Paddocks Press – February 2021
The February 2021 edition of Paddocks Press is now available.
Why COVID-19 is not an excuse to delay an Annual General Meeting
The global death toll from the coronavirus soared past the two million mark on Friday, 15 January 2021, just over a year after the virus was first detected. It is no surprise, therefore, that this pandemic has changed the way we do everything. One practical aspect which has been affected, in the context of sectional…
Paddocks Press – January 2021
The January 2021 edition of Paddocks Press is now available.
Paddocks Press – December 2020
The December 2020 edition of Paddocks Press is now available.
Introduction to the POPI Act for Community Schemes
The Protection of Personal Information Act, No. 4 of 2013 (POPI Act) is now in operation, as from 1 July 2020. What does this mean for community schemes such as sectional title developments, homeowners associations and retirement villages? 1. By when do you have to comply with the POPI Act’s requirements? You have one year…
Does sectional title legislation apply to home owners’ associations?
By now, you should be aware that the Sectional Titles Schemes Management Act (“the STSMA”) and the Community Schemes Ombud Service Act (“the CSOSA”) came into operation on 7 October 2016. In our consulting department, we receive many queries from home owners’ associations (“HOA’s”) as to whether the provisions of the STSMA are applicable to…
Guidelines for choosing a managing agent
Choosing a portfolio manager for your scheme can often be a difficult task. Not only do you want to find a manager or management firm that can promptly and effectively deal with any issues that may arise, but you also want their services to be as good and as affordable as possible. To help you…
Proxies to attend meetings in home owners’ associations
The owners in community schemes generally make all the important decisions about how the scheme is run. They usually elect the scheme executives, in some types of schemes they approve a budget – meaning they effectively set the inevitable increase in the levy – and they make and change rules. All of these are very…
Aspects of New HOAs the Initial Buyers Should Know
Introduction to HOA A home owners’ association (HOA) is fundamentally a community scheme in which the association manages a collective of individually owned conventional properties. In almost all HOAs the infrastructure is owned by the association and that includes the erven on which the internal roads are built, the services reticulation systems and the security…