Real estate still a white male bastion
But property industry optimistic over Cyril Ramaphosa's victory
When property doyenne Pam Golding began her business in the 1970s she had no capital and found herself in an industry largely dominated by men. The phenomenal rise of her real estate business, which has expanded into an international operation, has been hailed as an inspirational story of a woman succeeding against the odds. But Xoliswa Tini, the founder of Xoliswa Tini Properties in East London, has found it hard to break into the industry - partly because she is not only a woman, but a black one. When she started out in 2003, she found the real estate industry still dominated by men - mainly white men. It had little room for new players, especially black entrepreneurs. Tini said generally it was difficult for black people to get into the industry without financial support.Difficult to break in "When I started, none of the existing franchisees would ever take me, because I did not have experience," she told Business Times. "The real estate market is closed and you are sat down in t...
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