All Legal Documents

Browse our South African templates with guided questions, key Acts, and one-time pricing—updated for common 2026 compliance checkpoints (verify amendments with a professional).

Essential all legal documents documents

Our most commonly used documents trusted by users around the country every single day.

Estate Planning

Planning your estate is easier than you may think. Learn the essentials to estate planning and create personalized estate and health care documents to ensure you and your loved ones are protected.

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Create a living will that records your healthcare wishes if you become terminally ill, permanently unconscious, or unable to communicate, including instructions about life-sustaining treatment and comfort care.

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Create a special power of attorney authorising a trusted person to perform a specific act or transaction on your behalf, such as signing documents, dealing with property, banking, claims, applications, or administration.

Photograph representing Family Trust Deed

Create a family trust deed to hold and manage assets for family members, protect long-term family interests, regulate trustees, identify beneficiaries, and set rules for distributions and administration.

Photograph representing Letter of Wishes

Create a personal letter of wishes to guide your executor, trustees, guardians, and family about how you would like your estate, children, personal items, funeral wishes, and family matters handled.

Photograph representing Donation Agreement

Create a donation agreement recording a gift of money, property, assets, equipment, shares, goods, or other value, including conditions, delivery, acceptance, warranties, tax treatment, and revocation rights where applicable.

Photograph representing Last Will and Testament

Create a legally structured last will and testament to record who must inherit your estate, who will act as executor, who should care for minor children, and how your assets should be distributed after death.

Property & Real Estate

Residential property is a significant asset. Our guides and templates help you navigate the Rental Housing Act, Consumer Protection Act, and Deeds Registries Act with confidence and compliance.

Photograph representing Residential Lease Agreement (Standard)

Create a standard residential lease agreement for a house, flat, room, apartment, cottage, or other dwelling, covering rent, deposit, inspections, repairs, occupation, utilities, breach, cancellation, and tenant rights.

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Create a commercial lease agreement for offices, shops, warehouses, workshops, restaurants, salons, industrial premises, or business premises, covering rent, deposit, operating costs, trading rights, repairs, compliance, breach, and cancellation.

Photograph representing Lease Renewal Agreement

Create a lease renewal agreement extending an existing lease for a further period while confirming the new term, rent, escalation, deposit, and any amended conditions.

Photograph representing Notice to Vacate

Create a notice requiring a tenant or occupant to vacate leased premises by a specified date, after termination, expiry, cancellation, or lawful notice.

Photograph representing Property Management Agreement

Create a property management agreement appointing a manager or agent to manage rental property, tenants, rent collection, inspections, maintenance, reporting, contractors, and owner instructions.

Photograph representing Co-Ownership Property Agreement

Create a co-ownership property agreement for people who jointly own or intend to buy immovable property, covering ownership shares, bond payments, expenses, occupation, sale, buy-out, rental income, and disputes.

Photograph representing Property Sale Agreement

Create a property sale agreement for immovable property, covering purchase price, deposit, transfer, bond approval, occupation, occupational rent, defects, fixtures, compliance certificates, and breach.

Photograph representing Rental Arrears Demand

Create a formal demand requiring a tenant to pay outstanding rent, utilities, damages, or other arrears by a specified deadline, failing which further action may follow.

Photograph representing Breach of Payment Notice

Create a breach notice for non-payment under a lease or property agreement, giving the defaulting party a fixed period to remedy the breach before cancellation or further legal action.

Photograph representing Student Accommodation Lease

Create a student accommodation lease covering room occupation, rent, deposit, house rules, shared facilities, visitors, noise, conduct, utilities, damages, inspections, and termination.

Photograph representing Sublease Agreement

Create a sublease agreement where an existing tenant lets all or part of leased premises to a subtenant, subject to the main lease and landlord consent.

Photograph representing Lease Cancellation Agreement

Create a lease cancellation agreement where landlord and tenant mutually agree to end a lease, record the cancellation date, final rent, deposit treatment, inspection, handover, arrears, and release terms.

Photograph representing Property Maintenance Agreement

Create a property maintenance agreement for repairs, upkeep, inspections, minor works, call-outs, emergency maintenance, service standards, payment, materials, liability, and termination.

