Executives show faith in Accelerate

20 JUL 2017 |  BY: ALISTAIR ANDERSON
Accelerate Property Fund's executives are backing themselves to turn the Fourways precinct-focused group around.
Chief operating officer Andrew Costa spent R9.98m on 1,865,306 shares on Friday, 14 July, at R5.3488 a share. Director of treasury……more

Century City – an integral part of Cape Town’s property scene

An unusable wasteland – a marshy piece of ground. Most property developers wouldn’t look at it twice. But that’s the site of what’s now Century City in Cape Town. It’s taken visionaries to see the potential.
This development arose at……more

Using Privyseal to protect property consumers

Since the Estate Agency Affairs Board made the use of Privyseal mandatory for registered estate agents over 3 million EAAB Privyseals are now displayed monthly. 
 Consumers should insist on only dealing with estate agents whose Privyseals reflect their registration status is……more

Task team to bust Gauteng slumlords

A task team will be set up by the Gauteng Provincial Government to deal with the illegal occupation and hijacking of buildings.
The Gauteng Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) MEC, Paul Mashatile, on Monday, 10 July 2017, described the trend……more

Land reform and property rights in SA

What the government is doing wrong and what needs to be done.
by :- Ben Cousins, Constance Mogale and Temba Nolutshungu  /  8 July 2017
There is widespread agreement that land reform in South Africa has failed, but that the extent is……more

Can SA's once-mighty construction sector be revived?

The Competition Commission has approved without conditions the buyout by Kutana Construction of a 51% beneficial interest in Aveng Grinaker LTA from Aveng Africa. The former is a black women-owned company.
The deal ticks off a major black economic empowerment transaction……more