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National Wills Week is a drive to educate the public about the drafting of and having a will.
Legal practitioner Advocate Mahlatse Mkhari has highlighted the value of writing a will.
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has embarked on a campaign to educate people across the country about structuring a will. This as the country marks National Will Week in Heritage Month.
Advocate Mkhari says one does not have to be wealthy or literate to write a will.
“Anyone can depose to a will. In fact, even if you don’t have a lot of assets, the car that you have, the home that you live in, even the cell phone that you have. Maybe if you want to pass your cell phone on to one of your children, you have got to put that in a will. There’s a legal document called a Codicil, which you can use to amend the will as and when you accumulate assets, for example, your medical status changes. So it’s not only for people who currently have a lot of money, a lot of assets.”
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