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A winning strategy: Town Square at Newmarket
A proud moment for Retail Network Services at the 2025 SACSC Congress held in Cape Town from 5 to 7 August: Town Square at Newmarket in Alberton was officially awarded the 'Spectrum Award for Overall Retail Excellence' by Muhammad Paruk, President of the SACSC.
Retail Network Services was responsible for the winning centre's retail strategy, leasing and tenant co-ordination. CEO Gavin Tagg (2nd from the right)
was joined on stage by, from left to right: Abishek Rama (representing co-owner Nedbank Property Partners), Faiz Cassim (representing co-owners and developers Rejem & Jonker Evolution), Muhammad Paruk (SACSC) and Kevin Egnos (architect, SVA International).
Retail Network Services CEO Gavin Tagg
​RNS’s CEO addresses ABSA’s
flagship Consumer Conference
2025
Gavin Tagg, CEO of Retail Network Services, was invited to address ABSA’s Consumer Conference 2025 held in Cape Town on 4 and 5 August. The Conference was attended by a number of retail players. Gavin’s presentation was entitled: “Is South Africa over-retailed?”. His final summing up: “NO. Bring on more fashion and more fun!”
First SACSC Gauteng event of 2025
The Inanda Polo Club hosted the Gauteng Chapter of the SACSC for its first
members’ event of 2025. The event celebrated winners of the 2024 SACSC
Footprint Marketing Awards. A large group of RNS staff attended.
Retail Network Services was well-represented at the first SACSC Gauteng event of the year.
Whether on the Padel court or court-side - the networking was ace
The September 2024 SACSC Networking Event in Gauteng took the form of a Padel court get-together. Members and guests enjoyed battling it out on court, before joining those networking court-side.
Antonio Agostinelli (Retail Network Services Leasing Executive), Shirley Sekhu (Retail Network Services General Assistant) and Luke Smith (PolygonIt Professional) did a good bit of both!
From l. to r: Marese Herbst (The Market Space); Angela Rex, Wisani Mothembi, Eugene Potigieter, Shirley Sekhu and Vanessa Robinson (all from Retail Network Services); Luke Smith (PolygonProp); Kimeko Maritz (Retail Network Services); Lizelle Cloete (The Market Space)
RNS STEPS INTO THE SACSC ‘FOCUS ROOM’
Retail Network Services team members attended an SACSC breakfast
meeting - Gauteng Chapter – on 22 May 2024. The ‘Focus Rooms’
session highlighted ESG principles in retail and was addressed by
sustainability consultant Anelisa Keke.
RNS attends the 2023 SACSC Congress in Cape Town
Retail Network Services attends the SACSC Congress each year, and 2023 was no exception. Networking with industry colleagues is one of the major highlights of attending the Congress. RNS team members Eugene Potgieter (2nd from the left) together with Kimeko Maritz, CEO Gavin Tagg, Wisani Mothembi, and Vanessa Robinson (4th from the right) and Antonio Agostinelli (1st on the right) enjoyed meeting up with teams from PolygonProp and The Market Space in October 2023, at the Congress venue in Cape Town.
RNS honours staff with Long Service Awards
The RNS team enjoyed dinner together on Friday 4 August 2023, and then
applauded those team members who received Service Awards from a beaming
CEO, Gavin Tagg. Marjike Arran, Mitta Maleka, Angela Rex and Connie Twala
received awards for 5 years of service, while Vanessa Robinson was heartily
cheered for her 10 years of service to RNS.
From L. to R.: Gavin Tagg (CEO) with Service Award recipients – Marjike Arran, Connie Twala, Angela Rex, Vanessa Robinson and Mitta Maleka
RNS bowled over by SACSC Gauteng NextGen event
RNS staff, Antonio Agostinelli, Angela Rex and Wisani Mothembi together with Luke Smith of PolygonProp, were bowled over by the great networking and entertaining Hyper Bowling and Augmented Reality Darts competitions on offer at the Broll-sponsored SACSC Gauteng NextGen event held in Rosebank on 6 July 2023.
From L. to R.: Antonio Agostinelli (RNS), Luke Smith (PolygonProp), Angela Rex and Wisani Mothembi (RNS)
From L. to R.: Angela Rex, Eugene Potgieter, Kimeko Maritz, Wisani Mothembi,
Gavin Tagg (CEO), Shirley Sekhu, Vanessa Robinson, Antonio Agostinelli and
Luke Smith (PolygonProp)
RNS attends the SACSC Gauteng Chapter’s June breakfast
RNS team members attended the SACSC Gauteng Chapter’s June 2023
breakfast at The Hilton in Sandton. ‘Accelerating the journey to carbon
neutrality’ was the subject under discussion by a panel of industry experts,
with the spotlight falling on potential accelerators.
SAIBPP Fundraising Masquerade & Networking Ball
Gavin Tagg, CEO of Retail Network Services, and members of the RNS team attended the SAIBPP 2023 Fundraising Masquerade & Networking Ball, held on 5 April 2023 in Gauteng. We were delighted to help raise funds to support the many education and training initiatives and programmes offered by SAIBPP as a means of driving youth participation and supporting Black business and professionals to advance in the property sector and built environment.
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From L. to R.: Gavin Tagg, Shirley Sekhu, Vanessa Robinson, Wisani Mothembi, Antonio Agostinelli
SACSC GAUTENG CHAPTER NETWORKING EVENT
The Gauteng Chapter of the South African Council of Shopping Centres (SACSC) held a networking event for members and guests at Cilantros Restaurant on Nelson Mandela Square in Sandton on 16 March 2023.
Members of the RNS team attended the event.
From L. to R.: Antonio Agostinelli (RNS), Angela Rex (RNS), Lambros Argyris (Fournews Developments), Lizelle Cloete (The Market Space), Yolandie Cooper (Illungile Consulting Services)
From L. to R.: Vusi Mbonambi and Bontle Maifo (WastePlan), Shirley Sekhu and Wisani Mothembi (RNS), Lerato Lomko (Bidvest Prestige)
From L. to R.: Thokozami Msimanga (Nedbank), Waseema Lombard (Vukile Property Fund), Luke Smith (PolygonProp), Antonio Agostinelli (RNS), Sithembiso Gumede (Djalo Asset Management)