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Old age people in a queue
The Social Security Agency, SASSA, in KwaZulu-Natal has warned that it will cut the social grants of more than 12 000 beneficiaries if they fail to attend scheduled reviews.
The agency says between January and March this year, a total of 13 230 grant recipients across the province were due to attend the reviews.
However, fewer than a thousand people turned up.
The interviews form part of SASSA’s routine verification processes aimed at ensuring that the right people qualify for grants.
SASSA provincial Executive Manager, Thamo Mzobe, says people who have been invited but didn’t avail themselves will be at a huge risk of their grants being terminated.
“So these people who have been invited through SMSes must present themselves to SASSA offices immediately, or else they run a risk of their grants being terminated or stopped because we have given them an opportunity over four days. We pay the grants for the first day, which is for the elderly, then it’s the grant for disability, then it’s the child support grant. So those three days if you did not come through, then it means on the fourth day, you have an opportunity to come to us to say on the three days you did not come through with your payments.”
Today, SASSA CEO Mr. Themba Matlou provided a critical update on the 2025/2026 social grant review process. To safeguard the fiscus and ensure only eligible citizens receive support, SASSA is ramping up:
Advanced Verification: Partnering with SARS, Credit Bureaus, and NSFAS to… pic.twitter.com/dk2evAWxZc
— SASSA (@OfficialSASSA) February 5, 2026
