WEALTH CREATION - What happens to your investments when you pass away, and how your heirs can rightfully claim

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GUEST - Vuyo Lee, Director of Marketing and Corporate Affairs at the JSE



The Johannesburg Stock Exchange has launched a tool for South Africans to check if they are owed any money for unclaimed dividends.



The stock exchange has launched its new “Claim It” campaign, urging South Africans to check of they are potential shareholders owed a portion of the R4.5 billion in unclaimed dividends.

The campaign is a collaboration between the bourse and some of the largest companies listed on the JSE.



Through the collaboration, the JSE has access to nineteen issuer share registries and will endeavour to reunite nearly 375,000 former employees, shareholders or beneficiaries of deceased estates with their unclaimed funds.
22 Sep 2025 4PM English South Africa Business News · Investing

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