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In July 2025, CSOS issued a consolidated directive which now binds any and all forms of community schemes.

Know your rights if your Body Corporate threatens to cut electricity over unpaid levies. Disconnection without a court order is illegal.

Switching to prepaid electricity meters in a community scheme requires owner approval and legal compliance. Learn the rules and install safely today.

An HOA cannot block foreign domestic workers based on nationality but can require a valid work permit. Ensure rules are fair and comply with South African law.

The Community Schemes Ombud Service Act is a helpful rulebook for anyone living in shared living spaces like complexes in South Africa. Learn more here.

If you own a property in a complex and don't pay your levies and electricity bills, you could have your power cut off.

Disputes between sectional title unit owners and body corporates over levies are not uncommon.

In the recent court case of Eze v Adderley Body Corporate and Another (2024), the court found that a piece of rotten wood dislodged from an overhanging balcony

Body Corporates often find themselves stuck between a rock and a hard place when unit owners in sectional title schemes accrue substantial arrears in levies

Sectional title has become a common form of property ownership in South Africa, and it is imperative that property owners know their rights and obligations