About SassaCheck
SassaCheck is an independent SRD status checker and explainer run by a private operator, not by SASSA or any part of the South African government.
SassaCheck is an independent SRD status checker and explainer, run by a private operator and not by SASSA. It shows you what SASSA's system returned for your application, explains what that status means in plain language, and tells you the next step.
SassaCheck is not SASSA. It is not a government website. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by the South African Social Security Agency, the Department of Social Development, or any part of the South African government.
We cannot approve, decline, suspend, reinstate or change any grant, and we cannot change your banking details. Nobody outside SASSA can.
What SASSA says. What it means. What to do next.
Who runs SassaCheck
SassaCheck is run by a private operator, not by SASSA and not by the government.
Operator, registration and Information Officer details are available on request. Contact us at hello@sassacheck.org.za.
The pages on this site are written and maintained by the SassaCheck editorial team. We do not publish individual bylines.
SassaCheck has no social media profiles at the moment. If we create any, they will be listed on this page.
Every page on this site carries the same notice: SassaCheck is an independent service, we are not SASSA and not a government website, and we cannot approve, decline or change any grant.
Why the name has "sassa" in it
The name says what the site does: it checks SASSA's SRD statuses.
A website with "sassa" in its address, asking for an ID number, has the same shape as a phishing site. We know that. So we keep our naming rules visible, and we repeat on every page that we are not SASSA.
| Rule | What we do |
|---|---|
| The product is always "SassaCheck" | One word, capital S and capital C. Never "SASSA Check", "Sassa Check", "SASSAcheck" or all capitals. "SASSA Check" reads as a SASSA product. "SassaCheck" reads as a product name that refers to SASSA. |
| The agency is always "SASSA" | All capitals, every time we mean the South African Social Security Agency. Keeping the two names typographically separate is the point. |
| The two names are never combined | Never "SASSA SassaCheck", never "SassaCheck SASSA", never "SASSA's SassaCheck". |
| No shared logo lockup | SASSA's wordmark and the SassaCheck wordmark never appear in the same lockup or the same image file. |
| The operator is a separate private entity | Operator, registration and Information Officer details are available on request. Contact us at hello@sassacheck.org.za. |
| No trade mark on the name | We use SassaCheck as a trading name. We do not apply to register it, because a trade mark on a name containing a state entity's name can be refused and can read as a claim of association. |
What SassaCheck does
SassaCheck sends your ID number and cellphone number to SASSA's public SRD status service and shows you what comes back.
Then it explains the answer. What Pending means. What Referred means. What Bank Details Pending means. And what the next step is for each one.
We do not know why a particular status is what it is. SASSA does not publish a reason. When SASSA has not published something, we say so and show the date we last checked.
We link to SASSA above our own tool on every page where the tool appears, on purpose.
What we do with your ID number
We do not save raw ID numbers, cellphone numbers or status results in our application database. Keyed security hashes, request counters and operational logs are retained separately; see our data-handling explanation.
Here is what we do keep, and for how long:
| What we keep | Why | How long |
|---|---|---|
| Keyed, one-way hashes of the IP address and applicant ID, with request counters | Rate limiting, so nobody can use this tool to guess other people's ID numbers | Counters expire after 10 minutes; Firestore TTL deletion happens asynchronously after expiry. |
| Operational hosting logs, including connection metadata and IP addresses | Security and uptime | 30 days for the default operational log bucket |
| Administrative audit logs (Google Cloud) | Records of administrative actions, separate from status-result storage | 400 days in the required audit-log bucket |
| Anything you email us | Replying to you | For handling the enquiry and any applicable recordkeeping obligations; contact us to request deletion. |
For status-check data, security-record retention and advertising cookies, read our privacy policy and cookie policy.
The full detail is on our how it works page and in our privacy policy.
How we are funded
There is no paid tier and no "speed up" product. We do not accept payment to approve, speed up or change a grant, because we cannot do any of those things.
If the funding model changes, this page will say so.
What SassaCheck will never do
SassaCheck will never ask you for money, a PIN, a password, an OTP or your bank card number.
- Ask you to pay to check a status. There is no fee, ever.
- Ask for your PIN, your password or your OTP. An OTP is sent by SMS to the number you applied with. Nobody needs it except you. If anyone asks you to forward it, they are stealing your grant.
- Phone you and offer to release a grant for a fee.
