The Minister of Justice, Mr Ronald Lamola, published directions about access to Department of Justice service points, including Master’s Offices, in the Government Gazette 43167 on Thursday, 26 March 2020.
Paragraph 7 of the directions issued under Regulation 10 of R. 398 issued under the Disaster Management Act, 57 of 2002, deals with the services that will be rendered by Master’s Offices during the period of lockdown.
These services are limited to payments for the benefit of minors and persons under curatorship, documents required for the burial of a deceased person, and urgent appointments of curators.
Click here for the directions.