‘MASTER REFUSES TO RELEASE E125 000 IN E8M ESTATE’

MBABANE – Their father left more than E8 million cash and other valuables but they are now purportedly struggling to make ends meet.

This is the story of a Magagula family after the master of the High Court reportedly refused to release part of the money for the upkeep of the family. The executor of the estate, Phumaphi Magagula, now wants the  High Court to compel the master to authorise in writing for Nedbank Swaziland to forthwith release the requested sum of E125 000. “I am unable to even explain to the surviving spouses and the children of the deceased why they remain without food and maintenance yet their father and husband left more than E8 million cash in his bank accounts at Nedbank. E125 000 is just a small fraction of the available money,” contended the executor.
She is further praying for an order directing the master of the High Court to refrain from doing anything that causes unlawful interference in her (executor) duties. The executor is represented by Sikhumbuzo Simelane of SM Simelane Attorneys.

In her application, which has been filed under a certificate of urgency, Phumaphi submitted that the deceased, Mathanda Magagula, was her father and he died testate on March 28, 2021 at Medisun Clinic in Ezulwini.
According to the executor, in his last Will and Testament, Mathanda appointed her to be an executrix testamentary. She submitted that in line with the law and procedure, the Will was read and explained to all the beneficiaries at Ntondozi and minutes were allegedly prepared and filed in the office of the master. She informed the court that her late father made a special provision regarding his burial and appointed her brother Musa Magagula to take care of the burial ceremony.

Release

“When, we as a family, went to the Master’s Office to authorise the release of the money from the deceased’s Nedbank account to cater for the funeral expenses, we experienced resistance and lack of cooperation, so much that some expenses which were necessary were queried and ultimately less money was authorised,” she averred. She alleged that as a family, they brushed that off and hoped things would improve once an executor had been appointed.  According to Phumaphi, after she was appointed and given letters of administration, the master of the High Court refused to authorise the release of monies which were necessary for the funding of the day-to-day expenses and maintenance costs of the two living spouses and children.  

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