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You can check the meaning of your housing allocation status code in the table below.
You can apply for SASSA Temporary Disability Grant while you wait for the outcome of the tribunal.
If you are not satisfied with the outcome of the appeal, they say you can take it to the High Court for a judicial review.
The pension comes to an end when you turn 22, so you should call the GEPF to ask why it stopped early.
Yes, the court ruled that the ZEP was to be deemed still valid until June 2024.
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.