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You've worked hard to build the life you have. Maybe it's the home you're paying off, the car you finally bought, savings you've built up over time, or simply the life you've created on your own terms with the people you love. Whatever that looks like, it's worth asking: if something happened to you tomorrow, would the people you care about know what you wanted? That's where a will comes in. But here's the part many people miss: writing your wishes down and calling the document a will doesn't automatically

Most of us have a pretty clear idea of who we'd want to inherit from us one day. Perhaps a partner, your children, or even a parent or someone else who has always been part of your life. But if you die without a valid will, the law doesn't ask what you would have wanted. Instead, the Intestate Succession Act decides who is legally entitled to inherit from your estate and how much they receive. There's a specific formula, an order of inheritance and, sometimes, an outcome that looks very different from the one you

We spend a lot of time planning the life we're building. From the home we want to buy, to the people we love and the future we're working towards. A will is part of that plan too. It's how we make sure the people and things that matter to us are looked after in the way we intended. But, if you die without a valid will, your wishes don't automatically count. Instead, South African law decides who inherits from your estate and how much they receive. It's called intestate succession, and it follows a set formula rather than what you might have