Times Of Swaziland: HLOBI SINGS MASTER’S  PRAISES IN  DAD’S ESTATE

HLOBI SINGS MASTER’S  PRAISES IN  DAD’S ESTATE
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Kwanele Dlamini on 09/02/2024 12:50:00


MBABANE – Hlobisile Ndlovu was yesterday all praise for the Office of the
Master of the High Court when she appeared before the Judicial Commission of
Inquiry.
Hlobisile assumed the duties of executrix in her late father’s estate, the
late Pigg’s Peak businessman Calvin Ndlovu, whose estate has not been wound up
in over 20 years. At least 17 people have appeared before the commission and
Hlobisile is arguably the only one who did not say any negative things about the
master of the High Court or her office.
She told the commission that: “I have worked with the master very well. I
would arrive around 8am or 5pm at the Master’s Office and not even once did I
not find her there. She advised us accordingly. Why do you quarrel because the
master is there? We did not need attorneys.” Judge Maxine Langwenya expressed
gratitude that positive things were being said about the master. The judge, in
jest, said today there would be positive news reported about the master.
Positive
The Master of the High Court, Phumzile Thomo, said they were all smiles and that
they were grateful to hear positive submissions about their office. Thomo said
they took the pointers given by Hlobisile and they would improve where they
could. In previous appearances, former teacher and trade unionist, Simangele
Mtetwa, accused the Master’s Office of being hostile towards her son, who was
suffering from depression after the death of his father. Mtetwa was the third
person to appear before the commission.
She appeared together with her daughter, Gugulethu Vilakati. Mtetwa also alleged
that at the Master’s Office, the officers told her that they did not deal with
issues of sikhwele.Thembi Dlamini complained that her father’s estate was
allegedly looted at the Master’s Office. Other complainants accused the
Master’s Office of being hostile towards them.