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:

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:

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.  

    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.