Madlanga commission

Setsiba attorneys have come to a reality that the Madlanga commission commission have climbed its way to higher south African big cases involving crime bosses and corruption, inside south Africa as a whole but point of corrections, in the Zondo commission inquiry featured Manana Setsiba, my sister and my uncle George Setsiba 's daughter and sibling to khupi Setsiba and undercover agent of South African federal Bureau agency.

Johannesburg Master’s Office continues to flounder

One of the busiest offices of the Master of the High Court will remain without a head of office until November, and potentially beyond that, leaving it without a permanent head for half the year.

Court invalidates wills in dementia case

The Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) has struck down a series of wills and a codicil signed by a wealthy 94‑year‑old businessman, ruling that he lacked testamentary capacity from mid‑2014 due to dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. 

Mandla Mandela slams aunt over auction items

Nelson Mandela’s grandson, Mandla, has broken his silence on Thursday’s SCA ruling, revealing deep family divisions over the auction of the liberation hero’s personal belongings, reports News24.

Trusts face fixed administrative penalties for late filing

Fixed administrative penalties will apply from February for non-compliance by trustees and tax practitioners who failed to file the annual tax returns for trusts by yesterday.

Madonsela spars with in-laws over disputed inheritance

Former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela is embroiled in a bitter legal dispute over the multimillion-rand estate of her deceased partner, Edward Foxton.

Tribunal upholds pension fund's inheritance decision

In a decision which once again confirms the rights of pension funds to prioritise the financial needs of dependants over inheritance claims, the Financial Services Tribunal ruled in favour of a widow being the beneficiary of her late husband’s R7.6m pension.

Ramaphosa’s office rebuffs Mabuza pension saga

The office of President Cyril Ramaphosa has described the R44m dispute over late former Deputy President David Mabuza’s pension money as a family matter ‘that has nothing to do with the Pesident nor the Presidency’.

Mabuza family feud emerges over R44m pension fund

Tamara Silinda, the daughter of the late former Deputy President David Mabuza, has filed an urgent court application seeking a share of her father’s R44m pension fund, reports News24.

Suspended DOJ officials back at work

Four senior Master’s Office officials are back at work, nearly a year after they were suspended for their role in appointing Cloete Murray as liquidator on several Bosasa companies.

Siblings contest brother's will

The will of a man with severe brain cancer, made about a month before his death, was challenged by his two siblings, who said that he lacked testamentary capacity due to his illness.

ConCourt refuses to hear Lungu burial dispute

The Constitutional Court has refused an application by the family of former Zambian President Edgar Lungu to appeal directly against a Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) order regarding the repatriation of his remains.

Deceased's thumb print unpacked in will dispute

The grandson of a deceased claimed that a second will his grandmother had made, in which she had disinherited him, was a forgery.

Court hears case on Mokgoro’s will

The children of former Constitutional Court Judge Yvonne Mokgoro, who died in May 2024, turned to court in a bid for the Master of the High Court to accept what they said was their mothers last will and testament made in 2021.

Late cleric’s son moves to secure luxury vehicles

Leonard Modise, son of the late International Pentecostal Holiness Church leader Glayton Modise, is in a legal dispute with the church’s trustees over luxury vehicles worth more than R200m, that he claims he bought from his father’s estate executors.

Reality star snubbed in amended will

Just before he died by suicide in February, Lehlogonolo Mabitsela, the estranged husband of reality TV star Ratile Mabotja, reportedly amended his last will, and completely cut her out.

Father’s will declared invalid on technicality

Daniele du Plessis – who challenged the procedure to get her father Patrick Reniers to sign a new will four days before he died of Covid – has succeeded in having the document declared invalid.

Standard Bank liable in fake executor case

Standard Bank has been instructed to pay back more than R2.1m paid to a fake executor by the name of Johan Botha, who managed to convince the bank and the Western Cape High Court Master that he was the authorised executor of the estate of Constance Arnot, who died in August 2021.

Soaring crypto raises risk of unforeseen estate taxes

Cryptocurrency exchange Luno has said that due to massive price increases in the markets, people who had the nerve to hold on to their investments had done well, but this could upset estate planning because of the tax implications. 

Stepmother loses out in wills dispute

A battle over inheritance raged in the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) after a now deceased man made four wills: the initial will in which he bequeathed all to his only two daughters and three others in which his ex-wife – whom he divorced 17 years ago – was suddenly also nominated as a beneficiary.