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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 87877, member: 27"]
Grant termination is looming over 12,000 KwaZulu-Natal beneficiaries who ghosted their mandatory SASSA review appointments.

The turnout disaster in KZN
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[*]SASSA scheduled 13,230 reviews between January and March 2026.
[*]Fewer than 1,000 recipients actually showed up.
[*]Thamo Mzobe warned that no-shows risk losing grants entirely.
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How the four-day review window works
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[*]Day one covers older-persons grants specifically.
[*]Disability grant holders get reviewed on day two.
[*]Child-support recipients are slotted for day three.
[*]Day four is a final catch-all for anyone who missed out.
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Why SASSA runs these checks
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[*]The Social Assistance Act legally mandates periodic reviews.
[*]Fraud detection and duplicate-payment prevention drive the process.
[*]Changed circumstances like income shifts get flagged here.
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What getting cut off actually means
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[*]Payments simply vanish from accounts on the usual date.
[*]Appeals exist but can leave families stranded for months.
[*]Medicine, food, and school fees all hang in the balance.
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