Photograph representing Building Contractor Agreement

Create a building contractor agreement for construction, alterations, repairs, extensions, or building works, covering scope, drawings, price, payment milestones, materials, defects, delays, safety, insurance, and handover.

Photograph representing Renovation Agreement

Create a renovation agreement for home, office, shop, or property improvements, covering the renovation scope, materials, timelines, payment stages, variations, defects, approvals, site access, and handover.

Photograph representing Construction Agreement

Create a detailed construction agreement for building, civil, engineering, infrastructure, renovation, or project works, covering scope, programme, payment, variations, safety, defects, completion, delays, insurance, and dispute resolution.

Photograph representing Storage Lease Agreement

Create a storage lease agreement for renting storage space, garages, containers, rooms, warehouses, lockers, yards, or storage units, covering rent, access, prohibited items, risk, insurance, security, arrears, and termination.

Photograph representing Mandate to Sell

Create a mandate to sell authorising a property practitioner, agent, broker, or representative to market and sell property, with commission, asking price, mandate period, exclusivity, advertising, offers, and cancellation terms.

Photograph representing Rental Mandate

Create a rental mandate authorising a property practitioner or rental agent to market a rental property, find tenants, conduct viewings, screen applicants, prepare lease documents, collect deposits, and manage placement terms.

Business & Employment

Starting or growing a business requires robust legal foundations. Our expert-guided builders help you protect your intellectual property, formalize employment, and scale with confidence.

Photograph representing Employment Contract

Create a South African Employment Contract covering job duties, salary, working hours, leave, probation, confidentiality, workplace rules, termination, and dispute resolution.

Photograph representing Written Warning

Issue a clear workplace written warning for misconduct, poor conduct, or minor rule breaches, with details of the incident, corrective action, validity period, and consequences of repeat misconduct.

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Issue a final workplace warning for serious or repeated misconduct, with clear incident details, corrective action, validity period, and notice that further misconduct may lead to dismissal.

Photograph representing Suspension Notice

Notify an employee of precautionary suspension pending investigation or disciplinary action, with reasons, pay status, conditions, review date, and next steps.

Photograph representing Notice to Attend Disciplinary Hearing

Create a clear disciplinary hearing notice that informs an employee of the allegations against them, the hearing details, their right to prepare, their right to representation, and the possible consequences if they fail to attend.

Photograph representing Charge Sheet

Prepare a structured workplace charge sheet that clearly records the misconduct allegations against an employee, the rules allegedly breached, and the factual particulars needed for the employee to understand and answer the case against them.

Photograph representing Notice of Intention to Suspend

Prepare a formal notice informing an employee that the employer is considering precautionary suspension, setting out the reasons, inviting representations, and recording the employee’s rights before a final suspension decision is made.

Photograph representing Notice of Suspension

Create a formal suspension notice confirming the employer’s decision to suspend an employee, the reason for the suspension, whether it is precautionary or disciplinary, and the conditions that apply during the suspension period.

Photograph representing Outcome of Disciplinary Enquiry

Prepare a formal disciplinary outcome confirming the chairperson’s finding, reasons, sanction, effective date, and the employee’s appeal or dispute-referral options after a workplace disciplinary enquiry.

Photograph representing Mutual Separation Agreement

Create a formal agreement for an employer and employee to end the employment relationship by mutual consent, while recording the separation date, payment terms, return of property, confidentiality, full and final settlement, and release of claims.

Photograph representing Constructive Dismissal Resignation

Prepare a formal resignation letter where an employee records that they are resigning because the employer has allegedly made continued employment intolerable, while preserving the right to refer a constructive dismissal dispute.

Photograph representing Job Offer Letter

Create a clear and professional job offer letter confirming the role, start date, salary, benefits, working hours, reporting line, probation terms, and any conditions that must be met before employment begins.

Photograph representing Company Shareholders Agreement

Create a detailed shareholders agreement that regulates ownership, voting rights, director appointments, share transfers, funding, dividends, confidentiality, restraints, dispute resolution, and exit arrangements between shareholders.

Photograph representing Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

Create a professional Memorandum of Understanding that records the parties’ shared intentions, roles, responsibilities, timelines, confidentiality obligations, costs, and whether the arrangement is binding or non-binding.

