New CSOS (Community Scheme Ombud Scheme) Services Directive - Issued 18 July 2025
Category Sectional Titles and Body Corporate
In July 2025, CSOS issued a consolidated directive which now binds any and all forms of community schemes.
Know Your Rights: When Your Body Corporate Threatens to Cut Your Electricity
Category Sectional Titles and Body Corporate
Know your rights if your Body Corporate threatens to cut electricity over unpaid levies. Disconnection without a court order is illegal.
Prepaid Meters in Complexes: What You Need to Know
Category Sectional Titles and Body Corporate
Switching to prepaid electricity meters in a community scheme requires owner approval and legal compliance. Learn the rules and install safely today.
Can an HOA Block Foreign Domestic Workers From Entering Estates?
Category Sectional Titles and Body Corporate
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.
Sorting Out Disputes: The CSOSA's Role in Community Living
Category Sectional Titles and Body Corporate
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.
Body Corporates Can Disconnect Electricity To Complex Units in Arrears With Levies and Utility Bills
Category Sectional Titles and Body Corporate
If you own a property in a complex and don't pay your levies and electricity bills, you could have your power cut off.
When Can A Body Corporate Increase Levies On Exclusive Use Areas In Sectional Title Schemes?
Category Sectional Titles and Body Corporate
Disputes between sectional title unit owners and body corporates over levies are not uncommon.
Body Corporate Neglects Scheme Upkeep: Responsible for Injury and Costs of Passers-by
Category Sectional Titles and Body Corporate
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
Levy and Utility Arrears in Sectional Title Schemes - What Can Body Corporates Do?
Category Sectional Titles and Body Corporate
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
Understanding Sectional Title - Who are the Body Corporate & Trustees?
Category Sectional Titles and Body Corporate
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