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If an application for permanent residency is wrongfully rejected, you can apply to the Director-General of Home Affairs to review the decision.
UIF payments are based on your last four years of work, if they're ending early despite having credit, follow up with UIF for clarity.
If your father died without a will, all four children are equal heirs and should have had a say in who got the letter of authority. You can write to the Master of the High Court over your concerns.
Yes, you can use your husband's ID number to register your customary marriage.
A hit-and-run accident has to be reported within two years to the RAF. The claim itself must be finalised within five years.
You can ask your GP to refer you to Groote Schuur Hospital's Transgender Unit or contact the Desmond Tutu LGBT+ Health Division at the hospital.
Your employer was supposed to report your injury, but since they didn’t, you should go to the Department of Labour with all your documents to see if you can still get help.
If your father died without a will, all his surviving children, including your half-siblings, are legally entitled to inherit the house equally under the Intestate Succession Act.
The employer is breaking the law, and you have the right to report them and file a claim directly with the Compensation Commissioner to access the death benefits, for yourself and your children.
Yes you can. Home Affairs will recognise that you have a right to represent your sister in the absence of any parent or guardian.