Photograph representing Service Level Agreement (SLA)

Create a practical Service Level Agreement that defines the services to be provided, performance standards, response times, reporting duties, payment terms, remedies, escalation procedures, and termination rights.

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Create a professional consulting agreement that records the consulting services, deliverables, fees, timelines, independent-contractor status, confidentiality, intellectual property, liability, and termination terms.

Photograph representing Freelancer Agreement

Create a clear freelancer agreement that records the freelance services, deliverables, deadlines, fees, payment terms, independent-contractor status, confidentiality, intellectual property, revisions, and termination rights.

Photograph representing Commission Agreement

Create a clear commission agreement that records how commission is earned, calculated, approved, paid, adjusted, clawed back, and terminated for sales, referrals, introductions, or performance-based work.

Photograph representing Supplier Agreement

Create a clear supplier agreement that records the goods or services to be supplied, pricing, ordering process, delivery terms, quality standards, warranties, payment terms, risk, confidentiality, data protection, and termination rights.

Photograph representing Notice of Breach

Create a formal notice placing a party on terms for breaching an agreement, identifying the breach, demanding correction within a specified period, and warning of cancellation, legal action, or other remedies if the breach is not fixed.

Photograph representing Notice of Cancellation

Create a formal notice cancelling an agreement, recording the reason for cancellation, the effective date, any prior breach notice, outstanding obligations, return of property, final payments, and consequences of cancellation.

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Create a clear indemnity agreement that records who is protected, what risks or losses are covered, what claims are excluded, whether liability is capped, and what procedures apply when a claim arises.

Photograph representing Joint Venture Agreement

Create a detailed joint venture agreement that records the parties’ contributions, project scope, profit-sharing, management structure, funding, responsibilities, intellectual property, confidentiality, dispute resolution, and exit arrangements.

Photograph representing Consortium Agreement

Create a clear consortium agreement for two or more parties working together on a tender, project, contract, bid, research initiative, or commercial opportunity while recording each party’s role, contribution, liability, profit share, authority, and exit terms.

Photograph representing Fixed-Term Employment Contract

Create a legally structured fixed-term employment contract that records the employee’s role, start date, end date or terminating event, lawful reason for the fixed term, salary, working hours, benefits, probation, renewal terms, and termination conditions.

Photograph representing Probationary Employment Agreement

Create a clear probationary employment agreement that records the employee’s role, probation period, performance standards, assessment process, feedback requirements, training support, extension rules, and confirmation or termination outcomes.

Photograph representing Casual Employment Agreement

Create a practical casual employment agreement for employees who work irregular, temporary, occasional, or shift-based hours, while recording pay, working days, duties, leave, notice, and basic statutory rights.

Photograph representing Remote Work Agreement

Create a clear remote work agreement that records where the employee may work, working hours, equipment, expenses, data security, confidentiality, health and safety duties, performance expectations, monitoring rules, and when remote work may be changed or withdrawn.

Photograph representing Notice of Poor Work Performance

Create a formal notice recording poor work performance concerns, the required performance standards, support to be provided, improvement timelines, review dates, and possible consequences if performance does not improve.

Photograph representing Performance Improvement Plan (PIP)

Create a structured Performance Improvement Plan that records performance concerns, required standards, measurable improvement targets, support to be provided, review dates, and possible consequences if performance does not improve.

Photograph representing Confidentiality Undertaking

Create a one-party confidentiality undertaking for an employee, contractor, consultant, supplier, applicant, or third party who will receive or access confidential business, client, employee, technical, financial, or personal information.

Photograph representing Non-Circumvention Agreement

Create a non-circumvention agreement that prevents a party from bypassing another party after receiving introductions, contacts, opportunities, leads, suppliers, investors, clients, or confidential deal information.

Photograph representing Distribution Agreement

Create a professional distribution agreement that records the appointment of a distributor, territory, products, exclusivity, pricing, orders, delivery, sales targets, marketing duties, intellectual property use, confidentiality, compliance, and termination rights.

Photograph representing Manufacturing Agreement

Create a detailed manufacturing agreement that records the products to be manufactured, specifications, materials, tooling, quality control, pricing, delivery, defects, warranties, intellectual property, confidentiality, compliance, and termination rights.

