Legal Articles and Guides
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.
