Who does what? The roles and responsibilities of the Trustees, Managing Agents and CSOS. Trustees: Trustees are in essence, the decision makers. Quite peculiarly, the relevant legislation does not provide a definition for a trustee however the Oxford Dictionary states:…
Cybercrime in South Africa is becoming more and more prevalent as hackers become more sophisticated with a resultant spike in cyberattacks on all fronts. In South Africa, when it comes to cyber threats, internet users are often not sufficiently technically…
Every owner has the right to select their own estate agent to sell their property when the time comes! Some years ago, there was a growing trend for estate agents to offer “rewards” to a scheme, in order to be…
A Community Scheme has several functions, but its primary responsibilities can be condensed into the following:
Financial Management:
One of a Scheme’s crucial…
One of the reasons that the Community Scheme Ombud Service (CSOS) was established in 2016 is to regulate the behavior of residents in a community scheme in term…
Seeing The Opportunity In Every Difficulty
07 Jun 2023
“The truth is incontrovertible.Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is…
Helping Those in Need of Our Support WhitfieldsCares
03 Aug 2022
Whitfields endeavours to play its part in helping those less fortunate, by offering financial s…
Community Schemes Ombud Service (CSOS) – Enforcement of an Adjudication Order
02 Nov 2020
A CSOS Adjudicator must investigate an application made for disp…
Living in a community scheme can be extremely rewarding and beneficial with more and more people choosing this as an option, but not all residential communities…
Last month we looked at the difference between working from home and running a business from home.This month we tackle the very contentious issue of es.