EAAB board members are temporary appointments



The system of appointing board members for a three-year term of service on the Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB) instead of permanent appointments has been criticised by Bill Rawson and blamed in part for the recent resignation of its chief executive officer Stanley Moshidi. Reacting to Moshidi's departure, Rawson, national president of the Institute of Estate Agents, while praising Moshidi's initiatives in the interests of both industry and consumer, said the system of appointing board members for a three-year term seriously disadvantaged Moshidi's efforts in implementing continuity of policy and strategy. Rawson believed Moshidi's resignation had been prompted by high levels of personal frustration at being overseen by a board that lacked permanency in ensuring the execution of its policies. The fact that a period of four months had elapsed between the standing down of the former and the appointment of the present board had not helped the situation. Rawson said that during the past two years, the Institute and the EAAB had begun to work more closely in the interests of the property industry. "Relations between the EAAB and the industry - as represented by the IEA - improved during his tenure as CEO." "In particular, we commend him for reinstating a regional inspectorate (on a trial basis), for publishing FICA guidelines for the industry to follow, for his involvement in the development of the new national qualifications for the industry, and for setting up a task team to promote transformation. "Last year too, at the request of the industry and the IEA, he incurred the displeasure of the Department of Trade & Industry by publishing long overdue EAAB financial reports which the DTI had not yet approved. "We wish Stanley Moshidi every success in his new position on the Bench, and we trust that his successor at the EAAB will be appointed soon." He suggested that the authorities should look toward appointing a person from within existing staff at the board rather than bringing in a complete outsider. This would speed up the successful take over of new management. Article: Rodney Hayter - www.rodneyhayter.com email: hayter@icon.co.za