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Because your parents were married in community of property, your mother has claim to 50% of the joint estate and might be able to overturn the transfer.
The panel's decision can be taken on review within 30 days, although the process is unclear.
Depending on your contract, your employer may withhold an amount equal to the period of notice not given.
You can only get a copy of the divorce decree from the High Court in which the decree was issued.
It is unconstitutional to be prevented from writing your matric without an ID or other documentation. Your father can make a sworn affidavit to help your ID application.
Nigerian laws are different to ours, but an order from a South African court may help your case.
If you are sent to prison, you cannot work and so your employer will dismiss you or take it that you have resigned.
Review Applications must be initiated within six weeks of the award from the CCMA.
No one can be evicted without a court order, but it will be very difficult to prove that your father is legally occupying the land.
No, it is not legal to fire someone without a warning or disciplinary hearing in terms of the Labour Relations Act.