ABOUT six times as many blacks and women are attending commercial property association Sapoa's property education courses as there were 10 years ago, indicating that the organisation's transformation plans are paying dividends.
Sapoa ran an advanced property development programme course during the past two weeks in conjunction with the Graduate School of Business at the University of Cape Town.
Sapoa CE Brian Kirchmann says that general interest in all the courses including Sapoa's introductory and intermediate courses has "grown exponentially".
The advanced programme is especially gruelling. During the second week participants identify a site and are then required to submit a development proposal within four days.
"A professional team in reality would take at least four weeks," said Kirchmann. In the past three or four years more government departments, mainly local and provincial representatives, have sent delegates to the course.
"I think government realises that with their huge investments in property they need to enhance their skills with regard to owning, managing and developing property," he said.
Kirchmann says that "there is a need for constant education", which is the quickest and most effective way to transform the property industry .
"The property industry has really been on the back foot in terms of transformation due to the low interest level (among) previously disadvantaged individuals, bearing in mind the Group Areas Act. They didn't have access to commercial property."
Kirchmann says the course, which is held at the Graduate School of Business every July, enables Sapoa to bring together midlevel to senior executives in the commercial property industry from anywhere in the world. This year there were delegates from England, Swaziland, Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
Aug 06 2003 08:36:52:000AM Nick Wilson Business Day 1st Edition
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Posted On Wednesday, 06 August 2003 02:00 Published by eProperty News
ABOUT six times as many blacks and women are attending commercial property association Sapoa's property education courses as there were 10 years ago, indicating that the organisation's transformation plans are paying dividends.
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