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The system turned our mourning into a minefield. Graphic: John McCann/ M&G
ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES ACT

Inheritance in limbo: How the Master’s Office fails grieving families

Fraud, mismanagement and missing files characterise the systemic rot which is causing thousands to suffer

  • Orateng Lepodise
5 min read
70 OF SOUTH AFRICANS DON T HAVE A WILL
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Don’t leave chaos in your wake

If you don’t leave a will, you will leave a mess for your family to clean up

  • Grant Fietze
4 min read
‘Vat and sit’: Men are the ones who benefit from domestic partnerships and have little motivation to enter into marriage. However, the constitutional court (below) recently ruled that opposite-sex life partners may inherit from their deceased partner’s estate. (IVASHstudio/Shutterstock & Madelene Cronjé)
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

Apex court judgment enables opposite-sex life partners to inherit intestate

Constitutional court ruling enables people in opposite-sex life partnerships to inherit from their deceased partner, even if they haven’t left a valid will

  • Mandi Mudarikwa, Charlene May and Qiqa Nkomo
7 min read
Urgent action is required to address the constraints to South Africa’s power system and to reduce the usage of the diesel-fired turbines, the council said.
AGROECOLOGY
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An emergency budget needs bold decisions, including a bigger public sector

Choosing this path would create work for many while also building the infrastructure that the country needs

  • Dominic Brown
9 min read