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Safety around swimming pools in community schemes
Safety around swimming pools in community schemes It’s holiday time again, and as South Africans, we enjoy the good old braaivleis, sunny skies and swimming pools! This year in particular, after being somewhat more regulated and cooped up, it is human to want to break...
Gas safety | How to switch to gas as a cheaper energy source
Gas safety | How to switch to gas as a cheaper energy source Eskom is hitting South Africa with a fresh round of loadshedding, this as the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) approved the power utility's electricity price hikes of 9.41%, 8.1% & 5.2%...
All in favour? All opposed?
All in favour? All opposed? 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...
It’s AGM season: Is your building’s replacement value updated?
It’s AGM season: Is your building’s replacement value updated? For many bodies corporate, this time of year signals AGM season. As managing agents set up their annual general meeting (AGM) with trustees and other body corporate members, it is important that all the...
Dealing with behavioural disputes in community schemes
Dealing with behavioural disputes in community schemes There are many different community schemes and arrangements in South Africa and for years there was no regulatory body governing these schemes. The Community Schemes Ombud Service Act 9 of 2011 (CSOSA) came into...