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Owners Calling a Special General Meeting – Its Lockdown, What now? Marina Constas BBM Attorneys
August-2020-Article-Marina-Constas I have always been excited to tell my clients about a gem of a clause in the Sectional Titles Schemes Management Act 8 of...

Waiving your right to hold an Annual General Meeting – Ané de Klerk
Over the past couple of months, in light of the national lockdown and subsequent Alert Levels, many bodies corporate have expressed their desire to forego...

Introduction to the POPI Act for Community Schemes – Graham Paddock
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...

Procedure for the conducting of General and Trustee Meetings during Level 3 Lockdown
By Auren Freitas dos Santos On the 23rd of June 2020, the Community Schemes Ombud Service issued a notice providing clarity on body corporate and...

“10 Year” maintenance plan – Lexis Digest
Follow the rule and your body corporate may never need a special levy ever again! All Bodies Corporate in South Africa must have two (2...

When must the body corporate pay for my repairs? Anton Kelly
Owners in sectional title schemes often think that the body corporate is automatically responsible to repair damage to their section if the damage is the...

Help for frustrated tenants in community schemes – Paddocks
When tenants complain to the body corporate about the incredibly noisy and disruptive neighbours living in the apartment next door, they are often told to...

UNDERSTANDING FORCE MAJEURE IN RELATION TO CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS – BBB Attorneys
Common Law position – in absence of a “force majeure” clause A force majeure is an act of God or man (such as a war,...