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Information about the South African Council for Valuers
 History
History of the South African Council for Valuers
 Members
Information on the members of the South African Council for Valuers
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Standing L-R: Vusi Ndlovu, Chris Gavor, Marijke Serfontein, Gilbert Adams
Sitting L-R: Jerry Margolius, Zodwa Mavhungu (Vice President), Molefi Kubuzie (President), Matsobane Seota (Registrar), Portia Tau-Sekati |
Molefi Kubuzie
President
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Mr. Kubuzie is the president of the South
African Council for the Property Valuers
Profession, a statutory body established by
section 2 of the Property Valuers
Profession Act 2000 (Act No. 47 of 2000). | | | 
Zondwa Mavhungu
Vice-President
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Mrs. Mavhungu is the vice-president of
the South African Council for the Property
Valuers Profession, a statutory body
established by section 2 of the Property
Valuers Profession Act 2000
(Act No. 47 of 2000). | | | 
Gilbert Adams
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Gilbert Adams has been involved in the
property industry since 1986 as Principal
of a Real Estate Firm, Property Developer
and in 1989 entered the Property Valuation
profession. Gilbert also served on the
Southern Branch of the Institute of Valuers
and was appointed the first Chairman of
the Black Valuers Association in 2003.
Gilbert has been in private practise for
approximately 23 years. As a professional
valuer, Gilbert has valued most types of
properties including a portion of Robben
Island as well as several regional shopping
centres throughout the country. Currently,
Gilbert is registered as a Professional
Valuer after completing his NDPV at
Cape Tech (CPUT); he also completed a
course in Auctioneering and Housing
& Community Development course at the
University of Cape Town. Gilbert is
currently the Vice President of Kappa
Alpha Psi Fraternity, Cape Town,
Western Cape Alumni Chapter. | | | 
Chris Gavor
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Christopher joined the City of Cape Town
Metro in 1992 and is now the Director:
Valuations
Christopher obtained a BSc Honours degree in
Land Economy from the University of Science
and Technology in Ghana. Thereafter,
he obtained a MSc in Urban and Regional
Planning from the University of Natal.
In 1998, he obtained a Diploma in the
Development and Management of Land and
Cadastral Information Systems and
obtained an MBA degree from the University of
Cape Town in 2008.
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Jerry Margolius
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Jerry Margolius is Registered Professional
Valuer and is serving his second term as a
Council Member. Jerry who has been practicing
in valuations for more than 30 years and is
also a qualified Arbitrator, Mediator and
Umpire (valuation & rental disputes)
as well as a Sectional Title Consultant.
He was a Past President and is a Life member
of the S A Institute of Valuers. As a valuer
Jerry specialises in litigation support for
specialised valuation matters including land
restitution, expropriation, specialised
properties etc. Jerry serves on various
Committees and Task Teams for the
Government, Provincial Administration
& Local Authority. | | | 
Vusi Ndlovu |
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Hendrik Vusi Ndlovu is registered as a
Professional Valuer . He has a National
Diploma in Real Estate(Property Valuation),
Certificate in Local Government and
Development Administration, Certificate in
Principles for First – Line Managers and
currently studying Strategic Management at
Unisa.
He aslo have been in the valuation
profession for a period of | | | 
Dumisani Nkomo |
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Dumisani holds a BSc degree from the
University of Botswana and an MBA from
the University of the Witwatersrand.
He is a former chairperson of the Estate
Agents Affairs Board, the Limpopo
Immigration Board, and the Gauteng
Immigration Board. Dumisani also served
as a member of the Black Management Forum’s
Management Committee. After seven years at
the South African Breweries, he formed
Cutting Edge Consultants, a consulting
firm, which specialises in Strategy
development, scenario planning,
organisation development, property
management and brokerage. Dumi is
currently the CEO of Cutting Edge,
and a member of the Gauteng Development
Tribunal. As a member of the Gauteng
Development Tribunal, Dumi also chairs
its sittings from time to time. He is
passionately involved in promoting the
development and sustenance of Small,
Micro and Medium Enterprises. | | | 
Werner Sarvari |
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Werner holds a National Diploma: Property
Valuation. He also has extensive accredited
courses in: Municipal Management, Project
Management and Property Tax. He has also
been a valuer since 1993 (22years), worked
in local authority environment, then to
Financial Services sector and returned to
local government in 2002 as Director:
Valuation Services. Werner was regional
valuer for Bankorp Property Services,
First National Bank and Boland Bank,
later National Head: Valuations for BoE Bank,
based in Paarl. His experience includes the
valuation of all types of properties, with
specialisation in valuations for rating
purposes, income producing properties, farms,
filling stations and hotels. He has worked
throughout South Africa and was exposed to
all levels of management since 1989,
starting as a junior manager of a sub-office
at Bankorp Property Services and moving up
to the position of Director: Valuation Services,
where he managed 64 staff members and
a budget of R 16 million per annum.
