Drafting steps

• Create an inventory of your assets and liabilities and put a realistic value on each.
• Decide whom you want to appoint as executor. It is the task of the executor to conclude your estate in terms of the stipulations of your will and to make sure your heirs' best interests are served in the process.
• Instruct an expert for the wording of your will.
• Read through the contents of your will carefully and make sure you understand everything.

• Sign your will according to legal requirements:

• You and two legal witnesses must sign the document together and in each other's presence.
• You must sign each page of the will. 
• The same witnesses must sign throughout.

• Any legal witness that derives no benefit from the will, is older than 14 years and can give evidence in a court of law, may act as witness.

• The following people may not sign as witnesses:

  
  
  • Any beneficiary and/or their spouses named in the will.

  • The executors, trustees and guardians and/or their spouses.

• You and two legal witnesses must sign each alteration to the will. The initial witnesses need not sign an already sign will again.

Make sure your original is kept in safe storage. It is not recommended to keep the original at home. Let the firm that will act as executor to manage your estate, keep it safely. It is recommended to sign at least two print-outs of the will for separate safe-keeping.