{"id":18343,"date":"2025-11-18T13:03:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T13:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/?p=18343"},"modified":"2025-11-18T13:05:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T13:05:02","slug":"saiv-and-rics-strengthen-partnership-to-advance-professional-standards-in-valuations-across-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/saiv-and-rics-strengthen-partnership-to-advance-professional-standards-in-valuations-across-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"SAIV and RICS Strengthen Partnership to Advance Professional Standards in Valuations Across Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>18 November 2025<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The South African Institute of Valuers (SAIV) has signed a Collaboration Agreement with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) to enhance cooperation, strengthen professional standards and advance education and knowledge-sharing across the valuation and property sectors in South Africa and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>The signing, which took place on 5 November at Protea Hotel Balalaika, Johannesburg, marks a significant milestone in aligning the South African valuation profession with international best practice while building a stronger platform for collaboration, skills development, and professional recognition across Africa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Commitment to Raising Professional Standards<\/strong><br \/>\nOpening the session, SAIV President Kobus Nel welcomed the RICS delegation and expressed optimism about the collaboration. \u201cWe know RICS\u2019 reputation for excellence in standards, training and global professional recognition is well respected,\u201d Nel said. \u201cSigning this agreement marks a significant step forward for SAIV and our members. It allows us to collaborate with a globally respected body, share knowledge and access world-class standards and resources,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click <\/strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/swmcommunications.us18.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=4aa460d15553ad1a481812177&amp;id=bd35204f32&amp;e=e2571705de\" data-outlook-id=\"9b1da49c-c9af-4605-b0b3-55a265be1820\">here<\/a><\/u><strong>\u00a0to download this press release in a Word document format<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>18 November 2025\u00a0\u2013 The South African Institute of Valuers (SAIV) has signed a Collaboration Agreement with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) to enhance cooperation, strengthen professional standards and advance education and knowledge-sharing across the valuation and property sectors in South Africa and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases","category-saiv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18343"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18349,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18343\/revisions\/18349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}