The Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority regrets to advise that due to system development, registration and licencing processes are not fully functional. The PPRA is working tirelessly with its IT partners to restore full productivity as soon as possible and undertakes to keep property practitioners and stakeholders advised as to the...

Both entities have received numerous complaints regarding the practice amongst property practitioners and conveyancers in terms of which professional work is allocated to conveyancers in exchange for kickbacks in the form of either monetary rewards or other incentives. Conveyancers and property practitioners are hereby reminded that this practice...

In accordance with Regulation 33.2.3 of the Property Practitioners Regulations (PPR), no individual may operate as a non-principal property practitioner unless they have first completed a practical training course. 

The Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority (“PPRA”, “we”, “our” or “us”) wishes to inform all stakeholders that on the evening of 17 April 2025, a ransomware attack was detected affecting servers hosted by our service provider.  

Consumers are warned to only use the services of property practitioners (estate agents) who are registered with the PPRA and are in possession of a valid fidelity fund certificate. When doing business with a property practitioner firm (estate agency firm), consumers must make sure that the firm is registered with the PPRA and has been issued with...

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.  

The PPRA is embarking on a Nationwide Roadshow, which commenced in Cape Town in May 2023 and is being rolled out to all (9) Provinces over the next few months. The calendar is on the PPRA website; venues will be confirmed closer to the time.  

If you are a property practitioner, who has left or is about to leave the industry or planning on closing your property practitioner firm, you MUST notify the PPRA of your intention to do so!    

It is with great pleasure to announce that the Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority (PPRA) has appointed Ms. Thato Ramaili as the new Acting Chief Executive Officer. Ms. Ramaili is taking over the reigns from previous Acting CEO Deli Nkambule effective 1st February 2023.  

Communication to all affected exam candidates who could not write the exam on the 17th and 30th November 2022 and wish to write on 09 February 2023.

Full Press Statement Regarding The Final Forensic Investigtion Report On Allegations Against The Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority suspended  CEO.  

The PDI transformation initiative program which was introduced in January 2019 under section 27 of the Estate Agency Affairs Act (EAAA) has not been retained under the Property Practitioners Act (PP Act). This program was meant to assist PDI’s who would otherwise have been non-complaint with the provisions of the previous EAAA to be issued...

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...

The hearings were prompted by receipt of written comments pertaining to alleged racism practices within the property sector as well as an investigation undertaken by the PPRA as a result of the complaint report received against a Property Practitioner (EstateAgent) in the Western Cape province. The PPRA is hosting a series of hearings and...

The Board of the Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority ( PPRA ) welcomes the decision of the court handed down on the 14th of April 2022, putting to rest with certainty the unwarranted assertion that the PPRA Board was unlawfully and illegally appointed. In the same token, the court’s decision dismisses the assertion that the...

The Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority Board has placed the Chief Executive, Mamodupi Mohlala on precautionary suspension with full pay pending an investigation into allegations against here, received from the Public Service Commission. Her suspension is by no means suggesting a guilty verdict on the part of the CEO.

The Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority (PPRA) has noted several complaints and enquirers from industry players who received email correspondence from a source purporting to be Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB) demanding them to pay outstanding debt in terms of the Estate Agency Affairs Act of 112/76.

IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Estate Agency Affairs Board Media Statement Re: Beyers Realty Group (Pty) Ltd 20 September 2016

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 25 MARCH 2014 ESTATE AGENCY AFFAIRS BOARD RESPONDS TO THE ORDER GRANTED IN PHILIP vs ESTATE AGENCY AFFAIRS BOARD (39922/12) [2013] ZAGPPHC 276

It gives me great pleasure to announce on behalf of the Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB), that, after the conclusion of a comprehensive and rigorous selection process, Mr. Bryan Chaplog has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the EAAB with effect from 1 October 2013.

All estate agents are required to update their information in order to enable the EAAB to communicate with estate agents effectively.

The Professional Designation Examination (PDE) is an integrated test of knowledge for estate agents contemplated in regulation of the Education Regulations promulgated under Government Notice R.633 on 04 June 2008. In terms of regulations 4(3) no persons may be registered by the EAAB as a full status agent unless that person has successfully...

To provide for the establishment of an Estate Agency Affairs Board and an Estate Agents Fidelity Fund; for the control of certain activities of estate agents in the public interest; and for incidental matters. The core function of the Registration department is to ensure the management of the registration processes of all applications pertaining...

The new outcomes based educational framework for estate agents is contained in the Regulations Relating to the Standard of Training of Estate Agents which was published in the Government Gazette on 4 June 2008 and came into operation on 15 July 2008.