How QSR giant KFC secures SA sites

He has big shoes to fill with the imminent departure of David Green, long-time CEO of the V&A Waterfront. But Graham Wood, CEO designate of the Mother City’s and one of Africa’s most iconic properties and tourist attractions, believes he is up for the challenge and its next phases of growth.

CEO of the JSE-listed majority black-owned and managed real estate counter is more positive about SA’s economic hub – home to SA’s biggest population, biggest retail property market, and most of the group’s assets.

The insurer’s ‘Property Impact Fund has been launched to address a dire need in South Africa, serving the underserved missing middle,’ says Kamogelo Leeuw, portfolio manager, Sanlam Investments.

The one-time investment advisor to President Cyril Ramaphosa and outgoing chair of JSE-listed Delta Property Fund talks about her time leading Delta’s board in a challenging period to turn around the group, and weighs in on SA’s grey list exit, saying: ‘now is not the time to be complacent… corruption…

Barto van der Merwe, managing director of Renishaw Property Developments, shares insights on the residential-centred, mixed-use property node backed by JSE-listed Crookes Brothers and rising from the ground on sugarcane land straddling the Umdoni and eThekwini municipalities.