The Polokwane Master’s Office is inside a working court building, on the fourth floor of Block B at the Polokwane High Court, and that shapes a visit in ways the address alone does not convey. You are entering a court precinct, so allow time for building access and security screening before you reach the office itself, and be aware that court buildings restrict what may be brought in. The office also keeps the shortest public hours of the Limpopo offices, closing at 13h00 with no afternoon session, so the practical window is a narrow morning one. It publishes a single telephone number and no general office mailbox, which makes the phone and an in-person visit the two realistic routes. Plan accordingly rather than arriving late in the morning and hoping to be seen.
Official branch contact route
- Telephone: 015 230 6000
- Postal address: Private Bag X9670, Polokwane, 0700
- Email: no general office mailbox is published for Polokwane. The department lists only the head of office’s personal address, which is not reproduced here, so use the telephone number instead.
With a single line and no shared inbox, getting through can take persistence. Ring early in the morning session rather than close to the 13h00 close, when the office is dealing with people already at the counter.
Location and operating information
- Physical address: Polokwane High Court Building, 4th Floor, Block B, corner of Bodenstein and Biccard Street, Polokwane, 0700
- Public office hours: 08h00 to 13h00
Limpopo has a second Master’s Office at Thohoyandou, which keeps both a morning and an afternoon session and publishes an office mailbox. If your matter falls within Thohoyandou’s jurisdiction rather than Polokwane’s, that office is easier to reach. Jurisdiction, not convenience, decides which one you deal with.
Services at this location
Polokwane provides the Master’s usual functions: supervision of deceased estates, insolvency and liquidations, registration and supervision of trusts, oversight of curators and tutors, and administration of the Guardian’s Fund. No separate Guardian’s Fund line is published for this office, so those enquiries go through the main number. For a deceased estate, the office with jurisdiction is the one covering where the deceased was living in the twelve months before death. Terminated and dormant trust documents are dealt with centrally at [email protected] and [email protected], not at regional offices.
Parent organisation and escalation
This office forms part of the Master of the High Court within the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development. Complaints are taken up with the Assistant Master handling the matter, then the Deputy Master, then the Head of Office, before the Office of the Chief Master on 012 406 4804 becomes the next step. Because the office is in a court building with limited public hours, a Magistrate’s Office may be the easier lodging point for routine documents; all have been designated service points for the Master since 5 December 2002.
Sources
The telephone number, postal and physical addresses and office hours on this page were read from the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development’s official Master contacts page at justice.gov.za on 30 August 2026. Officials’ personal email addresses published there are deliberately not reproduced. The department warns that chiefmaster.co.za is not an official Master’s website. Confirm against justice.gov.za before travelling.