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If you don't buy the house, your chances of recovering the money aren't very good.
Home Affairs has been particularly inefficient since the Covid restrictions were implemented.
You can collect payments from August 2021 to March 2022.
Yes, if she relies on you for financial support.
If you were married before 1 November 1984, she can apply for redistribution of assets.
The municipality should help you, but you may have better luck contacting a humanitarian organisation.
It could mean that the application was withdrawn by the municipality.
It depends on whether the person has testamentary capacity, which is explained below.
The assets are kept in an account under the supervision of the Master of the High Court until the child turns 18.