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If you have something with her ID number on, go to Home Affairs and ask them to help you with the ID. You can report her death by lodging a completed death notice.
There is no law compelling employers of domestic workers to provide a pension, but they do need to register the worker for UIF.
Yes, you can make a full or partial withdrawal before retirement, but you can only do so once.
You should lay a complaint with the B-BBEE Commission.
Contact the Agricultural Sector Provident Fund (ASPF)
To apply for UIF as a foreign national, you need your passport and completed forms U1-28 and U1-19.
Yes, you can withdraw from the savings pot once a year, provided it is not less than R2.000.
Home Affairs is the only body which can verify the status of an employee, but it is an exceptionally slow and dysfunctional body.
Your UIF and provident fund money should be unaffected. How you left the company affects whether you can claim your money now.
Judges are divided, but it seems the Prescription Act can apply to labour matters.