How the Trust worked

The Trust was controlled by a board with a majority of independent trustees appointed by the Master of the High Court. They are Judge Leonora van den Heever (chair), Mr JP Bester, Mr Pume Canca, Prof Willie Esterhuyse and Prof Abram Nkabinde.

The Trust employees were divided into the following five teams:

• Office of the Administrative Trustee, dr Jacob Maritz, responsible for matters concerning the board of trustees, finances, systems and procedural security regarding the release of shares, all matters concerning the shares register, policy and strategic issues
• An investigative team responsible for the search of various sources for contact information such as telephone numbers and addresses
• Correspondence
• Telephone locators and a call centre
• Public awareness campaigns and kiosks in shopping centres around the country.