Real Estate Investor Magazine July/ Aug 2020 July 2020 | Page 54

INSPIRATION
Image Caption: SAIBPP’s Young Professionals Forum Committee Members. Top left to right: Hector Maepa, Stando
Langa & Michael Kodinye Bottom left to right: Thokozani Msimanga, Nthabiseng Makgabo & Matlali Queen Matsoso
Nurturing the future
The next generation of black property leaders
Through its various initiatives, The South African Institute of Black Property
Practitioners is nurturing the next generation of black property leaders and
professionals with its Bursary Fund and Young Professionals Forum, property
education and coaching. As well as, matching talented students to internship
opportunities with corporates. These initiatives give them the chance to
pursue various careers within the property sector and live bright futures.
T
here are a number of young people who have
been prospering in reaching their goals through
the opportunities offered by SAIBPP. Employed
as an Assistant Manager at the second largest student
accommodation company in South Africa, Respublica is 26
years old Nthabiseng Makgabo.
Makgabo was part of the first cohort to benefit from the
SAIBPP Bursary Fund back in 2013. The Bursary Fund gave
Her the opportunity to study towards a BSc Property Studies
Degree at Witwatersrand University. Having graduated in
2016, she took on a number of roles in the property sector
before securing her current position as an Asset Manager.
The Chosen Path
About her studies and her prominent occupation Makgabo
beleives that there’s a lot to learn in her role as an Assistant
Manager and that the industry she is in has a rewarding effect
in her professional journey and that there are many different
career options.
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