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Your disability grant may have been declined because your medical form was outdated. You need to submit a recent report and appeal.
You may still claim from the GEPF by proving financial dependence and trying to involve the brother through a meeting, affidavit, or sworn statements from other relatives.
Perhaps you should start by discussing medical boarding with your doctor.
If the programme where you got your ARVs was part of a larger organisation that is still operating, contact them directly. Otherwise contact the HPCSA or the Health Department.
Postbank has suspended issuing new SASSA cards due to regulatory delays. Beneficiaries can apply at a bank of their choice to receive their grants.
You will have to go the municipality where your mother applied and ask them for their advice in this situation.
If your mother and her new husband are married in community of property, they share an undivided and equal joint estate.
You should be able to report any harassment to police, but it might be advisable to first seek help from a local organisation.
It should be possible for you to get into a TVET College with an adult matric level 3, and perhaps some universities.
He can try gathering his own school or hospital records and seek help from legal organisations.