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This year National Wills Week will take place from 16-20 September 2024 and Legal Practitioners will be called upon to provide free legal advice and free drafting of wills.
It is important that practitioners understand the challenges relating to the non–recognition of relationships and the challenges faced by communities during COVID-19 and how it impacts on succession and estate planning.
National Wills Week: Kabokweni residents encouraged to draft wills to protect their assets, SABC News, 17 Sept 2024
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, in partnership with the Law Society of South Africa, has launched the National Wills Week campaign in Kabokweni in Mpumalanga. The campaign aims to encourage people to draft wills to assist them in safeguarding their assets and estates after death.
National Wills Week, 16-23 Sep 2024
Monday, 16 September 2024, marks the start of the National Wills Week campaign launched by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development. This initiative is designed to underscore the importance of having a legally valid will and to guide South Africans through the estate planning process. #eNCA #DStv403 #questionthinkact
Visit the Legal Aid SA website for more information on this year's Wills Week and the Master of the High Court of all the infortation on Wills.
Discussion about Wills Week 2023, with Ms Ntabiseng Masina, Deputy Master Johannesburg, on the WITS Citizen Justice Network Social Justice Podcast, 14 Sep 2023 [09:02min].
A discussion about National Will Week 2023 on IKHWEZI, Umhlobo Wenene FM, 14 Sep 2023 [29:54min].
Documents:
- Advisory: Justice Department encourages members of the public to draft wills at no cost during the National Wills Week, 08 September 2023
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, in collaboration with the University of Pretoria and the Foundation of Human Rights, annually hosts, the National Schools Moot Court Competition. The objective of Moot Court Competition is mainly to persuade school children to understand the Constitution and its values and to establish a continuous Human Rights learning programme through education and information. Thus, enhancing respect for the primacy of the Human Rights.
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National Conference on Human Rights in South Africa, 18-20 March 2024.
In 2024, South Africa celebrates 30 years of Constitutional Democracy and Human Rights. As we reflect on this significant milestone, Minister Ronald Lamola and the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development convened the National Conference to assess the progress and chart a way forward in advancing human rights since 1994. Held under the theme: “Three Decades of Respect for and Promotion of Human Rights”.
The theme for the conference was 'Strengthening the Integrated Criminal Justice System to keep our people safe and secure".
National Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Femicide Summit
In his speech on the occasion of the National Women’s Day 2018, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that a National Summit on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Femicide would be held between government and civil society to jointly determine a roadmap to end the scourge of gender-based violence and killings of women and girls in our country.
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