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:

The PPRA regrets to advise that the Roadshow to be held in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal on 21st June 2023, has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances and will be rescheduled at a later date.

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!    

The PPRA would like to inform all eligible property practitioners that the mandatory CPD programme for 2023 will be available on our PPRA portal from 01 July 2023 as opposed to the previously communicated date of 15 May 2023

The PPRA would like to inform all eligible property practitioners that the mandatory CPD programme for 2023 will be available on our PPRA portal from 15 May 2023.  

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.

The Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB) urges consumers to be vigilant when doing property transactions and to always check if the estate agent they are dealing with has a valid Fidelity Fund Certificate that is issued by the Board.

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

On 27 February 2014 the Constitutional Court of South Africa handed down judgement in the dispute between the Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB) on the one side and Auction Alliance and Rael Levitt on the other. The Constitutional Court has confirmed that the provisions of S32A of the Estate Agency Affairs Act and S45B of the Financial...

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.

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...