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.

Desertion doesn't end marriage

Desertion, for whatever time, may be grounds for a divorce but it is not and cannot of itself constitute or prove divorce or that a marriage is dissolved.

Two-thirds of deceased estates go unreported

A recent study has shown that two out of every three deceased estates in SA are never reported, says a Mail & Guardian report.

Estranged wife’s bid for larger share of pension denied

The Pension Funds Adjudicator has dismissed a bid by the estranged spouse of a deceased man to claim a larger amount than the 1.43% that she was allocated of a total benefit of more than R1.7m.

New twist in Madikizela-Mandela estate dispute

The battle over struggle icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s estate has taken a new twist, with her daughter Zenani Mandela-Dlamini claiming that her nephew Zondwa Mandela’s letter of co-executorship was obtained unlawfully.

Life partner fails to get share of R21.3m death benefit

Fathima Sayed – who spent 17 years as a businessman’s life partner – has failed in her bid to lay claim to a share in his death benefit totalling R21.3m.

Late singer’s executor seeks royalties

The executor of iconic singer Lebo Mathosa’s estate, Thokozani Mthembu, is pursuing royalty-collecting organisations for a full reconciliation of monies allegedly still owing to her 17 years after her death.

Family feud over doctored KZN will

A feud between members of a KZN family over an R800m trust has sparked claims of forgery, infidelity and mismanagement of trust funds.