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Countless articles have been written, videos made, lectures and talks given on succession, succession in the context of estate planning, Wills, and the administration of deceased estates, but many people still do not know what they need to plan for.

A perceived honest commitment to pursue fairness plays a massive role in the acceptance of the outcome. Even unpopular decisions would survive a fairness test when there was an intellectually honest commitment to fairness.

South Africans have had a love-hate relationship with Trusts for the longest time. We love the protection it provides against the wrath of a spouse, the greed of SARS and the persecution of creditors. But we hate the costs and admin associated with it, the loss of control and erosion of the tax benefits we enjoyed in the recent past.