Photograph representing Silent Partnership Agreement

Create a clear silent partnership agreement for a partner who contributes capital, assets, skills, or value to a business while remaining undisclosed or inactive in day-to-day management, with rules on profit share, losses, authority, confidentiality, reporting, and exit.

Photograph representing Volunteer Agreement

Create a clear volunteer agreement that records the voluntary nature of the role, duties, time commitment, supervision, expenses, confidentiality, safeguarding, health and safety, personal information, and ending arrangements.

Photograph representing Independent Contractor Agreement

Create a clear Independent Contractor Agreement for freelance, consulting, project-based, or service work, covering deliverables, fees, timelines, confidentiality, intellectual property, tax, and termination.

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Create a clear partnership agreement that records each partner’s contributions, profit-sharing, responsibilities, decision-making powers, banking arrangements, dispute resolution process, and exit terms.

Financial & Debt

Managing debt and credit requires absolute clarity. Our expert-guided builders ensure your financial agreements are legally sound, protecting both lender and borrower in accordance with the National Credit Act.

Photograph representing Acknowledgement of Debt

Create a formal acknowledgement of debt where a debtor admits liability for an amount owing and agrees to repay the debt by a specified date or in agreed instalments.

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Create a clear loan agreement recording the loan amount, repayment terms, interest, default consequences, security, suretyship, early settlement, and the rights and obligations of the lender and borrower.

Photograph representing Instalment Payment Agreement

Create an instalment payment agreement allowing a debtor to repay an outstanding amount over time, with clear payment dates, instalment amounts, default consequences, interest, and settlement terms.

Photograph representing Suretyship Agreement

Create a suretyship agreement where a surety agrees to be responsible for another person’s debt or obligations if the principal debtor fails to pay or perform.

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Create a debt settlement agreement recording a negotiated settlement of an outstanding debt, including the settlement amount, payment terms, waiver conditions, default consequences, and full-and-final settlement wording.

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Create a structured repayment plan setting out how a debtor will repay an outstanding debt over time, including repayment dates, instalments, interest treatment, review dates, and default consequences.

Photograph representing Profit Sharing Agreement

Create a profit sharing agreement recording how profits from a business, project, investment, sale, partnership, referral, or joint activity will be calculated, verified, distributed, and audited.

Photograph representing Letter of Demand

Create a formal letter of demand requiring payment, performance, return of property, or correction of a breach before further legal action is taken.

Photograph representing Final Letter of Demand

Create a final demand before legal action, giving the debtor a last opportunity to pay, perform, or remedy a breach before summons, cancellation, handover, or enforcement steps are taken.

Photograph representing Pledge and Security Agreement

Create a pledge and security agreement where a debtor gives movable property, shares, equipment, stock, receivables, documents, or other assets as security for repayment or performance of an obligation.

Photograph representing Payment in Kind Agreement

Create a payment in kind agreement where a debt or obligation is settled by transferring goods, assets, services, shares, stock, equipment, or another non-cash benefit instead of money.

Family & Personal

Protecting your family is your highest priority. From marriage to parental care, our guides help you create the legal framework needed to ensure your loved ones are secure and respected.

Photograph representing Cohabitation Agreement

Create a practical cohabitation agreement for unmarried partners to regulate shared property, expenses, household contributions, debts, children, separation, and what happens if the relationship ends.

Photograph representing Parenting Plan

Create a parenting plan that records care, contact, residence, schooling, holidays, communication, decision-making, maintenance, and co-parenting arrangements for minor children.

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Create a child maintenance agreement recording monthly support, school fees, medical expenses, transport, clothing, activities, annual increases, payment dates, and review terms.

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Create a spousal maintenance agreement recording interim, rehabilitative, fixed-term, or ongoing support between spouses or former spouses, including amount, duration, review, and termination events.

Photograph representing Nanny Employment Contract

Create a nanny employment contract covering childcare duties, working hours, wages, leave, UIF, confidentiality, child safety, household rules, transport, overtime, and termination.

Photograph representing Caregiver Agreement

Create a caregiver agreement for elderly, disabled, ill, recovering, or vulnerable persons, covering care duties, working hours, payment, medication support, emergencies, confidentiality, safety, and termination.

