Community Schemes Ombud Service
latest news & developments
Court bid to freeze VBS’s R80m
Community schemes service says money meant for VBS went into an FNB account
Home ombud advised to lay charges
The CSOS has been asked to lay attempted theft charges against a service provider who deposited the agency’s funds into his own company’s account
R80m VBS loss for homes ombud
A forensic report has found the Community Scheme Ombud Service investment was reckless
VBS: How far will state’s bill stretch?
The total amount is yet to tallied but could reach billions and could hit taxpayers in the pocket
Ombud PA sits pretty in business class
A personal assistant at the troubled state-owned Community Schemes Ombudsman Services flew business class during a state-sponsored trip to Australia.
Letters to the Editor: September 7 to 13
Our readers write in about the Community Schemes Ombud Service, food fraud, and about abandoning the M&G
Minister intervenes in community schemes shambles
Human Settlements Minister Nomaindia Mfeketo has ordered an independent investigator to look into the affairs of the beleaguered CSOS
Housing schemes regulator goes from bad to worse
The CSOS said the two were alleged to have been grossly negligent by investing surplus funds with VBS
Senior CSOS staffers suspended for VBS deposit
Chief Ombud Seeng Letele and Chief Financial Officer Themba Mabuya have been given 24 hours to account for a raft of financial irregularities
New ombud in hot water over VBS
A housing scheme regulator invested R80m in the troubled bank. Now the minister has stepped in
Ombud to solve neighbourly spats
Body corporates and other communal living schemes will get their own CCMA to keep the peace in the form of the Community Schemes Ombud Service.