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SPCA mobile units can transport your cats to hospital for sterilisation and return them to you.
To hold the authorities to account, you have to be organised, so that they understand that there will be consequences for not consulting the community in future.
The courts ruled in 2018 that banks must bring both the money judgement as well as the application for a sale in execution on the same date.
The school does have a right to hand over unpaid fees to debt collectors if a parent has not applied for a fee exemption.
You do not have the right to appeal a decision of the arbitrator, but you can take the arbitrator to the Labour Court for misconduct.
After a person turns 18, they can begin the process of transitioning.
You cannot be dismissed for insisting on your rights under the law.
It is every child’s right to be placed in a school, but the Department of Education cannot force a school to accept a child.
You are in the clear as regards the responsibility for paying.
A school can blacklist you with a credit bureau if you have not applied for fee exemption and have not paid outstanding fees.