Death

DEATH

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When you die, your estate is divided out between your family or the people that you want to have inherit from you. >

When you register a death with the Department of Home Affairs, you will be issued with an abridged death certificate. >

When a person dies, the family must report the death to the Registrar of Births and Deaths. They must do this as soon as the family gets a death certificate from the doctor. >

The content on this page was last updated on 17 October 2006

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