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6  Financial red flags trustees should never ignore 

The 10-Year Maintenance Plan: The blueprint for stronger, more resilient community schemes

Round robin voting for special and unanimous resolutions in bodies corporate

In sectional title governance, decision-making often involves several layers and formal steps. This blog focuses on one useful mechanism within the Sectional Titles Schemes Management Act (STSMA) that allows members to pass special or unanimous resolutions without calling a meeting. This process is commonly referred to as a round robin.

When community becomes conflict - addressing harassment between trustees and members

Community living is meant to bring people together, to share costs, create safe environments, and protect the value of everyone’s investment. Yet, within many sectional title schemes, the very structures intended to promote order can sometimes become a source of tension.

To Airbnb or not to Airbnb?

In January 2021, the High Court of South Africa delivered a landmark decision in what has become known as The Paddocks case. The judgment confirmed that a body corporate can prevent owners from using their units for short-term Airbnb rentals if such use is prohibited under validly adopted Conduct Rules.