Beware of property scams

Wherever there is money, there is a con artist trying to get in on the action. There are numerous cons relating to property doing…Read more

A single person can change million lives

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Past presidents look back

SAIBPP was founded in 1996 to facilitate the entry of new black players into the property industry as workers in various companies or as property…

A dynamic continent rises again

The first European explorers were amazed at the continent’s wealth. Now, after centuries of slavery and colonialism, its economies are starting to strengthen When Portuguese explorers first arrived on the East African coast at the turn of the 16th century, an anonymous recorder on the voyage of Pedro Alvares Cabral noted of Kilwa (off the […]

PROPERTY SECTOR CHARTER COUNCIL HAS ITS WORK CUT OUT FOR IT

The property sector has always been characterised by inequality, meaning that the property sector was closed off to previously disadvantaged players. Those who managed to break into the industry soon ran into a huge obstacle – a lack of resources (in particular, financing) to compete effectively. To remedy the situation, the Property Sector Charter Council gazetted the Property Sector charter under Section 12 in 2007, this is […]

lost chance to shake up industry

Sisa Ngebulana, the founder and executive chairman of the Billion Group Limited and the CEO of Rebosis Property Fund, is passionate about property and feels that more could be done to transform the property industry 20 years into the country’s democracy. “The Property Charter by default doesn’t have the same teeth as other charters in other sectors of the economy. For argument’s sake, […]

Thomas Matlala calls for action

The era of government crafting wonderful policies promising to transform the property sector in order to facilitate the entry of more black players and women and then doing very little to implement those policies is over. It’s time to act. Otherwise, the property industry will continue to fail to reflect the country’s demographics 20 years […]