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Godfrey Tenga

Godfrey Tenga

Portfolio/Business development Manager

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PietermaritzburgMember since October 12, 2026
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About

A servant-leader, Passionate, driven, team player, attentive,master communicator, ownership, problem solver,charismstic ,think on my feet, can handle pressure and business/sales acumen

Experience

Rental Agent - INTERNATIONAL HOUSING SOLUTIONS (IHS) - Johannesburg

(2013-01 - 2017-11)

  • marketing campaigns
  • lead generation
  • viewings and closing deals
  • leasing
  • room inspection
  • maintenance tracker
  • client liason
  • lease renewals
  • student welfare
  • Achievements were 100% tenancy by March 30 of every year with both nsfas and private students
  • I left in 2017, when IHS sold the building to a Tawain company

Property Manager - Central Development Property Group - Pretoria

(2018-01 - 2019-07)

We managed Board walk Heights Estate in Pretoria East with 360 residential units and my duties entitled:

  • leads generation
  • viewings and closing deals
  • vetting, and leasing
  • room allocation
  • inspections
  • rental collection and escalations
  • lease renewal and terminations
  • client care
  • maintainance
  • client retention
  • I was the property manager of the month in June 2019 and we had no vacancies each month and achieved rental collection of 90%
  • I left due to a bigger role offered

Portifolio/Business development Manager - Rubies and Pearls PTY LTD - Johannesburg

(2019-08)

I oversee a mixed property portfolio with over 100 properties and with over 2000 beds in student accommodation, and my staff layout is 40 who are property manager, maintenance managers, house keeping Manager, cleaners, maintenance staff, security, drivers etc.

  • Profitability of the entire portfolio
  • reporting to owners, investors and top management weekly and monthly using MDA and management reports
  • sales and marketing strategies
  • staff management
  • SLA management
  • budgets
  • Payment facilitation
  • business development and new business take on
  • building acquisition and sales
  • client retention
  • Among many other duties
  • My greatest achievement is collecting over 90% rental in our student accommodation portfolio in 2020 during covid yet our students were not in residency for 5 months, it took mastery of the law and persuasion to achieve and navigating nsfas dynamics yearly to successfully collect all rentals, and adding minimum 500 beds every year from having 160 beds in 2019 to over 2000 beds by 2024.
  • My current salary is R35 000 gross excluding merit commissions
  • My expected salary is Gross R50 000 to 75 000
  • Notice period: Immediate since my contract ended and I am assisting pending a replacement

Education

BACHELORS OF LAW (LLB) - Specialized in business law, property law ,civil law and alternative dispute resolution - University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (2012-02 - 2015-11)

Skills

Portfolio/Business development Manager

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