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Chief Master's Directives

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  • Chief Master Directive 2 of 2025 [764kb] - TRUSTS QR Codes and Online Registration. Effective dates:
    QR Code on Master’s Appointment Letters in Trusts for all offices: 18 March 2025, Online registration of trusts: Master Pretoria and Master Johannesburg: 1 April 2025 & the rest of the country: To be confirmed.
  • Chief Master Directive 1 of 2025 [269kb] - Placing of Online Estate Adverts. Read together with Chief Master Directive 1 of 2020. Effective from 13 Feb 2025.
  • Chief Master Directive 9 of 2023 [7.51mb] - Deceased Estate Matters. Appointment of Executors and/or Master's Representatives in Deceased Estates by the Master and other deceased estate matters. This Directive recalls Chief Master's Directive 3 of 2006 & 2 of 2015. Effective from 03 Nov 2023.
  • Chief Master Directive 8 of 2023 [382kb] - Beneficial Ownership Register. This Directive amends and/or repeals prior Directives, Circulars or instructions regarding this subject as per the effective date indicated on the Directive. Effective from 17 Oct 2023.
  • Chief Master Directive 7 of 2023 [3.41mb] - Chief Masters Directive 2023-07: Keeping of Annual Performance Plan (APP) Statistics, 21 Sep 2023
  • Chief Master Directive 6 of 2023 [154kb] - Chief Masters Directive 2023-06: Establishment of Master Middelburg, Mpumalanga, 28 Aug 2023
  • Chief Master Directive 5 of 2023 [382kb] - Guardian's Fund payment cut-off extension for June 2023, 26 Jun 2023.
    Effective from 22 Jun 2023
  • Chief Master Directive 4 of 2023 [168kb] - Bankruptcy Matters: Master Middelburg, 07 Jun 2023.
    Effective from 06 Jun 2023
  • Chief Masters Directive 2023-02 [180kb]: - Bankruptcy Matters: Standardize the submission of requisitions, 02 May 2023. Effective from 24 Apr 2023
  • Chief Masters Directive 2023-01 [88kb]: Deceased Estates: Implementing QR Code on Master's Appointment Letters, 30 Mar 2023. Effective from:
    - Master Johannesburg: 30 March 2023
    - Master Durban: 12 April 2023
    - Rest of the country: To be confirmed.
    Chief Masters Directive 2023-01 ADDENDUM 1: Addendum dealing with the implementation of the QR Code in the Cape Town office as well as dealing with appointments in estates registered in manual registers, prior to 2008 [Released: 31 Jul 2023]
    Chief Masters Directive 2023-01 ADDENDUM 2: Addendum on Implementation of a QR Code on Deceased Estate Appointments in the Pretoria and Thohoyandou Master's Offices. CMD 1 of2023 will come into effect in the Master of the North Gauteng High Court and Master of the Thohoyandou High Court on 26 September 2023 [Released: 26 Sep 2023]

 

  • Chief Masters Directive 2021-02 [738kb]: Trusts: Matters relating to Road Accident Fund ("RAF") and Medical Negligence - Amended, 28 May 2021. Effective from 27 May 2021.
  • Chief Masters Directive 2021-01 [834kb]: Trusts: Matters relating to Road Accident Fund ("RAF") and Medical Negligence, 28 Apr 2021. Effective from 28 Apr 2021.

NOTE: Signed copies of the Directives can be requested via the Customer Care e-mail address: chiefmaster@justice.gov.za