Makhanya v Minister of Finance
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makhanya-v-minister-of-finance-209-77976
title:
Makhanya v Minister of Finance
text:
In Makhanya v Minister of Finance (2001), an important case in the South African law of succession, the deceased (R) was a civil servant who was murdered by his wife. In terms of the Governmental Services Act, his wife was entitled to receive his pension benefits. R's daughter, however, approached the court to declare the deceased's wife unworthy of inheriting. The court considered the question of whether the bloedige hand principle could be extended to statutory principles. The court held that
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South African legal case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makhanya_v_Minister_of_Finance
date created:
2013-10-15T14:28:03Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T10:55:28Z
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