By the Paddocks Club team Below are examples of two questions on the Paddocks Club discussion forum, to show you what is available to our Community members! Residents smoking marijuana in their unit, what can we do? Member’s question: Good day Paddocks, What actions can be taken by the body corporate if they receive complaints…
The outbreak of COVID-19 and the national lockdown has had and will continue to have far-reaching financial consequences for many households, which is why most financial service providers have implemented COVID-19 cashflow relief measures, to assist those individuals whose financial stability has been impacted by COVID-19. These measures have led many owners in sectional title…
“Unprecedented times” – the phrase that keeps showing up on news feeds, social media platforms and in conversations the world over. With our nation, and many others around the world, facing severe restrictions on movement and physical interaction with others, we are being forced to adapt and find new ways of doing things. While some…
By the Paddocks Club team Below are examples of two questions on the Paddocks Club discussion forum, to show you what is available to our Community members! Can trustees change the levy instalments to ease the burden Member’s question: Good day Paddocks, Please would you advise, as with the unprecedented situation with Covid-19 and lock…
The April 2020 Special Edition edition of Paddocks Press is now available.
I recently presented a workshop during which I discussed with those in attendance the requirement and importance of having members of bodies corporate cast their votes on voting cards at the scheme’s general meetings. Some of the feedback I received from managing agents attending the workshop included “But we have been voting by show of…
On 13 August 2019 the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) announced that from 1 January 2020 it will be mandatory for all companies to complete a Compliance Checklist before submitting their annual returns. This Compliance Checklist requires entities to declare their compliance status with the mandatory requirements of the Companies Act, 71 of 2008…
By the Paddocks Club team Below are examples of two questions on the Paddocks Club discussion forum, to show you what is available to our Community members! Trustees wish to delay the annual general meeting due to COVID-19 Member’s question: Good day Paddocks, As we are all aware, with the worldwide and nationwide spread of…
The February 2020 edition of Paddocks Press is now available.
I have come across many absurd scheme governance rules over the years, but one in particular is an outdated apartheid-style rule relating to domestic employees and the various restrictions placed on them, often referred to as “domestic rules”. Many community schemes in South Africa have rules aimed at prohibiting domestic employees from entering and moving…
Unanimous resolutions are notoriously difficult to obtain. Before voting for or against, this type of resolution can even commence at general meetings, you need to have at least 80% of the body corporate’s members in value and number present or represented at the meeting (which anyone with sectional title experience will tell you is near…
By the Paddocks Club team Below are examples of two questions on the Paddocks Club discussion forum, to show you what is available to our Community members! Who must repair leaking pipes in a section? Member’s question: Good day Paddocks, Please advise who is responsible for the repairs of leaking geyser pipes in a unit?…
The January 2020 edition of Paddocks Press is now available.
