By Auren Freitas dos Santos Not many people know that in August 2021 the Community Schemes Ombud Service (CSOS) issued a Practice Directive called “Approval of Special and Unanimous Resolution…
advisoryMay 10, 2023
By Ané de Klerk On 14 March 2023, CSOS (Community Schemes Ombud Service) staff circulated a Draft Practice Directive on section 39(7)(b) of the CSOS Act to industry roleplayers via…
advisoryApril 5, 2023
By Auren Freitas dos Santos I am sure that most readers have heard this famous quote by Winston Churchill “He who fails to plan is planning to fail”. I must…
advisoryFebruary 8, 2023
By Auren Freitas dos Santos Originally published on paddocks.co.za On the 23rd of June 2020, during the early stages of the National COVID-19 Lockdown, the Community Schemes Ombud Service (“CSOS”)…
advisoryJune 1, 2022
By Auren Freitas dos Santos Originally published on www.paddocks.co.za It has been almost six years since the Community Schemes Ombud Service Act (“the CSOS Act”) came into operation and by…
advisoryApril 6, 2022
By Auren Freitas dos Santos On 2 December 2021, the Community Schemes Ombud Service published important amendments to the Practice Directive on Dispute Resolution Process of 2019 aimed at increasing…
advisoryFebruary 2, 2022
Originally published on Paddocks By Auren Freitas dos Santos On 01 June 2021, the High Court (Western Cape Division, Cape Town), delivered a judgment in respect of an urgent application…
advisoryJuly 1, 2021
Does the CSOS have a say over the content of your HOA’s constitution or Memorandum of Incorporation?
Originally published on Paddocksblog.com By Ané de Klerk Section 4 of the CSOS Act, 9 of 2011 (“the Act”) makes it clear that the Community Schemes Ombud Service (“CSOS’) has…
advisoryMarch 7, 2021
CapeTalk 567AM hosts a podcast series titled: Early Breakfast With Africa Melane. This morning, the podcast covered the topic of why sectional title schemes need to be compliant with minimum…
advisoryDecember 21, 2020