I've always felt that I'm not one to fit into any pyramid structure. I prefer flat structures, probably because you get to note how you're working with other people. When you're in the legal field, you're always in control of your environment - there's no way that somebody else is going to control your space. And I've been a strong litigator.

It has shaped me from day one. The minute I did law, from university onwards, my life completely changed. How I structure my plans and my future is influenced by the discipline of the legal field. Having the knowledge became an advantage amongst peers and it quickly grew my leadership skills as well.

I suppose it's coming back to the same issue, where we actually have to bring a little bit of law into that. One of the things that we're taught in the Bill of Rights is to ensure that people's dignity is restored. And most of our people are looking for accommodation. I think addressing that need, which makes people happy, is what Daku would like to do.

Property becomes one of the major assets to build what we normally call your trust fund. So it's still quite a huge factor for the South African market. Even throughout the world, for those that are staying in what we call low-income areas - if you go to downtown New York, you're still going to find rental issues and social housing issues. So as an individual, even in business, if you don't have a backup for any facilities that you're looking for, you're not going to get anything growing. You're going to be stuck with the cash that you are earning, as little as it is.

There's an opportunity for property developers to create spaces with wifi and all these amenities that people are going to need. And as long as those amenities are available, then it's fine. If that's what the future is looking like now then it is fine. We can work from home. But I'm still concerned about those people that are in low-income areas who do not have these tools of the trade that are required and whether all companies will be available to come on board to provide them.

The office environment has changed completely so it's valuable if you have a property and that becomes more than just your primary residence. You can also utilise it for secondary activities, which can enhance your income for the business. You can even operate from there, reducing your rental costs depending on the size of the business.

But for a normal person who wants to invest, it's always going to be about the location because you want the property to appreciate. It doesn't matter what size it is - the critical thing is it has to grow. 

First things first, your partnerships are very critical. I can safely say I'm a divorcee because of business - the value system that you instil in business is not a family system. One client of mine said to me that chemistry is key in business. Whoever you're going to do business with, the chemistry, the value system that you have should not be different. You might be different in how you do business, but you want to achieve the same goal.

In the property sector, there's what we believe in - bankability of the development or what you'd call the project. And we have feasibilities that we've got to comply with and one of those feasibilities is linked to tools that are within the industry.

Many still believe that offices are not going anywhere. And I do feel that, depending on the growth of sectors, that could be the right statement. What has happened in recent years is that companies have pushed too much towards reducing their spaces so our general letting spaces have very much decreased currently.