MAIN IMAGE: Piet le Roux – Sakeliga CEO, and Thato Ramaili – PPRA CEO
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We’ve written several articles regarding the PPRA’s announcement that it will now only consider compliant BEE certificates when business property practitioners seek to renew their FFCs in the coming months. The issue of validity versus compliance has caused considerable consternation within the industry.
Sakeliga has announced that it is preparing a court case to stop the PPRA from implementing harmful and unlawful BEE requirements. Sakeliga CEO Piet le Roux (no relation to Jan le Roux, CE of Rebosa) explains that “the PPRA wants to make BEE participation a prerequisite for operating a property business, but that is crossing a line no self-respecting and aspiring business community should ever accept. Doing business is about adding value, not about being forced to serve harmful ideologies”.
Participate in the Sakeliga webinar
The non-profit has announced that it will be hosting a webinar briefing on June 20th about what property practitioners can do in the face of the PPRA’s threat, the upcoming court case, and how they can help us win. Interested parties can register for the webinar here.
Le Roux adds, “Crucially, if you are a property practitioner and have recently been refused a Fidelity Fund Certificate, please let us know ASAP. Your information could help us win the case and protect your business. If you have not yet been refused, that is good, but according to the PPRA, your certificate will not be renewed when it comes up for renewal sometime in the next few months or year or two.
Participation in the webinar will be anonymous and free of charge. Property practitioners who think we are doing good work are welcome to support us with a once-off or recurring donation of their choosing”.
Register for the free webinar here.
