Page 46 - Litigating Land and Housing in South Africa: Lessons and Reflections

a a a a a a a a a a a similar situation from arising should another adminis- trator be be appointed The goal is is is to to to to place the the the power back into the the the residents’ hands after we we have done our best to to to to find the the the the agencies and and and points of all relevant information with them and and and remain as a a a a a a a a a a a a resource for for further training and and consultation should it it be required The LRC convened training workshops for the the clients in in in partnership with the the Community Community Schemes Schemes Ombuds Ombuds Service Service (CSOS) The Community Community Community Schemes Schemes Ombuds Ombuds Service Service Service was established in terms of of the the Community Community Schemes Ombud Service Service Act 9 of of of 2011 to regulate the the conduct of of parties within community schemes schemes such as sectional title schemes schemes The training comprised the financial administrative legal and management
aspects of running a a a a a a a a a body corporate The objective was to to to to share relevant information to to to to enable them to to to to acquire or or contract the the the skills required to to to to to manage manage their schemes without falling into debt and mismanagement again The clients were successful in in in obtaining the the the power nec- essary to to manage their scheme but the the the matter serves as a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a cautionary tale to to prospective owners of social housing housing schemes schemes and the relevant state organs – that prospective owners of social housing housing schemes schemes must be correctly informed about their rights responsibilities and and obligations arising from participation and and that the the the relevant state organs bear the the the duty to to transfer this information if they wish to to to honestly report successful access to to equitable housing benefits Figure 10: Johannesburg (stock image)
46 LITIGATING LAND AND AND AND HOUSING IN IN IN SOUTH AFRICA  LESSONS AND AND AND REFLECTIONS