Find a deceased estate notice
Deceased estate notices from the South African Government Gazette, one page each.
Name, ID number, estate number or executor. 1,341,488 notices, 1 June 2012 to 16 October 2026.
What this is
When someone dies in South Africa, the executor publishes two notices in the Government Gazette. This site gives each notice its own page, taken in every night. A creditor or an heir writes to the executor named on it.
Ways in
- People: every notice, newest first.
- Surnames A to Z: everyone with that surname, newest first (31,229 surnames).
- Executors A to Z: the firms and practices that handle estates, a page each (20,627 pages).
- Master's offices: which estates are filed where, and which executors file there (16 offices).
- Gazettes: issue by issue (7,374 held). The latest:
- Government Gazette 55545, 16 October 2026, 2,140 notices
- Government Gazette 55522, 9 October 2026, 1,916 notices
- Government Gazette 55534, 9 October 2026, 27 notices
- Government Gazette 55463, 2 October 2026, 1,880 notices
- Government Gazette 55434, 25 September 2026, 1,960 notices
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