Muma Architects, Construction and Property Developers

Muma Architects, Construction and Property Developers is a South African company based in Pretoria, at 700 Steve Biko Road, Wonderboom South. On its website it describes itself as a turnkey property development firm and as a subsidiary of the Be More Group of Companies. It operates outside the WAEMU zone: the land law and building rules that apply are South Africa's.

The services listed on its website are:

• architectural services, for commercial and residential projects;
• project management;
• development consulting;
• project packaging;
• contractual administration;
• developer training.

On the About page of its website, the company states that it has over 16 years of experience in the built environment, 35 employees and a property portfolio worth more than R300 million. It also displays a figure of R1 billion, presented on some pages of its site as a target and on others as the value of its pipeline projects. These are the company's own published figures.

The projects named on the site are all presented as student accommodation:

• Listed as completed: 125 Village Hub and The Genesis (Pretoria Central), Winchester Hills (Winchester, Johannesburg), The Opal (Naturena, Johannesburg), Thuto Residence (Soshanguve, Pretoria).
• Listed as pipeline projects: Varsity Living and Kaelo Student Rez (Johannesburg), The Celestial (Pretoria Central), 222 West (Pretoria North), Elnita 2 (Wonderboom South, Pretoria).

The website publishes a bed count for one named project: according to the About page, the company acquired Eastway Apartments and converted it into a 540-bed student accommodation. The completed and pipeline project pages do not give the number of beds or units per project. The website does not publish prices, delivery dates, the company registration number or the names of its directors. That information has to be requested from the company itself: by phone on +27 (012) 546 0966, by email at [email protected] or through its website, muma.co.za.