak to our community about how they are transforming their practice ground, through recombination, collaboration, refusal or making anew. Rather than the customary presentation of completed buildings, this lecture series foregrounds adaptive practice models - contingent, responsive, and continuously redefined.

Bongani Kona is a PhD candidate and lecturer in the Department of Historical Studies at the University of the Western Cape. He worked for many years as a contributing editor at Chimurenga, a pan-African journal of arts culture and politics, and was part of the curatorial team of the Archive of Forgetfulness project. His writing has appeared in various anthologies and journals, including The Interpreters: South Africa’s New Nonfiction, The Baffler, Redemption Song and Other Stories, and Doek! magazine. His work has been shortlisted for the Caine Prize (2016) and the True Story Award (2021). Kona is also the editor of Our Ghosts Were Once People: Stories on Death and Dying. ‘Time, Paper, Bone,’ a 57-minute audio documentary made in collaboration with Catherine Boulle, aired on BBC Radio in July 2025.

“Every work of literature has both a situation and a story,” Vivian Gornick writes. “The situation is the context or circumstance, sometimes the plot; the story is the emotional experience that preoccupies the writer: the insight, the wisdom, the thing one has come to say.” Drawing on Vivian Gornick’s The Situation and the Story and examples from his own writing, Kona will explore the craft of the personal essay.

Date:

Tuesday, 11 August 20226

Time:

18:00 – 19:00

Place:

MS Teams - https://tinyurl.com/GSAPracLec-BonganiKona

Cost

Free

CPD Points:

Cat 1, 0. 1 CPD Credits

Validating Voluntary Association:

SACAP

Link

RSVP: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/krBHc7sEhD

Activity Title:

AI rendering with Nano Banana Intermediate Level

Description

From good renders to portfolio-ready visuals, master AI workflows that perform in real projects.

Date:

11^th August 2026 

Time:

8am – 2pm

Place:

Online via Zoom

Cost

R1165

CPD Points:

CPD Value: 1 Category 1

Validating Voluntary Association

SAID

Link

https://www.cpdcentral.co.za/courses/ai-rendering-with-nano-banana-intermediate