What is “prescription”? Prescription is when a debt (an obligation to pay money to a third party) is extinguished after a period of time. Section 11(d) of the Prescription Act 68 of 1969 provides that a debt prescribes after three…
The monthly Levy contributions are the Scheme.As Managing Agents, we are often asked as to whether the electricity of a defaulting owner may be disconnected as…
KEEPING IT SIMPLE It is worrying to see many of our clients going down the solar/battery backup rabbit hole, with very little to guide them, and ultimately being led by a good salesperson whose only interest is to sell to…
Every owner has the right to select their own estate agent to sell their property when the time comes!
One of the many benefits of living in a sectional title scheme is the advantage of seeing maintenance and repairs being done without you needing to organise it yourself or even knowing what is being done and why. Most owners…
Correct extinguisher for each class of fire and the limitation and dangers of the fire type Last month Part 2 of this series on Fire Safety and Prevention by CIA Insurers dealt with fire classification. This month in Part 3…
Community Schemes Ombud Service CSOS court appeal process
03 Oct 2022
The CSOS is immune from a cost order if party to a court appeal process that goes against…
Whitfields Celebrates Women
04 Aug 2023
“Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances that we know to be desperate.
#WhitfieldsCares
Whitfields endeavours to play its part in helping those less fortunate, by offering financial support to organizations who strive to make South…
CIA INSURERS – FireWise
In Part 1 of this series CIA Insurers will look at handheld portable fire extinguishers.