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Since you have a letter of authority, you can get a court order from the magistrate to start the eviction process.
If the title deed is in your stepmother's name, the house belongs to her.
Your family should meet and appoint someone that everyone trusts as the mediator to resolve the matter.
Use a mediator or a Master of the High Court to help resolve the disagreements.
You can write a letter to the Minister of Home Affairs and explain your situation.
The executor of the will can contact the Registrar of the High Court where the divorce was finalised and ask for a copy.
The municipality can perform an evaluation on your father's RDP house.
You will need to visit municipal housing office where your mother applied to ask them whether you would be able to claim back her RDP.
If a child is disabled and was financially dependent on the GEPF member, that child would receive a lifelong pension.
Go to your housing municipality and confirm that the birth certificate used was fraudulent and then file a formal complaint.