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Paddocks course calendar for 2010 Click here to see the new course calendar for the second half of 2010.
Need some help? Get your sectional title questions answered free of charge by registering on the Sectional Titles Online website (www.sto.co.za).
We are very excited to be presenting the UCT (Law@Work) Sectional Title Scheme Management course for the 10th time!
The Prof's blog Prof Paddock has just started a blog on the Paddocks website.
Have you heard about GetSmarter?
GetSmarter, Paddocks’ sister training company, specialises in online training.
New format of the Bookkeeping course This course will now be presented as a 5-week online course. Click here for more information.
The STSM 9 Cape Town workshop group
We held the Cape Town workshop for the STSM course last week. We really enjoyed the workshop and hope the students did too!
Survival Manual sales skyrocket We sold over 210 Sectional Title Survival Manuals in April. Thank you for your support! Click here to read feedback on the manual.
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May 2010 (Volume 5, Issue 5)
Dear Paddocks Press Fan
Graham P.S. The format of the Sectional Title Bookkeeping course has changed. The course will be presented entirely online now. 
Amendment of PMR 39(2)
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A start to using digital delivery technology?
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On 16 April 2010, the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform amended the Regulations made under the Sectional Titles Act, 1986. The Notice deals mainly with registration matters. But the last item amends prescribed management subrule 39(2) that deals with delivery of the annual financial estimate, financial statements and trustees' report to owners and bondholders in advance of the Annual General Meeting. (reading time: ± 2 mins)
The history of the UCT STSM course
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How the course started and where it took us
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If there has been one constant factor in the history of Paddocks, it must be the UCT (Law@Work) Sectional Title Scheme Management course. For the last six years, this course has driven the company’s growth, innovation and expansion into new areas. But where did it come from? How did everything start? (reading time: ±1 min)
Monthly student
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Colin Grenfell
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Colin worked as a banker for most of his life, specialising in foreign exchange and international trade. His exciting and fulfilling career took him all the way to Tanzania, a country whose people left a deep impression on him.Colin and his wife returned to South Africa and he was introduced to his new career and company, Whitfields, through his involvement in the sectional title scheme he had invested in. (reading time: ±1 min)
Liability for windows
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Liability for maintenance and repair
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The difficulty with determining who is liable for the maintenance and repair of windows in a scheme is to determine if the windows form part of the owners’ sections – therefore making the owners liable for their maintenance and repair – or whether they form part of the common property, in which case the body corporate would be liable to repair and maintain them. There is also the possibility that the windows form part of both the sections and the common property. (reading time: ±2 min)
Green your scheme by recycling
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Maintenance
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How can we reduce the amount of rubbish our scheme’s units produce?
The answer is simple: practice the three Rs.
1. Reduce
2. Reuse
3. Recycle
In this article, we’ll take a look at the last point: recycling. Specifically, we’ll define the practical steps you can take to implement a recycling program in your scheme. (reading time: ±2 mins)
Q&A with Jennifer
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Monthly Q&A
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This month, we cover the following topics in our Q&A section:
• New owner’s entitlement to attend meetings
• Adding a pool to an excusive use area
• Transferring a special levy (reading time: ±2min)
Upcoming training courses
UCT (Law@Work) Sectional Title Scheme Management course (10th presentation)
Registrations close: 25 June 2010
Be equipped to manage schemes according to the legal aspects of scheme management with this benchmark course.
Click here for further details on this
course.
Sectional Title Bookkeeping course (Now online)
Registrations close: 6 August 2010
Gain an in-depth understanding of the legal, financial and administrative aspects of sectional title bookkeeping.
Click
here for further details on this
course.
Home Owners' Association Management course
Registrations close: 27 August 2010
Teaches students the legal aspects of home owners’ association (HOA) management.
Click here for further details on this
course.
