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Not registering you and sending fake details to the Department of Labour is a crime, as is not paying your annual leave or swearing at you.
The Child Support Grant is paid to the primary caregiver of a child.
Yes, you can certainly apply for the Child Support Grant, as it exists to help support children when their parent is in need.
Yes, the full grant is paid for the month a person dies.
Unfortunately, you cannot.
Locking you out and throwing out your property is certainly against the law. No one is allowed to take the law into their own hands like that.
The SRC has mistaken its mandate, which is to lead, represent and defend the student body according to the SRC Constitution, in favour of asserting its own ideological preferences.
CPUT rules say exam results will be withheld if fees have not been paid by due date.
Here are some numbers you could call to find out what happened to your application.
It's hard to contest a will, but you can try Legal Aid.