by VDT Attorneys | Sep 20, 2024 | Body corporate, Levy clearance certificate, Sectional Title, Sectional Title Scheme
This raises the question of whether a body corporate can in certain circumstances refuse to issue a levy clearance certificate and whether there are any limitations to such an entitlement. Over the years the courts have been approached to settle disputes where a body...
by VDT Attorneys | Nov 21, 2023 | Building, Levies, Property, Sectional Title Scheme
In respect of the payment of levies in the scheme, it is important to differentiate between units that are already registered in the name of the developer and where the developer is the holder of a right to extend the scheme. In the event that units are already...
by VDT Attorneys | Nov 21, 2023 | Property, Sectional Title, Sectional Title Scheme, Solar, Solar Panels
The Sectional Titles Schemes Management Act 8 of 2011 (the Act) accompanied by the Sectional Title Schemes Management Regulations (the Regulations) published on 7 October 2016, regulate the legalities around the powers, rights, responsibilities and obligations of the...
by VDT Attorneys | Nov 21, 2023 | Sacrificial rituals, Sectional Title, Sectional Title Scheme
This is a complex question and has also been the topic of some intense debate between animal anti-cruelty activists and traditional groups for which animal slaughter forms a part of their culture and is seen as essential to their identity. The South African Bill of...
by VDT Attorneys | Apr 24, 2023 | Development, Sectional Title, Sectional Title Scheme
Sectional title schemes continue to be hugely popular in South Africa with more and more South Africans electing to move away from conventional standalone properties in exchange for the benefit of, among others, increased security, convenience and affordability that...
