Deon Terblanche

Husband, father, CEO of Keller Williams Southern Africa, admitted attorney, operator, and builder. Tweets are strictly my own.

[Deon Terblanche @dterblanche]

@BafanaSurprise @SpaceX Roelof is well on his way to becoming a billionaire in dollar terms. He became a billionaire in Rand long ago.

[Deon Terblanche @dterblanche]

@KimballCall Love your children, play with them, put your phone down, and make their childhood magical. You’ll be great.

[Deon Terblanche @dterblanche]

@grahamformaine Freedom of speech means you have the freedom to say silly, envious things like this. Elon buying Twitter and saving free speech, was just one of the things he did to allocate capital beter than any government ever could.

[Deon Terblanche @dterblanche]

@TheeJoelLopez One does not need this and countless other blessings with kids, but you should want it. It’s the richest life experience possible.

[Deon Terblanche @dterblanche]

@IanCameron23 @TheJaundicedEye @FmdResponseSA Pure class and strong leadership, as always, Ian.

[Today in History @TodayinHistory]

Voltaire passed away today in 1778.

There are two quotes of his I always come back to:

"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."

and

“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”

[Deon Terblanche @dterblanche]

This is probably not the right strategy, @geordinhl. There were/are many other directions for you to take in the run-up to the local elections. Further alienating a key section of voters who wanted some reassurance after @jsteenhuisen's lamentable F&M strategy is not a wise move.

[Deon Terblanche @dterblanche]

This is incredible!

[Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil]

Eli Lilly has done it.

They've gone and made what seems to be a powerful, permanent gene therapy for LDL cholesterol.

That means they'll be able to effectively prevent most heart disease with a single infusion!

[Deon Terblanche @dterblanche]

Every top producer eventually arrives at the same question. Stay where I am, or build something of my own?

Your book is built. Your team is forming. Your personal brand is doing real work in the local market. And the brokerage you've stayed loyal to is starting to feel more like a constraint than a platform.

Both available answers are incomplete.

Open your own brokerage, and you own the upside. You also own every agency obligation, every staff payroll, every piece of admin that pulls you off the listing appointments and client work that built the business.

Join a low-cost, high-commission online model, and the cheque grows. The platform thins. A company built to scale wafer-thin margins across hundreds or thousands of agents cannot always deliver the training, coaching, support, or community a top producer needs.

Neither answer works for someone who has already built something.

The Mega Agent Office is our structural answer.

An MAO is a satellite office of a KW Market Centre, offering a business opportunity to the top-producing lead agent. She owns her real estate business, her brand, her trajectory. The parent Market Centre takes care of most of the agency obligations behind it. The lead agent is freed to do what top agents do best: list, sell, and build the team.

The closest analogy: a specialist surgeon who owns her practice but operates inside a hospital. The hospital handles licensing, infrastructure, theatre, and insurance. The surgeon owns her practice, her brand, and her patient relationships.

The MAO works in a similar way.

Behind her sits the full KW platform. Technology and training systems built to grow sustainable agent businesses. International coaching and mastermind opportunities. A culture of growth, accountability, and opportunity built up over four decades. And, through Growth Share, the right to earn a share of revenue for every agent she helps build into the system — an alternative income stream.

That's more than just the next transaction. It's an asset.

If you're a top agent, inside KW or outside it, and you've started asking whether the next chapter looks bigger than your current one, this is a conversation worth having.

Let's build something bigger.

[Deon Terblanche @dterblanche]

The next three years are aimed at serving twice as many agents, without diluting anything that made the first chapter work.

The award is the result. The culture is the system.

And this office is just getting started.

[Deon Terblanche @dterblanche]

KW Eden just took Market Centre of the Year 2026. Best of George 2024. Best of George 2025. And many others.

Founded in 2017, in a region that on paper shouldn't have supported a Market Centre of that scale.

The wins are the visible part. The real story sits underneath. 🧵

[Deon Terblanche @dterblanche]

Culture is set through who and what you allow to set the tone.

The awards come after.

[Deon Terblanche @dterblanche]

Here's the question worth sitting with today: How many people in your database have heard from you in the past 30 days? Whatever the number, the move from here is encouraging. Not a new lead source. The people who already know you and trust you. Start there. Today.

[Deon Terblanche @dterblanche]

The clients you sign up before the May MPC meeting are the deals that will close in H2 2026 and into 2027.

The cycle has been running for 18 months already.

The gap that's opening now is between the professionals who will use the pause to build a pipeline and those who will use it as an excuse.

Let's go build. 💪

[Deon Terblanche @dterblanche]

Six rate cuts since September 2024. 150 basis points off the repo rate.

Then two holds in a row, January and March 2026.

Many property professionals are reading the pause as a signal to take their foot off the pedal.

They're reading it wrong. 🧵

[Deon Terblanche @dterblanche]

The mistake many property professionals make at this point is waiting for the next cut before they start pushing again.

By the time it lands, the buyer pool has expanded, and the better listings are gone. The agents who built through the pause are taking the work.