This communiqué serves to clarify the format, eligibility requirements, and key rules applicable to the Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority (PPRA) Professional Designation Examination (PDE).  

The exam scheduled for 13 November 2025 remains a Take home exam and therefore no oral or venue-based exam will be conducted by the PPRA.

All exam candidates must be in possession of a valid FFC for the current year to be allowed to enrol/register for PDE.  

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 13 November 2025 has been extended to 07 November 2025.  

The Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority (PPRA) wishes to notify all property practitioners, training providers, and relevant industry stakeholders that the Executive Committee (EXCO) has approved a temporary extension of the compliance period for candidate property practitioners who are in the process of completing the Occupational...

The Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority (PPRA) is pleased to inform all property practitioners of an important development regarding the legacy real estate qualification.

Please note that CPD compliance for 2025 will be recorded and reflected on the PPRA portal. All CPD activities completed, whether directly with the PPRA or through Charter Academy, will be captured on the portal to reflect your CPD points for 2025

The Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority (“PPRA”, “we”, “our” or “us”) wishes to inform all Charter Academy CPD enrolled practitioners that we are attending to their queries relating to the status of their accounts.

We would like to inform all practitioners that the PPRA now offers three payment options for Continuing Professional Development (CPD):  

The two new occupational qualifications for estate agents, namely the Occupational Certificate: Real Estate Agent (SAQA QUAL ID 118714) at NQF Level 4, and the Higher Occupational Certificate: Principal Real Estate Agent (SAQA QUAL ID 121691) at NQF Level 5, officially became effective on 1 July 2024. These qualifications are intended to replace...

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.

The PPRA is pleased to inform all aspirant principal property practitioners or current non-principal property practitioners holding valid FFCs as non-principal property practitioners and have already completed or were granted an equivalency exemption from completing NQF 4&5 qualifications and have passed or were exempted from PDE 4 to proceed...

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:

This serves to inform all Professional Designation Examination (PDE) candidates who wrote the examination on 23 March 2023, 20 April 2023 and 18 May 2023, that the examination (PDE) results are now available on MyPPRA portal. Thus, candidates may log in and view their results on the portal.  

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:

    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...

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...

The document discusses the implications of the property Practitioners Act and Regulations on the Education and Training Environment.

This serves to advise stakeholders of the following PDE dates for the calendar year 2026 and financial year 2026/2027. All property practitioners who still need to complete PDE are advised that PDE registrations are strictly completed online via MyPPRA Portal.