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Your boyfriend or his lawyer need to fill in a request form from the Compensation Commission to ask them to re-open his case.
You should go and see the lawyers as soon as you can and try to negotiate a rate of payment that you can afford with them before they go to court for a garnishee order.
Make a sworn affidavit stating that you have never benefited from any RDP house, submit it to your municipality, and escalate the matter to the MEC if necessary.
Only your mother that has permission to stay out her lifetime under ESTA provisions. The landowner is required to compensate you for the building of the house.
You could refer the dispute to the Labour Court for arbitration, on the basis that the employer, has effectively unfairly dismissed you.
You could ask your uncle to make a sworn affidavit explaining the situation with your parents and that he raised you.
Home Affairs will probably accept just the father's ID, as long as they take a copy of your ID and letter of your permission.
We recommend you contact the Refugee Social Services for assistance.
If the deceased father did not leave a will, the law of Intestate Succession applies. If the son was not named on the title deed, he is not authorised to sell the house.
Your mother should probably lodge a request for a review of the Tshiamiso Trust decision.