130 years in practice
Cape Town, Western Cape
3rd Floor, Wembley Square, 9 Solan Road, Cape Town
+27 (0)21 464 2400 Docex: 25 Cape Town
130 years in practice
Cape Town, Western Cape
6th floor, 33 Bree Street, Cape Town+27 (0)21 419 6495
91 years in practice
Cape Town, Western Cape
4th floor, The Towers South, 2 Hertzog Boulevard, Cape Town, 8001+27 (0)21 422 1323
68 years in practice
Cape Town, Western Cape
Panorama Healthcare Centre, 1st Floor, 60 Hennie Winterbach Street, Panorama, 7500021 590 7200 Docex: 85 Goodwood
37 years in practice
Cape Town, Western Cape
Suite 5 Athos Chambers, cnr Campground and Austwick Avenue Rondebosch, Cape Town+27 (0)21 686 3452
35 years in practice
Cape Town, Western Cape
Suite 301, 3rd Floor, 7 West Quay, West Quay Road, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town+27 (0)21 417 3300
33 years in practice
Cape Town, Western Cape
12th Floor, Reserve Bank Building, 60 St Georges Mall, Cape Town , 8001+27 (0)21 422 3643
32 years in practice
Cape Town, Western Cape
Suite 405, 4th Floor, 42 Keerom Street, Cape Town+27 (0)21 422 3020
31 years in practice
Cape Town, Western Cape
The Chambers, 3rd Floor, 50 Keerom Street, Cape Town+27 (0) 21 424 4599 Docex: 140 Cape Town
30 years in practice
Cape Town, Western Cape
28 Kildare Road, Newlands, Cape Town+27 (0)21 685 2422 (direct)
29 years in practice
Cape Town, Western Cape
Neil Kaplan Law, 7th Floor, 38 Wale Street, Cape Town084 572 1115
27 years in practice
Cape Town, Western Cape
Unit 8, House Faure, 13 Brodie Road, Wynberg, 7800+27 (0)21 712 9851 Docex: 14
27 years in practice
Cape Town, Western Cape
12th Floor, Touchstone House, 7 Bree Street, Cape Town+27 (0)21 271 0700 Fax: +27 (0)21 419 3743
24 years in practice
Cape Town, Western Cape
6th Floor, 71 Loop Street, Cape Town+27 (21) 422 1870 Docex: 322 Cape Town
22 years in practice
Cape Town, Western Cape
Spaces, Dock Road Junction, Cnr Stanley & Dock Road, Waterfront, Cape Town.021 403 6300
22 years in practice
Cape Town, Western Cape
105 First Floor, Millvale House, 6 Millvale Road, Milnerton, Cape Town021 551 5240
19 years in practice
Cape Town, Western Cape
Offices: , CPT: Dock Road Junction, Cnr Dock Road and Stanley Street, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, 8001+27 (0)21 425 5604
18 years in practice
Cape Town, Western Cape
Kay Jay House, 48 Dorp Street, Cape Town+27 (0)21 492 2891 Docex: 113 - Cape Town
17 years in practice
Cape Town, Western Cape
301 Buitenkloof Studios, 8 Kloof Street, Gardens, Cape Town010 449 9756
15 years in practice
Cape Town, Western Cape
17th Floor, 2 Long Street, Cape Town+27 (0)21 801 5240
15 years in practice
Cape Town, Western Cape
Radio House, 92 Loop Street, Cape Town086 099 5146
14 years in practice
Cape Town, Western Cape
3rd Floor, The Chambers, 50 Keerom Street, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town021 422 0369
14 years in practice
Cape Town, Western Cape
Unit 61, 2nd Floor, Roeland Square, Drury Ln, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001021 204 9974
13 years in practice
Cape Town, Western Cape
Spaces Building, 50 Long Street, Cape Town, Western Cape010 591 9254
11 years in practice
Cape Town, Western Cape
Office 1402, 14th floor, South African Reserve Bank, 60 St George's Mall, Cape Town021 300 1037
9 years in practice
Cape Town, Western Cape
3 Belgravia Avenue, Cape Town(+27) 71 622 6229
7 years in practice
Cape Town, Western Cape
Third Floor, The Chambers, 50 Keerom Street, Cape Town CBD, 8001021 203 0495
6 years in practice
Cape Town, Western Cape
7 Riverstone, Wynberg Upper, Cape Town062 678 4931 WhatsApp: +27626784931
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Cape Town, Western Cape
807, 8th Floor, 47 Strand Street, Cape Town+27 (0)21 422 0139
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Cape Town, Western Cape
Suite 1206, 12th Floor, Touchstone House, 7 Bree Street, Cape Town021 569 0632
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Cape Town, Western Cape
3rd Floor, 107 Bree Str, 166 Longmarket Str, City Centre, Cape Town, 8001021 002 8525
