With the introduction of the Wills & Estates Succession Act last year, are there any changes to who gets a share of my estate if I don’t have a Will?

Yes there are. An estate used to be divided on the basis of “consanguinity” and it is now divided in a “parentelic” manner. If you have a spouse and no “descendants”, everything goes to your spouse. If you have no spouse, everything goes to your descendants. If you have a spouse and descendants there is more to tell you than I have space here! If you have no spouse or descendants, everything goes to your parents if they are alive and if not, then to their descendants (your siblings). If you have no siblings, then to your grandparents or if they are not alive, then to their descendants (your aunts/uncles). Then to your great-grandparents or their descendants. Finally, to the government.