Good Morning to all from an extremely windy Cape Town. In the course of applying for a new ID book, which I involuntarilly donated to two unemployed and destitute young men together with my brief case, I found out a rather alarming bit of information from the Dept of Home Affairs. As my wife had passed away in 2004 I naturally crossed the block "widower" but when I handed the form in at the counter the official told me that according to their records I was still married and I had to inform them of my wife's death and bring a copy of the death certificate. Should I not do this it could delay the processeing of my estate and any inheritances by up to 5 years? I checked our marriage certificate and saw that only our dates of birth were entered and not our full identity number, so I will have to pay them another visit. I wonder if this would cause a problem if I wanted to get married again? Has any lister come across this problem before and can one check on their web site the status of a person? Any information would be most helpful to all. Regards, Rod g