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Agreement amongst the five siblings is key to dealing successfully with inheriting your late brother’s properties. It is only the executor who has the right to deal with the deceased estate.
The court ordered that a foreign ex-spouse should be allowed to live and work in the country to discharge parental duties.
Your employer is legally obliged to assist you. If they don't, you can report them to the labour department.
Your first step should be to establish from the compensation company how they decided on the amount
You can submit a dispute of the deduction to SASSA
A landlord cannot cut off a tenant's electricity even if he is in arrears with rent. You need to apply for an eviction order from the court.
Yes, you can. The Supreme Court ruled that lump sum payments of deceased estates could be made in terms of the law.
The Constitution provides that all courts must apply and therefore also recognise customary law, but that the recognition and application of customary law are subject to the Bill of Rights.
Children born to two non-South Africans and do not qualify for citizenship are entitled to a birth certificate but it will have no ID number.
You and your mother may need to make a sworn affidavit that your father has left and that neither of you has any way of contacting him to make a certified copy of his ID.