Thato Ramaili

Chief Executive Officer, PPRA

Thato Ramaili is Chief Executive Officer of PPRA, in the role since March 2024.

The Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority (PPRA) regulates estate agents and other property practitioners and replaced the Estate Agency Affairs Board in 2022. Ramaili joined its board in 2021 and ran Loara Realty before stepping up to lead the regulator.

In the job

  1. The PPRA board appointed Ramaili as permanent CEO after more than a year as acting CEO. Source

  2. Ramaili set out priorities of further professionalising the industry, a more diverse sector and more use of technology, in an interview with Absa's The Address. Source

  3. The PPRA announced that from 1 August 2026 candidates can register as non-principal property practitioners by passing its examination and completing practical training, without first completing the NQF Level 4 qualification. Source

Career before

  1. Property practitioner, Sotheby's International Realty (United States)
  2. Owner, Loara Realty
  3. from 2021Member of the board, PPRA
  4. from February 2023Acting CEO, PPRA

Sources

  1. propertyprofessional.co.za
  2. propertyprofessional.co.za
  3. payprop.com
  4. gov.za

Facts last checked 3 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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