Department of Justice and Constitutional Development places senior managers and other officials in the Masters Offices on precautionary suspensions
26 April 2024
In 2020, the SIU began a wide-ranging probe in the financial affairs of the Masters Office. In terms of the Proclamation R7 of 2020, the SIU investigated allegations of maladministration in connection with the affairs of the Masters offices, in relation to the following functions of the Masters’ office as set out in the Administration of Estates Act, No 66 of 1965, the Insolvency Act, no 24 of 1936 and the Companies Act No 71 of 2008:
The administration of estates of deceased persons;
The winding up of estates of insolvent persons;
The protection and administration of the funds of minors, contractually incapacitated and undermined and absent heirs, which have been paid into the Guardian’s Fund;