Currently, Werner also acts as stretegic
advisor to the Executive Director:
Corporate Services and the
MMC: Municipal Administration at the
City of Johannesburg Municipality.
He has been actively involved in education
as a lecturer in Property Valuation II and III
at the Cape Technikon for 5 years until 2001.
Werner is a regular presenter at the
Practical Workschool offered by the SA
Institute of Valuer as well as at conferences,
seminars and workshops. | | | 
Matsobane Seota
Registrar |
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Matso is the registrar of the Council
appointed on 01 May 2005. He holds a BCom
from the University of Limpopo
(alias Turfloop), a National Diploma in
Real Estate: Property Valuation, a Certificate
in Taxation, a BCom (Hons), all from UNISA,
and an MBA from Boston College (USA).
He worked in various industries, starting at
a development corporation where he was
assisting entrepreneurs with funding and
other business establishment needs.
Before being appointed executive for the
corporation’s property division, Matso
was its acting chief executive. He had
a stint at Rank Xerox (SA) and at IBM (SA).
He held positions of consultant in change
management at Deloitte Consulting and
Argil Consulting firms before being
appointed the Council’s Registrar. Matso
represented the Limpopo Province on the
Black Management Forum’s management
committee during the 90’s and was a
member of the Manufacturing Development
Board for the Department of Trade and
Industry for over 10 years. He serves as
a member of the Gauteng Commercial Tax Court. | | | 
Marijke Serfontein |
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Marijke holds the National Diploma Property
Valuation from UNISA. She also holds a
National Education Diploma. In 1988 she
joined the valuation field and registered
as a Associated Valuer in 1990. She worked
for the Transvaal Council for Peri-Urban
Areas and then moved to the City of
Johannesburg in 1994 as a senior valuer
and left as a valuation manager in 2002.
Currently, she operates her own valuation
firm which is based in Pretoria. Marijke
has lectured on property valuation part
time at the University of Pretoria
from 2004 to 2006. From 2005 to 2009
she was the vice president of the SACPVP
as well as chairperson of the Education
Committee. She was re-elected for the
next term and serves on the Education;
Investigation and the Accreditation committees.
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Portia Tau-Sekati |
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Portia Tau-Sekati is currently the
CEO of The Property Sector Charter Council,
the organisation that is entrusted with
assisting all the stakeholders of the
property sector on their transformation
journey as outlined in the Property Sector
Charter. Prior to this role, she served as
the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) National
Association of Real Estate Agencies (NAREA),
which she started and developed from scratch
as a mandate from her board to form an
organisation that will promotes and
protects the interests of the residential
property market.
Portia’s background is marketing and she
was a Group Marketing Executive for Thebe
Investment Corporation, Marketing Executive
for Fresh Produce Market in Johannesburg,
Sales and Marketing Manager for Roche
Pharmaceutical. Portia started her career
with Gillette Company in junior marketing
position and progressed to the most senior
marketing position. Her experience in
marketing was enhanced by working in both
South Africa and in USA (Boston –Gillette
Global Head Office) as part of the team
driving strategies for other Gillette
global markets.
She has won numerous awards in most of
the roles she served and serves in a
number of boards and committees. She
has been a speaker in a number of conferences
in property sector and organisational
transformation topics. | |
Standing L-R: Cora Vorster, Nelson Chuene, Kate Maphalla
Sitting L-R: Martina Monyamane, Matsobane Seota (Registrar),
Minah Netshituni |
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