Vault. Will. Handover pack.
Plan the handover,not just the paperwork.
Create a South African will, organise your important documents, record your final wishes and leave a handover pack your family can actually use.
✓ Available now: vault, will, handover pack.
◦ Coming soon: funeral, life and estate liquidity cover.
When I Am Gone provides educational content and estate information storage tools. For guidance specific to your situation, consult a qualified attorney or fiduciary practitioner. Find an adviser or book a consultation.
Start here
One clear path, from learning to leaving things in order
Most South Africans never quite know where to begin. So we have laid it out as one path: understand the basics, build your will and vault, and bring in a professional only if your situation actually needs one.
Step one
Learn the basics
Learn what a will does, what the vault stores, and what usually costs money when an estate is wound up.
Start learningStep two
Create your will and vault
Open a free vault, capture the people and accounts that matter, and generate a Wills Act-compliant will when you are ready.
Build mineStep three
Get professional advice if you need it
Book a paid consultation with a When I Am Gone specialist, or browse vetted attorneys, fiduciaries and financial planners across SA.
Find a professional
What you can do here
What When I Am Gone offers
A factual look at the tools we build today. Each part is priced separately, so you only pay for what you actually use. Full breakdown is on the pricing page.
South African will
R 99 once-off
A guided will template you print and sign with two competent witnesses, as required by the Wills Act 7 of 1953.
Encrypted estate vault
Free to start. R 49 / month for the full vault
Consumer vault entries are browser-encrypted. Some authorised sharing workflows use server-side envelope encryption so access can be scanned, granted and audited. The free tier covers the basics; the monthly subscription unlocks unlimited storage, key holders and the executor handover pack.
Executor handover pack
Included with the R 49 / month vault
An export-ready PDF with everything your executor and family will need, generated from your vault.
Key holders
Included with the R 49 / month vault
Nominate trusted people who can request access through a controlled, audited workflow.
Digital legacy
Included with any paid plan
Record digital accounts and preferences so nothing important is lost when you are gone. We never store passwords or seed phrases.
Practitioner workflow
Separate plan for attorneys and advisers
A portal for attorneys and advisers managing client estates and Estate Advertisements. Priced separately, see For Professionals.
Getting started
How it works
Four steps to organise your estate information, at your own pace.
Create vault
Set up your secure vault with email verification. Your vault entries are encrypted before they leave your device.
Add documents & details
Upload important documents and record key information about your assets, accounts, and wishes.
Set access permissions
Control who can request access and what information they can see when the time comes.
Generate handover pack
Export a structured PDF based on the information entered, for use in estate administration.
Built for privacy
How vault security works.
Consumer vault entries are browser-encrypted. Some authorised sharing workflows use server-side envelope encryption so access can be scanned, granted and audited. A designated key holder can request access through the rules you set.
- Encrypted before it leaves your device
- Consumer vault entries are browser-encrypted. Some authorised sharing workflows use server-side envelope encryption so access can be scanned, granted and audited.
- Passphrase-protected
- Decryption requires the passphrase you set.
- Full audit log
- See who accessed what, and when.
- Private by design
- Consumer vault entries are browser-encrypted. Some authorised sharing workflows use server-side envelope encryption so access can be scanned, granted and audited. Access requires your passphrase or a designated key holder.
South African first
Digital legacy and crypto inheritance
Most South African estates lose money to forgotten subscriptions, locked email accounts and crypto wallets nobody can open. We give your executor a complete digital handover plan, without ever storing your passwords or seed phrases.
- Online presence
- Email, social media and cloud storage with memorialise, delete or transfer instructions for each account.
- Recurring spend
- Subscriptions and domains your executor must cancel before they keep billing the estate.
- Crypto and exchanges
- Luno, VALR, Binance and self-custodied wallets with recovery guidance, never the keys themselves.
- Per-account wishes
- Clear instructions for each platform so the right person makes the right call without guessing.
Stories
Stories from South African families and the practitioners who work with them.
Real accounts gathered with consent from the families and practitioners we work with, and from our own team. Every piece is reviewed by a human before it is published. Some stories are anonymised composites; those are clearly labelled.
Why I built When I Am Gone
“They were not careless. They had wills. And still the family paid the price.”
Pricing
Available products
Each tool is priced on its own. Pay for what you need, when you need it.
South African will
A Wills Act-compliant draft will you print and sign
R99 once-off. No subscription required. Standard and Muslim will draft pathways.
Estate vault
Encrypted storage for documents, accounts and key information
Free to start. R199/month for the full vault. Includes handover pack export.
Estate notices
Section 29 and Section 35 newspaper notices, prepared and submitted
Section 29 liquidation notice. Section 35 estate notice. Submitted to approved newspapers.
The full picture
Will and vault are available now. Insurance products are not yet for sale.
Available today
- Encrypted vault
- Assets, liabilities and the key people who help carry the plan forward.
- Will generator
- Civil and Muslim pathways with executor quick-pack and liquidity guidance.
- Estate notices
- Section 29 and Section 35 newspaper notices, prepared and submitted.
Quick answers
The questions families ask first.
- What is WIAG?
- An estate-readiness service to help you prepare your will, organise key documents, and leave clearer instructions.
- Does the QR code unlock my vault?
- No. It starts a secure reporting and verification process.
- Do I have to appoint WIAG as executor?
- No. Executor choice remains yours.
- Is an online will automatically valid?
- No. It still has to be properly signed and witnessed under South African law.
- Can WIAG store my signed will and key records?
- Yes, where that service is selected.
- Is funeral or life cover available now?
- Only if clearly marked as live. "Coming soon" means not yet available.