The grievance should be handled with discretion to protect the confidentiality and privacy of employees concerned in accordance with these general principles:

There is   raft of decided case law to the effect that a lack of a signature by the testator or testatrix has never been held to be a complete bar to a document being declared to be a will in terms of s 2(3) of the Wills Act 7 of 1953 whose very object  is “to ameliorate the situation where formalities have not been complied with but where the true intention of the drafter of a document is self-evident.”

Please note that the South African Postbank Limited Bill (previously known as the South African Postbank Bill) will be finalised and passed by 7 September 2010, at the latest.

Information sourced from Parliamentary Monitoring Group: http://www.pmg.org.za/report/20100831-south-african-postbank-limited-bill-deliberations

*Please note that all dates are subject to change.

The six constituent members of the Law Society of South Africa (the Law Society of the Northern Provinces, the Cape Law Society, the Law Society of the Free State, the KwaZulu-Natal Law Society, the Black Lawyers Association and the National Association of Democratic Lawyers) are presenting National Wills Week from 6 to 10 September 2010. The President of the Law Society of the Northern Provinces, Mr C P Fourie, requests attorneys firms to make a special effort this year to promote National Wills Week and attorneys services in their areas. All firms of attorneys are, therefore, invited to participate in this special national access to justice and marketing campaign. 

‘Substitution’ and ‘Regularisation’ Policies

The task of balancing the interests of diverse groups in a sectional titles scheme is a difficult one; often daunting.  The body corporate, trustees, owners, tenants, landlords, supervisor, managing agent, security personnel and visitors, are interconnected. 

Some landlords do not bother about the law or the safety of their tenants.  A grandmother was shocked when builders walked into her dwelling and removed the windows from the bedrooms and the lounge. 

The Taxation Law Amendment Bill, B28/2010 and the Voluntary Disclosure Programme and Taxation Laws Second Amendment Bill, B29/2010, have now officially been tabled in Parliament.

B28 - Parliamentary Monitoring Group: http://www.pmg.org.za/bill/20100820-taxation-laws-amendment-bill-b28-2010

B29 -Parliamentary Monitoring Group:  http://www.pmg.org.za/bill/20100820-voluntary-disclosure-programme-and-taxation-laws-second-amendment-bill-

Explanatory summary of Taxation Laws Second Amendment Bill published in Government Gazette 33476, Gen 812, 20 August 2010.
MyLexisNexis:  
http://www.mylexisnexis.co.za/nxt/gateway.dll?f=templates$fn=default.htm$vid=mylnb:10.1048/enu

For more information on the effects of these Bills on:
*Individuals and Savings
*Business
*International effects
*Administration (Voluntary Disclosure Programme),
see, "Treasury on 2010 Taxation Laws Amendment Bills". The Forum SA.
http://www.theforumsa.co.za/forums/showthread.php?t=7339

Additionally, for more information on the impact of the tax legislation, as well as, the bills in terms of:
*Economic context
*Employment, individuals and savings
*SA as a regional gateway
*Cross-border interest
*CO2 emission tax...   see,
"Introduction: Taxation Laws Amendment Bills, 2010 address to the National Assembly by the Honourable Minister of Finance". South African Government Information.
http://www.info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pageid=461&sid=12414&tid=15859

Minister of Home Affairs

One questioner had posted an interesting issue as to her right to maintenance out of the estate of her deceased husband. I had suggested to  her through law24.com  that on the brief facts presented by her, she ought to consult an attorney immediately.

People tend to forget that maintenance is a primary duty owed by one spouse to another. This, I submit is irrespective whether the marriage is monogamous or polygynous. The emphasis is on need and of course whether the estate of the other spouse can afford it.

Of course, where the party seeking support is indigent and his or her spouse is unable through lack of means to meet that obligation such spouse may look to a child with means for support.