- Promise to approve, decline or speed up anything.
- Ask you to send money to release a grant.
- Claim to be SASSA or a government website.
If anyone contacts you claiming to be SassaCheck and asks for any of these, it is not us. Tell us at hello@sassacheck.org.za.
How we write and check our pages
Every amount, threshold, deadline and status explanation on SassaCheck is checked against SASSA, the Department of Social Development or a Government Gazette.
- Primary sources only. Every claim carries a source and the date we checked it. We never cite another checker site.
- Visible dates. Every page shows when it was last reviewed. That is the date a person read it, not the date the site was rebuilt.
- No paid placement. We do not sell links, features or mentions.
- Corrections within five business days. Email hello@sassacheck.org.za. If the error was material, we add a visible correction notice with the date, and we do not quietly delete it.
- Observed stays observed. When we report a pattern we have seen rather than something SASSA published, we label it "Observed" and say what we saw. We never present an observation as something SASSA said.
The full list is on our editorial policy page.
How to contact SassaCheck
Email hello@sassacheck.org.za. We reply within two business days, Monday to Friday, during business hours (confirm availability before calling) SAST.
Operator, registration and Information Officer details are available on request. Contact us at hello@sassacheck.org.za.
We cannot check, change, approve or speed up a grant from an email. If your question is about your own application, SASSA is the faster route. Our SASSA contact details page lists the numbers and the email address, with the date we last checked them.
If you would rather not use SassaCheck
Use SASSA directly at srd.sassa.gov.za. It does the same check, it costs nothing, and you do not need us.
You can also reach SASSA by phone, WhatsApp or email:
- Call 0800 60 10 11.
- Send a WhatsApp to 082 046 8553.
- Email srd@sassa.gov.za.
You will need your ID number and the cellphone number you used when you applied.
Questions people ask about SassaCheck
SassaCheck is not SASSA, does not charge a fee, and cannot approve, decline or change any grant. Here are the short answers to the questions we get most.
Is SassaCheck part of SASSA?
No. SassaCheck is an independent service run by a private operator. SASSA's own websites are sassa.gov.za and srd.sassa.gov.za.
Does SassaCheck charge a fee?
No. There is no fee and no paid tier. If anyone asks you for money to use SassaCheck, it is not us.
Can SassaCheck approve or speed up my grant?
No. Nobody outside SASSA can. We cannot check, approve, decline, suspend, reinstate or change a grant, and we cannot change your banking details.
Which grant does SassaCheck cover?
The Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant. It pays R370 a month to people aged 18 to 59 who pass the means test of R624 a month.
Does SassaCheck store my ID number?
Correspondence may be retained to handle your enquiry and meet applicable recordkeeping obligations. Contact hello@sassacheck.org.za to request access, correction or deletion; do not send ID numbers, OTPs or bank details.
Why does the site use the word SASSA?
Because it describes the grant we check. The full explanation is in the naming section above.
Who do I contact if I think this site is a scam?
Email hello@sassacheck.org.za. We reply within two business days. You can also report the domain to the registry that manages .org.za domains.
Sources
These are the primary sources for the facts on this page, last checked on 29 October 2026.
- SASSA. SRD grant status and application portal. srd.sassa.gov.za (opens in a new tab). Checked 29 October 2026.
- SASSA. Grant information and contact details. sassa.gov.za (opens in a new tab). Checked 29 October 2026.
If any of these links no longer work, tell us at hello@sassacheck.org.za and we will fix it.
Last reviewed: 29 October 2026.
Your ID number and cellphone number are sent over HTTPS through our server to SASSA to retrieve your status. Our checker does not save the raw ID number, cellphone number or result in its application database, and its application logging code does not record those values. The result is held in the current page memory, without saving it to cookies, localStorage or sessionStorage. For rate limiting, keyed hashes of your IP address and applicant ID are stored with request counters; their expiry is set to 10 minutes after an allowed request, and Firestore deletes expired records asynchronously. Google Cloud request logs can contain your IP address and connection metadata: the default operational log bucket retains records for 30 days, while the separate administrative audit log bucket retains records for 400 days. These audit logs are administrative records, not a 400-day database of status results. Google AdSense may use cookies and process IP, device and ad-interaction data; our code does not send status-form details or results to AdSense. We do not use a separate Google Analytics tag. See our Privacy Policy for details.
See the SASSA contacts page for current official guidance.