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Go to your housing municipality and confirm that the birth certificate used was fraudulent and then file a formal complaint.
You could go to the Master of the High Court’s office with all your details, and ask if the Master has granted someone the letter of authority and who it is.
You can go to your local housing office with your grandmother's death certificate to find out whose name the tenancy is in and request to take it over.
You can take your landlord to a Small Claims Court or reach out to the Rental Housing Tribunal.
Make a sworn affidavit stating that you have never benefited from any RDP house, submit it to your municipality, and escalate the matter to the MEC if necessary.
Only your mother that has permission to stay out her lifetime under ESTA provisions. The landowner is required to compensate you for the building of the house.
If the deceased father did not leave a will, the law of Intestate Succession applies. If the son was not named on the title deed, he is not authorised to sell the house.
You will have to go the municipality where your mother applied and ask them for their advice in this situation.
Make a sworn affidavit stating all the facts, take a copy of your nephew's affidavit to a lawyer for legal help.
No, they cannot evict their deceased mother’s grandchildren from her house. Your uncle is entitled to a share of the home as is the dependents of his deceased sibling's children.