EDITORIAL: The widow’s revenge: Lamola strikes
Master’s offices have been sites of corruption with deceased estates for too long and the justice minister’s actions are to be welcomed
10 February 2020 - 05:06
While the names Gupta and Zuma, as well as public entities such as Transnet, Eskom and SAA, are part of the lexicon of alleged corruption in SA, few South Africans would add the master’s offices of the high court to the list.
Unless you have had cause to interact with one of these, you might not even know they exist, though they deliver vital services to the public in the administration of deceased estates, liquidations, the administration of the Guardian’s Fund (which protects the rights of minors or persons declared incapable of managing their finances), and the registration and supervision of trusts...
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