Photograph representing Family Meeting Resolution

Create a written family meeting resolution recording decisions made by family members about property, caregiving, inheritance, family business, disputes, funeral arrangements, or shared responsibilities.

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Create a family business succession plan covering leadership transition, ownership transfer, family roles, buy-out arrangements, training, governance, death, retirement, disability, and dispute prevention.

Photograph representing Separation Agreement

Create a separation agreement for spouses or partners who are living apart, covering children, maintenance, property, debts, household expenses, occupation, contact, and interim arrangements.

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Create a divorce settlement agreement covering division of assets, debts, pension interests, spousal maintenance, child care, contact, child maintenance, medical expenses, school fees, and full settlement terms.

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Create a respectful lobola agreement recording the families involved, agreed lobola, payments, gifts, cultural terms, meeting details, witnesses, and whether the agreement relates to a customary marriage.

General Legal

Navigating everyday legal requirements doesn't have to be complicated. Our general legal guides and templates provide the standard frameworks you need for formal statements, demands, and agreements.

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Create a settlement agreement to resolve a dispute by recording payment terms, undertakings, releases, confidentiality, withdrawal of claims, and full-and-final settlement.

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Create an agency agreement appointing an agent to act for a principal, with clear authority, duties, commission, reporting, confidentiality, limits of power, and termination terms.

Photograph representing Consent

Create a simple written consent confirming that a person gives permission for a specific act, process, arrangement, disclosure, activity, application, or decision.

Photograph representing General Affidavit

Create a general affidavit for a person to make a sworn or affirmed statement of facts for use by an institution, court, employer, school, bank, government office, or private party.

Photograph representing Private Sale Agreement

Create a private sale agreement for the sale of movable goods, equipment, furniture, electronics, livestock, tools, vehicles, stock, or personal property between private parties.

Photograph representing General Power of Attorney

Create a general power of attorney authorising another person to act on your behalf in legal, financial, property, administrative, banking, business, or personal matters.

Community & Organisations

Constitutions, trust deeds, and governance documents for stokvels, burial societies, churches, NPOs, schools, and community associations in South Africa.

Photograph representing Burial Society Constitution

Create a constitution for a burial society that records membership, contributions, benefits, claims, committee powers, meetings, banking, disputes, discipline, and winding-up rules.

Photograph representing Stokvel Constitution

Create a stokvel constitution that records membership, contributions, payout rules, banking, meetings, penalties, committee roles, disputes, withdrawals, and winding-up.

Photograph representing Community Trust Deed

Create a community trust deed for holding and managing assets, donations, land, funds, projects, or benefits for a defined community or public-benefit purpose.

Photograph representing Trustee Resolution

Create a trustee resolution recording a formal decision by trustees, including authorisation to sign documents, open accounts, sell property, approve payments, appoint service providers, or take other trust actions.

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Create a constitution for a religious organisation, ministry, fellowship, mosque, temple, mission, or faith-based body, covering objects, membership, leadership, meetings, finances, discipline, assets, and dissolution.

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Create a church constitution covering church objects, doctrine, membership, leadership, pastors, elders, meetings, finances, discipline, property, branches, and dissolution.

Photograph representing Sports Club Constitution

Create a sports club constitution covering club objects, membership, teams, committee roles, fees, meetings, discipline, safeguarding, finances, assets, and affiliation.

Photograph representing Community Project MOU

Create a memorandum of understanding for a community project, recording the parties’ roles, contributions, responsibilities, timelines, funding, reporting, confidentiality, and whether the MOU is binding.

Photograph representing Co-operative Constitution

Create a constitution for a co-operative, covering membership, member shares, governance, board powers, meetings, surplus distribution, records, dispute resolution, and registration requirements.

Photograph representing Residents Association Constitution

Create a residents association constitution for a suburb, estate, complex, street committee, housing community, or neighbourhood group, covering membership, committee powers, levies, meetings, security, maintenance, rules, and disputes.

Important disclaimer

This site provides general legal information and document tools only—not legal advice. South African law changes through Acts, regulations, and case law. Confirm your position with an admitted attorney or notary, especially for wills, property transfers, credit agreements, and court filings.