Find a deceased estate notice
Deceased estate notices from the South African Government Gazette, one page each.
Name, ID number, estate number or executor. 1,337,405 notices, 1 June 2012 to 2 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 (31,151 surnames).
- Executors A to Z: the firms and practices that handle estates, a page each (20,582 pages).
- Master's offices: which estates are filed where, and which executors file there (16 offices).
- Gazettes: issue by issue (7,371 held). The latest:
- Government Gazette 55463, 2 October 2026, 1,880 notices
- Government Gazette 55434, 25 September 2026, 1,960 notices
- Government Gazette 55407, 18 September 2026, 2,083 notices
- Government Gazette 55442, 18 September 2026, 20 notices
- Government Gazette 55344, 11 September 2026, 2,077 notices
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Updated nightly; the newest gazette held is 2 October 2026. The same facts as plain text, for assistants.