Residential Estate Industry Journal 2023 vol8 Residential Estate Industry Journal 2023 vol8 | Page 78

INDUSTRY JOURNAL Vol . 8
environments . As we grow , the work grows and cannot for much longer be carried out by estate managers who are full-time employees of HOAs , and who serve on the board of the RCC , as they understandably have their own work responsibilities in their own environments .
The board comprises :
An important reason for the establishment of the RCC is to facilitate , as an industry body , the intervention in legal matters as well as influencing legislation affecting the industry . To this end the RCC is exploring , as a start , the opening of a national office with an administrator to handle day-to-day affairs . Growing membership and demands in the industry on all the structures , including ARC , Estate Living and CAISA , will determine how we grow a proposed national office .
Hannes Hendriks Chairperson
Daleen Hennig Gauteng Pretoria and North
Five-year vision and beyond
It is evident that huge strides are being taken to curtail self-governing and regulating communities as these are perceived as being a threat to the governance by local and national government . However , the emergence of gated community selfgoverning and regulating establishments is growing at an astonishing rate in South Africa , mostly because of inept government and local government structures , deteriorating safety issues and extremely poor service delivery . In gated communities who govern and regulate themselves – within the confines of their respective Acts – there is a notable difference where service delivery , safety and prosperity is a guarantee .
Peet De Wet Western Cape
Chris Weston Western Cape
This industry has momentum and will not be curtailed , because it is what residents require . The RCC will form part of this growth and endeavour to ensure that haphazard regulation intended to jeopardise and curtail this tsunami be challenged in an organised , mature , responsible , transparent and proper manner under the law .
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David Weyers Co-opted
Boet Grobler Co-opted
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