How to sign your Will

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Signing your Will is a big and exciting step into adulting like a, well, adult. Congratulations for getting this far. We offer a free Will which has a few places that you and your witnesses will need to sign. First of all, get your hands on that…

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Now, let’s go through it step by step…

Step one

Write out your full name and surname as it appears on your ID book after “of”.
Write our your SA Identity number as it appears in your ID book. Check, double check and check it again.

Step two

After the word “appoint”, write out the full name and surname of your beneficiary as it appears in their ID book.
Write out their Identity number as it appears in their ID book. Check, double check and check it again.

Step three

After the word “appoint”, write out the full name and surname of your executor as it appears in their ID book.
Write out their Identity number as it appears in their ID book. Check, double check and check it again.

Step four

Add in the city or town and the province where you’re signing your Will.
Add in the date at which you’re signing it.
example: Thus done and executed at Cape Town in the Western Cape Province on this the 3rd day of May in the year 2020.

Step five

You need two witnesses to actually witness you signing your Will. Don’t fill it out beforehand - they must actually see you signing your Will.
They must be over the age of 14 and, in a court of law, should be able to give evidence competently if the need arose. If possible, choose adults who you can trust and who understand the seriousness of a Will signing.
Witness 1 must sign their signature on the line.
Witness 2 must sign their signature on the line.
If you’re signing the Will, you are the testator. Sign on the line next to that word.
Both pages of the Will must be signed.

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