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Cape Town, Western Cape
7th Floor Wale Street Chambers, 38 Wale Street, Cape Town, South Africa 8001
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Cape Town, Western Cape
Suite 10AB, 10th Floor, The Pinnacle Building, Cnr Strand, Burg and Castle Street, (Entrance on Burg Street), Cape Town+27 (0)21 007 5828 Docex: 202 Cape Town
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Cape Town, Western Cape
Suite 10001, 10th Floor, One Thibault, 17 Hans Strijdom Avenue, Cape Town021 271 0600
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Cape Town, Western Cape
Suite 14001, 12th Floor, One Thibault, cnr Long Street & Hans Strijdom Avenue, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town.021 100 6177 Docex: 136
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Cape Town, Western Cape
Tiny Empire, 37 Buitenkant St, District Six, Cape Town,082 425 2345
24 years in practice
Cape Town, Western Cape
No 45, Ashwood Centre, Parklands Main Road, Parkland 7441021556652
14 years in practice
Claremont/Cape Town, Western Cape
Sunclare Building, 21 Dreyer Street, Claremont , 7700 (and Cape Town / Century City)087 702 2213
11 years in practice
Cape Town | Paarl, Western Cape
CAPE TOWN: Dock Road Junction, Cnr. Dock Road and Stanley Street, V and A Waterfront, Cape Town, 8001 PAARL: 1st Floor, 1 van der Lingen Street, Corner of van der Lingen Street and Pastorie Avenue, Paarl, 7646(+27)21 4255604
9 years in practice
Cape Town, Western Cape
One Thibault, 17 Hans Strijdom Avenue, Cape Town, 80000212710600
6 years in practice
Cape Town, Western Cape
210 Long Street Cape Town4811835
1 years in practice
Mitchell's Plain, Western Cape
Engen Building, Fourth Avenue, Eastridge, Mitchell's Plain, 77850213924127
1 years in practice
V&A Waterfront, Western Cape
Dock Road Junction, Cnr.Dock Road and Stanley Street, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, 8001
1 years in practice
Cape Town, Western Cape
Dock Road Junction, Cnr.Dock Road and Stanley Street, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, 8001021425560445 of the 65 firms in our Cape Town directory list wills & estates as one of their practice areas (69%). MacRobert Inc has been practising the longest, at 130 years, followed by Shepstone & Wylie and Abrahams & Gross. 3 of them have been practising for five years or less. All of them have a full profile on our site, with their people, history and the courts they use. Offices are spread across Cape Town | Paarl, Claremont/Cape Town, Mitchell's Plain and V&A Waterfront. Languages spoken across these firms include English, Afrikaans, Xhosa and Zulu..
A valid will in South Africa must meet the formalities of the Wills Act 7 of 1953, including being signed by you in front of two competent witnesses. Without a will, your estate is divided under the Intestate Succession Act. When someone dies, their estate is reported to the Master of the High Court and wound up by an executor, often with an attorney's help.
A deceased estate has to be reported to the Master of the High Court within 14 days of the death, normally at the Master's office for the area where the person lived. The nearest Master's office is in Cape Town itself: Master of the High Court, Cape Town, Dullah Omar Building, 45 Castle Street, Cape Town.
The estate is divided according to the Intestate Succession Act 81 of 1987, which sets out which relatives inherit. This may not match what the person would have wanted.
Simple estates can take several months; larger or disputed estates often take a year or more, because of advertising periods, SARS clearances and the Master's processes.
Use the list above to find firms in Cape Town that handle wills and deceased estates, and ask about their fees for drafting a will or administering an estate.
Estates are reported to the Master's office for the area where the person lived. The closest Master's office to Cape Town is Master of the High Court, Cape Town.
