Real Estate Investor Magazine South Africa September 2016 | Page 21

RESIDENTIAL GRANT GAVIN Estate Agent Grant Gavin, KwaZulu-Natal based Broker/ Owner of RE/MAX Panache and President of the Durban Entrepreneurs Club that he founded in 2015, has won the national Standard Bank Rising Star Award for 2016 competition in the Entrepreneur’s category. Grant received the award at a star studded function held at the Hilton Hotel in Sandton City, Gauteng. www.reimag.co.za PORTIA TAU-SEKATI CEO The South African property sector is worth a whopping R5.8 trillion according to results from the latest study undertaken to determine the size of the country’s property sector. CEO of the Property Sector Charter Council, Portia Tau-Sekati says: “For a sector this big and this important it is crucial to have a hub of knowledge that consolidates information to support a common and consistent understanding of the sector.” PAUL STEVENS CEO Just Property have recently launched a firstto-market educational campaign that enables them to capitalize on the large number of residential tenants flowing from their expansive letting portfolio – a trait quite unique to their group – allowing them to approach tenants to guide and mentor them towards responsible and sustainable homeownership. SEPTEMBER 2016 SA Real Estate Investor 19