This four-hour course is essential for anyone who owns property in sectional titles schemes or anyone involved or interested in their management to gain a better understanding of its finances, including vital aspects such as financial planning, budgeting, collecting levies, the issuing of levy clearance certificates, spending and borrowing money in such schemes.

When and where?

We are pleased to present this course twice in 2025:

  • 29 to 30 May 2025, 9:00 to 11:00 SAST
  • 27 to 28 November 2025, 9:00 to 11:00 SAST

This course will be held remotely, most likely on Zoom - exact details will be sent to registered participants a few days before the course.

Course outline

This course covers topics such as:

  • Different bank accounts required by relevant legislation
  • Different types of contributions
  • Funding the MR&R plan
  • Levying contributions
  • Effectively dealing with overdue contributions
  • Refunds
  • Levy clearance certificates
  • Investing the body corporate's funds
  • Spending the body corporate's funds
  • Loans
  • Annual financial statements
  • The audit
  • Financial record keeping

Who will benefit from this course?

Anyone who owns sectional title property, whether as an investor or as their primary residence, who wants to know and understand how their levies must be calculated, managed and spent as well as anyone involved or interested in the financial management of such community schemes.

Presenter

Ané de Klerk: An admitted Attorney, Ané obtained her BA(Law) and LLB degrees from the University of Stellenbosch before joining a leading Cape Town based law firm’s sectional titles developments division. She went on to gain invaluable practical experience as a Property Portfolio Manager at one of the country’s biggest managing agencies before heading back into practice as a Community Schemes Specialist. She was first approached to be a guest lecturer at the University of Cape Town in 2017 and has been presenting UCT online short courses on subjects involving community schemes since 2018. She has also partnered with UCT to develop her own course on Sectional Titles Schemes Management - the only one in the field earning its graduates a certificate from this world class tertiary institution. Today, as director and head of The Advisory’s Courses division, she trains industry role players by way of online short courses as well as online and in person seminars and workshops tailored to community schemes management.

How much?

R1,980 per person.

Certificate

A digital certificate of attendance from UCT will be issued to those who attend the full course.

How to sign up

Complete and submit the registration form. You will then be given the payment information. Please note that your registration is not complete until payment has been made.

One or two days before the course, we will send you the Zoom link. You will need to register and use a password to enter the virtual classroom.

Registrations close three days before the course starts.

Download the brochure.

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