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Absolutely not. A worker is employed by the company, not the company’s client.
If there is no will, the Intestate Succession Act will apply.
It may be that your mother and children and the separated wife and her children are both entitled to inherit.
You can contact Home Affairs to appeal your status as a "prohibited person".
You should send a registered letter to the Trustees of the Fund asking them to investigate.
You are supposed to pay UIF contributions until your employee stops working for you.
This is unusual. You should follow up with the office where you made your application. If they can't help, contact the MEC, the Ombudsman or a legal organisation.
If she suspects there has been a mistake, she should query the account. Otherwise she may qualify for indigent relief, depending on her income.
There are other ways that you can prove your marriage to get divorced.
SASSA has warned that there will be delays in paying social grants after the income threshold was increased