While property ownership through sectional titles schemes has been in existence in South Africa since 1971, this multi-owned form of property ownership was not available in residential areas commonly known as the townships that were previously reserved for blacks by the then apartheid regime. Following the demise of apartheid regime in 1994, however, this form of property ownership is gradually transcending racial boundaries to become another form of property ownership available to township dwellers. Using a case study, this paper explores the experiences of the owners in the residential sectional titles properties that are situated in the townships. It argues that this form of property ownership is perceived positively until individuals have become owners and discovered that their development is actually governed by sets of rules that limits or control their behaviour and the manner in which their scheme should be managed.

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