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The Community Schemes Ombud Service is there to regulate the way parties within community schemes behave.
You should get a lawyer to take on Home Affairs.
Yes, a sibling DNA test can indeed establish whether half-siblings share a biological father.
Now that the money has been paid, you can’t reverse the sale of the shack.
The present executor is allowed to finalise the two estates concurrently.
The municipality has to rectify the issue, but you will likely need to settle the bill pending resolution of the dispute.
SARS would have considered that you had defaulted on your previous payment arrangement. That would have weakened your case to be granted another payment deferment arrangement by SARS.
The simplest route would probably be to get help from an organisation that regularly deals with Home Affairs' dysfunction.
She could ask the municipality if they could endorse the project and give her official approval for it.
You can lodge a complaint with the Legal Practice Council and lay criminal charges with the police.