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Daniel G. Steyn
Group Chief Executive
Founded the original property practice in 2008 and led the group's expansion into management, security and food supply.
About the group
A holding company built on relationships, not transactions
DGS Group began as a single property practice and grew — deliberately, one business at a time — into a diversified group with interests in property, security and premium food supply.
Our story
Eighteen years of compounding trust
The group started with a small property practice serving a handful of suburbs. Growth came from referrals rather than advertising, and that shaped everything that followed: we only entered a new sector when an existing client asked us to solve a problem we could solve properly.
Property management came first, when owners asked us to keep looking after the buildings we had sold. Security followed, from estates that wanted one accountable partner. The butchery came later, from a family business the group acquired and rebuilt around consistency of grade and supply.
Today DGS Group operates as a holding company: centralised governance, finance and compliance, with each operating business free to serve its market in its own voice.
- Year the first DGS practice opened
- 2008Year the first DGS practice opened
- People across the group
- 120+People across the group
- Units under management
- 1 400+Units under management
- Client retention over five years
- 96%Client retention over five years
Values
Four commitments that govern every business
01
Stewardship
We treat client assets — homes, buildings, reserve funds — as if the outcome were our own. Every decision is defensible in writing.
02
Clarity
Plain reporting, honest valuations and no hidden margins. Clients should never have to interpret what we send them.
03
Specialism
Each business is run by people who have done the work. Generalists coordinate; specialists deliver.
04
Endurance
We build for succession, not for exit. That shapes how we hire, how we invest and how we price.
Governance
Group oversight, without group bureaucracy
A single finance, compliance and technology function supports every operating company, which keeps overheads low and standards consistent.
- Consolidated management accounts reviewed monthly by the group board
- Independent annual audit across all operating entities
- Shared compliance register covering FICA, POPIA and sectoral licensing
- One CRM and document standard, so client history is never lost
Leadership
The people accountable for the group
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Thandi Mokoena
Group Financial Director
Chartered accountant responsible for consolidated reporting, treasury and the group's audit relationships.
RF
Rui Fernandes
Managing Director, DGS Property
Twenty years in residential and commercial brokerage, now leading both property divisions.
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Karabo Dlamini
Group Head of Compliance
Oversees governance, licensing and the group's compliance framework across all operating entities.
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How it works
A disciplined, transparent process
- 01
Understand
We start with the outcome you need, not the service we sell.
- 02
Scope
A written mandate setting out deliverables, fees and reporting cadence.
- 03
Deliver
A named lead owns the relationship end to end, supported by specialists.
- 04
Review
Formal performance reviews at agreed intervals, with data attached.
Talk to the group directly
Executive enquiries, partnership proposals and media requests are handled by the group office in Sandton.