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You need to ask the municipality who owns the house.
No one can be evicted during the lockdown for any reason.
Under ordinary circumstances, no one can be evicted without a court order.
You should go to the conveyancing attorney’s office.
You need to visit your nearest Deeds Office.
Yes, but there are several factors involved.
You need to find out if a title deed was issued for the house.
Yes, she may if her name appears on the title deeds.
To sell your RDP house, you must have the title deed and must have lived in it for eight years
Yes, you apply in the same way for an RDP house wherever you live