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21 February 2022

NEW JDA BOARD APPOINTED AT 2020/2021 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA), the City's implementing urban development
agent, enters its 21st year of operations with a new board announced yesterday. 

A new board was appointed for the Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) when the
Annual General Meeting (AGM) for the City of Johannesburg took place on Tuesday, 15
February 2022. 
 
In the meeting, all City of Johannesburg entities presented their directors, social and ethics
committees reports, the annual financial statements and the audit committee reports for the
year ended 30 June 2021. 
 
Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Development Planning, Cllr Belinda
Echeozonjoku, at the AGM, described the new board appointments as a Golden Start.

"The City of Johannesburg entities now have the right skill set to take the JDA from strength
to strength. Indeed, a golden start. With this leadership, we are confident that the JDA is on
the right path to position themselves to become the implementation agent of choice for
local, provincial and national government,” Cllr Echeozonjok said.

Directors
L Brenner (Chairperson) S Moonsamy Acting (CEO) S Moonsamy (CFO) LB Matshidze N Ntingane S Marota A Dreyer M Malinga W Thwala M PHathutshedzo C Whittle
R Shirinda (Company Secretary)
Registration Number: 2001/005101/07
In the AGM, Mr Lionel Brenner was appointed, the Chairperson of the JDA Board. The JDA
welcomes, the following non-executive directors appointed in the same meeting: 

 Dr Lindelani Baldwin Matshidze

 Adv. Neo Ntingane
 Lionel Brenner
 Success Marota
 Anchen Dreyer
 Mthobisi Malinga
 Wellington Thwala
 Mukhosi Phathutshedzo
 Christopher Whittle

“We are excited to work with the new board in our vision to build a more welcoming,
competitive and resilient Johannesburg that is a better city to live in, to work and play in,”
said Acting Chief Executive Officer, Sherylee Moonsamy. 

In addition, she said, "the JDA has undertaken more than 1 000 projects throughout
Johannesburg since its inception, and the actual capital expenditure for the period ending
on 30 June 2020 was R1.2 billion.” 

The JDA is guided both by the overarching and evolving frameworks of the National
Development Plan (NDP), the Gauteng 2055 vision, the City of Johannesburg 2040 Growth
and Development Strategy (GDS2040) and its Spatial Development Framework (SDF).

ENDS

Issued by:
Kenneth Nxumalo
Johannesburg Development Agency

For more information:

Elias Nkabinde
Email: enkabinde@jda.org.za
076 961 8022
www.jda.org.za

First photo caption, from left to right:

JDA Company Secretary, Rodney Shirinda; JDA Acting CEO, Sherylee Moonsamy;
Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Cllr Mpho Phalatse; MMC for Development
Planning, Cllr Belinda Echeozonjoku; newly appointed JDA Board Chair, Mr. Lionel Brenner;
and MMC for Corporate and Shared Services, Cllr Leah Knott at the 21st Annual General
Meeting on Tuesday, 15 February 2022.

Second photo caption:

The JDA has undertaken more than 1 000 projects throughout Johannesburg these include
Johannesburg International Transport Interchange (JITI), the Westbury Transformation
Development Centre (WTDC), the Brixton Social Cluster and the Noordgesig Social Cluster.