NEWSLETTER: President’s Dinner, Putting Skills Development At The Fore

The South African property sector needs not only financial backing to thrive, but it also needs property sector professionals with cutting edge, globally competitive skills to grow the sector and make it an equitable sector. According to the Department of Higher Education’s 2020 List of Occupations in High demand, South Africa is in dire need of artisans, property managers, building associates, real estate agents and other professionals in the sector.

SAIBPP not only aims to have that gap filled, but aims to have it filled intentionally with more black professionals and entrepreneurs, to ensure that the sector represents the demographic of South Africa. Our flagship initiative to facilitate this is our Property Academy, supported by patrons such as the Johannesburg Property Company, Vukile Property Fund and many others! We invite you to participate in our fundraising event for the Property Academy, our 2nd Annual President’s Dinner. We look forward to raising more funds that will go towards capacitating this trailbalzing structure.

Join us for a 007 James Bond Evening Empowering Tomorrow’s Property Leaders Today

Date: 4 April 2024
Venue: Pharoah Auto Investments, Johannesburg

POLICY MATTERS: EXTENSION OF CALLS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE WHITE PAPER ON HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

The Department of Human Settlements (DHS) invited the public to submit comments on the White Paper on Human Settlements. The DHS published in the Government Gazette no:49895, Vol 702 with the 31st January 2024 as the closing date for the submission of public comments.

The DHS has since received further requests from various organisations and individuals for the extension of the closing date for the submission of public comments. As such, the date has been extended to the 15th of March.

We encourage all SAIBPP members who have a keen interest in the White Paper to engage our office for the submissions to be considered by the SAIBPP Policy and Advocacy committee.

Kindly send all submissions to research@saibpp.co.za or services@saibpp.co.za by the 12th of March 12:30pm.

OPPORTUNITY CORNER: PROPERTY PRACTITIONERS REGULATORY AUTHORITY NATIONWIDE INCUBATOR PROGRAMME

REFERENCE NUMBER: SMME 14/24/03

The Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority (PPRA) hereby invites expressions of interest from currently licensed property practitioners who wish to be part of the SMME incubation or initiative programme.

Click on the link below to access the application forms: https://theppra.org.za/tenders2

Applications are now open via email and the closing date for submissions is 30 March 2024.