What You Post in Your Scheme’s WhatsApp Group Could Land You in Trouble
Almost every sectional title scheme in South Africa has one now: a WhatsApp group for owners and residents. Used well, it’s a genuinely useful tool for quick notices about water outages, lost pets, parking issues, or an upcoming AGM. Used badly, it becomes the place where a noise complaint turns into a public accusation, a […]
No More Estate Fines Without Warning
For many South Africans living in estates or sectional title schemes (community schemes), fines have become part of everyday life. A penalty for speeding, a charge for parking, a debit on your levy statement for conduct you may not even have known was an issue. Most people pay these fines without question. The approach is, […]
Sectional titles: What is the role of the body corporate?
When it comes to sectional title schemes, there is still widespread misunderstanding of even the basics, starting with the body corporate and how it is established, as well as what its functions and powers are. This misunderstanding often gives rise to many problems and disputes in sectional title schemes which could quite easily have been […]