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Sotheby's International Realty South Africa - gender based applications, bias, and possibly racist. After submitting our application to an "international realty" they could not understand our banking setup, and the agent told my husband he is British and earn in pounds, therefore they would not assist him (racism). The same agent called me three different names in one day! Glenda from the Craighall branch is very old and in my opinion (to which I have a right too) should be on retirement. She is rude to clients on the phone, and have together with the Craighall branch, costed me a possible occupation after telling the owner that there are some documents and information short on the application, before asking me or my husband for the missing information and or documents, ( Agents are supposed to process applications to the fullest, gather all information, before making ANY recommendations to the owner/landlord)They are unprofessional, their conduct is despicable. The agent told my husband on the phone that we will not be getting the rental because he has no money, and earns in pounds (remember Sotheby's advertising that they are International...), and that the information is coming from their accountant that is working for them for more than 15 years. We tried phoning to get to the bottom but were ignored, and to our surprise; found the agent socialising on the couch when we decided to drive in to the branch! We wanted to state our case to the "so called rental manager" whom, when explained how foreign exchange works, were shocked that my husband actually earns more than a R100,000.00 per month, but that they couldn't tie the knots between the English transfers to the South African account. I demand her credentials and where she qualified!. I am also referring the matter to the relevant body corporate being the PPRA. This place is not managed and needs to be shut down. They are costing a lot people their livelihoods due to their incompetence.