by VDT Attorneys | May 29, 2024 | Access to information, Body corporate, PAIA, Scheme rules
In the recent case of Montrose Mews Body Corporate v Moela NO and others [2024] JOL 63438 (GJ) the Gauteng Local Division of the High Court, Johannesburg had the opportunity to consider whether, in this specific matter, the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of...
by VDT Attorneys | May 29, 2024 | Body corporate, Levies
The body corporate of a sectional title scheme is provided with functions and responsibilities in terms of the Sectional Titles Schemes Management Act (“STSMA”), of which a well-known function is to require the owners of the scheme to contribute to the funds of the...
by VDT Attorneys | May 29, 2024 | Body corporate, Common property, Property Development, Sectional Title, Unit extension
Common property represents the shared ownership vested collectively among all sectional title owners in a scheme. This shared ownership in the common property highlights a communal responsibility and mutual interest in the maintenance and preservation of specific...
by VDT Attorneys | Mar 27, 2024 | Body corporate, Municipal Service, Refuse Removal
It is worthy to note at the outset that section 152(b) of our Constitution places an obligation on local authorities to ensure that they provide services to communities in a sustainable manner. These services include but are not limited to, the provision of...
by VDT Attorneys | Jan 6, 2021 | Body corporate, Property, Sectional Title, Sectional Title and Community Schemes
An owner of a sectional title unit has full ownership of the section as well as an undivided share in the common property – usually the area where visitor parking is located. General visitor parking is for use by all the residents of a sectional title and as such the...
by VDT Attorneys | Nov 10, 2020 | Body corporate, Construction, Dispute resolution, Property, Property law, Residential, Sectional Title, Sectional Title and Community Schemes
The Sectional Title Scheme Management Act 8 of 2011 (STSMA), bestows on the body corporate certain rights and responsibilities of which the most common one is to administrate an account for the repair, maintenance, management and administration of the common property....
