PDE exam date

PDE exam opens on the PPRA portal

PDE exam closing date (this closing date applies to both portal/manual applications and payments must be done on or before the closing date)

Possible dates for the release of PDE results and important note on the appeal and script review procedure

17           November 2022      

03 October 2022 

28 October 2022

Professional Designation Examination (‘PDE’) registration or enrolment:

PDE registration/enrolment is done strictly via the PPRA Portal.

No registration /enrolment forms (including those used in the past) will be issued to prospective PDE candidates for the purposes of enrolment or registration for the examination.

No PDE registration/ enrolment submitted by the prospective PDE candidate will be regarded.

Payment for PDE registration /enrolment must be made using the correct Reference number and by the closing date.

No need to email payment proof to PPRA as this will reflect on the PPRA Bank statement.

Property Practitioners must note that the PPRA links PDE payments to the PDE registration/ enrolment made on the portal to generate an Exam Seat Number and allocate on the Property Practitioner’s profile on the portal. This therefore means that the PPRA will not send seat numbers but Property Practitioners must check for these by logging-in onto t their profile on the portal.

Property practitioners may check their seat numbers at least from two weeks before the actual exam date.  at least

PDE Results:

PDE results are released at least eight (8) weeks after the actual exam date.

To check results, Property Practitioners are requested to logon their profile on PPRA Portal which is on www.theppra.org.za.  

Exam results are updated on the profiles of Property Practitioners at least within two weeks of the release of the exam results to property practitioners.

PDE results Appeals:

Appeals against the results and or the request for a virtual review of examination scripts must be lodged via the Query Management Portal which is on www.theppra.org.za and within 10 – 14 days after release of exam results.

Payment proof must be attached to the request for appeal and strictly sent to resultsappeal@theppra.org.za

02 March 2023

09 January 2023

03 February 2023

18 May 2023

03 April 2023

28 April 2023