Pol Osei News Today

The Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority (PPRA) has fined an estate agent R25 000 for discriminating against a black tenant.

Pol Osei posted a copy of a WhatsApp conversation on social media in which the estate agent told him his application for accommodation had been declined because of his race.

Estate Agencies Affairs Board CEO Mamodupi Mohlala said the regulatory body is in the process of investigating allegations of racism in the property sector.

Johnson had landed in hot water last week after she racially discriminated against potential tenant, Pol Osei, who had enquired about a CBD-located apartment.

The Estate Agency Affairs Board said it would launch an investigation into a complaint involving a Cape Town real estate company that allegedly allowed the landlord of a Cape Town CBD apartment to decline a rental applicant based on his race.

The Estate Agency Affairs Board said it would launch an investigation into a complaint involving a Cape Town real estate company that allegedly allowed the landlord of a Cape Town CBD apartment to decline a rental applicant based on his race.

The extent of just how pervasive rental racism is in Cape Town will be looked at by the Estate Agency Affairs Board when it investigates a complaint involving a local estate agent for allowing a 'race-specific' demand from its client.

The Estate Agency Affairs Board will launch an investigation into a complaint involving a Cape Town real estate company that allegedly allowed a landlord to decline a rental applicant because of his race. According to media reports last week, a Mr Pol Osei, took to various social media platforms and posted a WhatsApp conversation where the estate agent explained to him that he was refused accommodation based on his race.

Constitutional law expert Pierre De Vos said it is a criminal offence for landlords and real estate agents to discriminate against black applicants.

A local estate agent was suspended by her agency after she refused to proceed with a viewing of a property by a person of colour, because the owner of the property had a “race-specific” request.