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If you are the legal owner of the house, you do not need to transfer it to her. Maybe you can work out a setup that benefits you both.
You can get a copy of the title deed from the Deeds Office and have it transferred to your name by a conveyancing attorney.
It depends whether you were living in the house when he died, whether he was married and whether he wrote a will.
You need to report this fraud to the Department of Human Settlements and escalate if necessary.
You first need to find out how your name was linked to an RDP house before you can apply.
It's unclear. If the RDP house was built after the townhouse, both belong to the property owner so there may be just one title deed.
You need to have the title deed to sell the house. You also need to first offer it back to the municipality before you can sell it.
There are two lease contract options: lease option and lease purchase.
Make a sworn, signed, certified affidavit at the police station about how and when you bought the house and from whom, including the name of the daughter you paid and how much you paid for it.
It should be possible to come to an agreement about the payment of rental arrears, as well as to compel the landlord to repair the premises and refund you for repairs undertaken at your own expense.