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IMMEDIATE RELEASE 7 DECEMBER 2011 ESTATE AGENCY AFFAIRS BOARD INSTITUTES ACTION AGAINST GAVIN WRIGHT PROPERTY TEAM CC AND MR. GAVIN ELISON WRIGHT IN CAPE TOWN

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 17 October 2011 ESTATE AGENCY AFFAIRS BOARD INSTITUTES ACTION AGAINST GAVIN WRIGHT PROPERTY TEAM CC AND MR GAVIN ELISON WRIGHT IN CAPE TOWN The Estate Agency Affairs Board, represented by A. B. Scarrott Attorneys, has instituted an application in the Western Cape High Court, Cape Town, against Gavin Wright Property Team CC and Mr...

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12 October 2011 ESTATE AGENCY AFFAIRS BOARD AMNESTY PROGRAMME ENDS 15 OCTOBER 2011 The Estate Agency Affairs Board’s (EAAB) Amnesty programme aimed at illegally operating practicing estate agency practitioners will come to an end on 15 October 2011. The programme was extremely well received by both practicing estate agents as...

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10 OCTOBER 2011 CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT (CPA) – SECTION 14 ESTATE AGENCY AFFAIRS BOARD WORKSHOP The Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB) mindful of its obligation to act transparently and to liaise with all its stakeholders regarding matters of consequence to them as agreed, at the suggestion of South African property Association...

THE ESTATE AGENCY AFFAIRS BOARD FORGES AHEAD Professional Designation Examination (PDE) The first Professional Designation Examination (PDE), leading to the professional designation of estate agents, was held by the Estate agency affairs Board (EAAB) countrywide on 18 August 2011. “The EAAB is proud of the success of the pioneer PDE candidates,...

The Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB), acting in terms of the Education Regulations, has resolved to grant a two-year extension to all estate agents who were registered on 15 July 2008 and who were, thus, required to be certificated against the relevant estate agency qualifications by 31 December 2011. Such estate agents will now have until 31...

The Estate Agency Affairs Board (“the EAAB”) has noted, with regret, that certain details of a forensic report by Deloitte & Touche ("Deloittes") into Ms Nomonde Mapetla’s alleged mis-management of her office appear to have been recently leaked to the media.

With regard to recent media reports around the issue of disclosure by the chairman of the Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB), Mr Thami Bolani, of moneys received from EAAB by NCF Consulting through adverts placed in the Consumer Fair publication, the EAAB Board would like to express its full support of the chairman.

It may at the outset be mentioned that during the previous six month period the Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB) has caused numerous investigations into a number of estate agency enterprises to be conducted especially in cases where there has been any suspicion of non-compliance. This fact underscores the commitment of the EAAB to efficiently,...