EDUCATION
The Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority (PPRA) wishes to inform all prospective exam candidates that the registration/enrolment period for the upcoming Professional Designation Examination (PDE), scheduled for 08 May 2025, has been extended
Attention: All Principal and Non-Principal Property Practitioners: This notice serves to remind all property practitioners of the critical requirements for participation in the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program for the 2025 cycle, particularly for those engaging external training providers.
It has been brought to the attention of the PPRA that some property practitioners are allegedly involved in fraudulent activities which involve, amongst others, the unauthorised use of the electronic signatures of the Executive Manager and the Manager in the Education, Professionalisation & CPD Department in fictitious equivalency exemption...
The purpose of this communication is to provide clarity to candidate property practitioners on what they will be required to do from 1 July 2024 regarding the logbook, practical training requirements and related issues.
In June 2024, the PPRA issued Guidelines on the implementation of practical training modules. Therein, we highlighted the titles of 6 practical training modules necessary for completion by eligible candidate property practitioners which are in alignment with the modules of the Workplace Experience Module of the new NQF Level 4 Occupational...
This serves to notify all affected property practitioners who received disqualification notices of the following important steps:
AN IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE CONSULTATION PROCESS IN LINE WITH THE PROPERTY PRACTITIONERS REGULATIONS, 2022
February 9, 2023
Sub-regulation 33.2.1 of the Property Practitioners Regulations, 2022 enjoins the Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority (PPRA) to consult in good faith with the various representative bodies and establish the following:
CPD CONTACT SESSIONS CPD 2022 CATCH UP
January 19, 2023
When the CPD programme was implemented in 2015, estate agents were given 2 options to acquire their necessary CPD points for each year. They had the option to do their CPD via contact sessions which are venue-based or via e-Learning which is online. In 2020, contact sessions were suspended because of the Covid-19 virus.
AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING THE EXEMPTION FOR PROPERTY PRACTITIONERS ( ESTATE AGENTS) AGED 60 YEARS AND ABOVE
September 15, 2022
This serves to inform all real-estate property practitioners (estate agents) aged 60 years and above that effective immediately this type of exemption is no longer available and no applications will be accepted in relation thereto. Therefore, all categories of affected property practitioners (estate agents) who have not qualified or...
Following the coming into operation and effect of the Property Practitioners Act, No.22 of 2019 (the PPA) on 1 February 2022, some industry bodies were of the view that the Standard of Training of Estate Agents Regulations of 2008 (the Education Regulations), are no longer applicable as we now have new PPA Regulations. The Property Practitioners...
AVAILABILITY OF STUDY GUIDES
June 1, 2022
Dear Stakeholders Please be informed that we previously mentioned that one of the reasons that exams had to be postponed was due to the unavailability of study guides. However, we are glad to announce that study guides are now available and candidates may contact the Regulator in that regard and order study guides. Best...
IMPLICATIONS OF THE PROPERTY PRACTITIONERS ACT AND REGULATIONS ON THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING ENVIRONMENT
April 21, 2022
The document discusses the implications of the property Practitioners Act and Regulations on the Education and Training Environment.
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EXAM RESULTS The PPRA and Lucidity Training will be releasing results in respect of the Professional Designation Examination written on 17 November 2022. The results will be released from today until tomorrow. |
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Final Education Regulations R.633 Estate Agency Affairs Act (112/1976): Substitution of the regulations relating to the standard of training of estate agents |
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Estate Agency Affairs Act |
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PDE enrolment closing date extended |
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PDE ENROLLMENT OPEN WINDOW The PPRA would like to extend an invitation once again to the affected stakeholders who have not yet enrolled for the upcoming PDE scheduled to take place on the 09th February 2023 to enroll during a special enrolment window which is closing on Friday the 27th January 2023. The enrolment must be done strictly via the PPRA portal as this is the only way the PPRA will know which venues will be able to accommodate what numbers and also enables the PPRA to issue exam seat numbers. |
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August Exam Venues updated 17 Aug 2023 |
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13 FEBRUARY 2025 PDE REGISTRATION OPEN \r\n 13 FEBRUARY 2025 PDE REGISTRATION OR ENROLMENT ON MYPPRA PORTAL NOW OPEN \r\n |
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