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What is the difference between GEPF estate maintenance and child pension?
Child pension is for the deceased member's children, while death benefits include other beneficiaries
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What can we do to stop the late owner's sister from kicking my mom out of the RDP house she has been living in for over 20 years?
Ask the local municipal offices if they can help your mother to acquire title deeds after her 20-year occupation.
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How can I purchase a vacant plot that RDP houses are being built on?
Buying municipal land is a long complex process, involving several steps.
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Can SASSA reclaim grant money now that I earn more than the qualifying amount?
SASSA can demand repayment for the period that your income exceeded the qualifying amount.
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Can I get my late uncle's house, which his girlfriend had been living in with him, transferred to me, his niece?
If your uncle died without a will and his girlfriend is not on the RDP application, the law of intestate succession applies.
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How can I register the birth of an abandoned baby?
You may need legal assistance.
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Where can KZN police claim their pension fund?
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My domestic worker wants to claim UIF but I have never made a UIF payment. What do I do?
You can pay arrears to the UIF for the years you did not contribute.
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What is the maximum amount of additional income that I can earn without jeopardising my disability grant?
You may not earn more than R172,560 (R14,380 per month) jointly, if you are married.
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Why was my provident fund not paid out after I relocated and got a new job?
If you still work in the same industry, you still need to contribute to the provident fund.
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