Sassa suspends 70,000 grant payments in crackdown

February 6, 2026 By: Alfred0 comments

<p><img src=”https://biz-file.com/c/2602/802084.jpg” width=”240″ height=”135″ alt=”Sassa suspends 70,000 grant payments in crackdown” align=”left”><p><b><br><br><br>- <img alt=”” class=”leave” height=”1″ id=”gu_counter” src=”https://republish.groundup.org.za/counter/hit/16332/sassa-suspends-70000-grant-payments-in-eligibility-crackdown/” style=”height:1px; width:1px; visibility:hidden;” width=”1″>Sassa has stepped up reviews of social grants reviews, suspending about 70,000 for non-compliance after reviewing about 240,000 grants.<br><p></p><br><br>- On Thursday, Sassa CEO Themba Matlou said the agency has partnered with credit bureaus, banks, Sars, NSFAS, government payroll systems and correctional services to verify income and eligibility.<br><p></p><br><br>- Government has saved about R44-million a month from the tightened checks, according to Matlou.</b></p><br><br><br> <a href=”https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/sassa-suspends-70000-grant-payments-in-crackdown-062735a”>Read more…</a> | <a href=”https://www.bizcommunity.com/Request/SendToEmailRedirect.aspx?ct=1&ci=265397″>Email</a></p><div style=”clear:left”></div>