Deputy Speaker and hon members, the Bills before us relate to property rights. It is a topic that is complex at the best of times. The original Act dates back to 1986 and, since then, the constitutional and legislative framework has radically changed. Consequently, there have been major developments regarding the legal possibilities of sectional titles for those who own such property, those who manage it as well as their agent representatives.
Sectional titles have always been fraught with complexity due to the inherent nature of property rights within sectional titles being partially shared and partially not.
With the advent of democracy, it has become even more important to ensure that collective and individual ownership and management issues that arise within sectional titles should be handled in a manner that is consistent with the spirit of the new constitutional order. Therefore, for instance, numerous steps have been taken with these two Bills to protect the ability of bodies corporate to manage their affairs properly. Consequently, the UDM supports the two Bills. Thank you.