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Is SASSA down in South Africa?

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Reports from people in South Africa

Last 24 hours · South Africa · times in UTC

0 reports

No community reports in the last 24 hours from South Africa. This does not prove the service is working. If you have a problem, report it here.

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Reports per 15 minutes. A flat chart means no reports, not proof that everything works.

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The evidence below covers the provider and our available checks. It is not a separate verdict for South Africa. The report chart above is filtered to South Africa.

Our checks can reach the SASSA website. Loads in South Africa. Most of our other places are refused, as usual for this website. Updated 5 Nov, 15:33 UTC, just now · Website checks: these do not test every feature Website reachability does not confirm that sign-in, payments, messaging or the app is working. No problems recorded since 4 Nov 2026.

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  1. Compare reports from South Africa and check the latest update above. A quiet chart does not rule out a new or local problem.
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  3. Report a problem with the feature that is failing and the country where you are affected. Submit once; your report appears in the chart.

Reports describe people's experiences. One report alone does not confirm an outage.

Last 9030 days

100.00% of the time without a reported outage, since 4 Nov

Of the last 90 days, 0 had a partial or major outage, 0 had maintenance only and 88 have no data. Recent problems are listed in a table further down.

90 days ago30 days agoToday

No problems Partial outage Major outage Maintenance No data yet

Last 24 hours

Every 15 minutes, hours in UTC

Bars: the share of our own checks of sassa.gov.za that failed (14,176 checks). Our checks showed no problem in this time. Community reports appear separately above, alongside our checks and provider updates.

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Our own checks of sassa.gov.za

Every 5 minutes, from our probes

33 of 35 cities can't reach sassa.gov.za.

Johannesburg: loaded in 457 ms Cape Town: loaded in 559 ms Portsmouth: could not load it (TimeoutError: Check took longer than 20 s) Bangalore: could not load it (TimeoutError: Check took longer than 20 s) Warsaw: could not load it (TimeoutError: Check took longer than 20 s) Osaka: could not load it (TimeoutError: Check took longer than 20 s) Seoul: could not load it (TimeoutError: Check took longer than 20 s) Delhi: could not load it (TimeoutError: Check took longer than 20 s) St. Louis: could not load it (TimeoutError: Check took longer than 20 s) Doha: could not load it (TimeoutError: Check took longer than 20 s) Lauterbourg: could not load it (TimeoutError: Check took longer than 20 s) Querétaro: could not load it (TimeoutError: Check took longer than 20 s) Tokyo: could not load it (TimeoutError: timed out) Melbourne: could not load it (TimeoutError: Check took longer than 20 s) Mumbai: could not load it (TimeoutError: Check took longer than 20 s) Tel Aviv: could not load it (TimeoutError: Check took longer than 20 s) Hamina: could not load it (TimeoutError: Check took longer than 20 s) Amsterdam: could not load it (TimeoutError: Check took longer than 20 s) Dallas: could not load it (TimeoutError: Check took longer than 20 s) Toronto: could not load it (TimeoutError: Check took longer than 20 s) Frankfurt: could not load it (TimeoutError: Check took longer than 20 s) Hong Kong: could not load it (TimeoutError: Check took longer than 20 s) London: could not load it (TimeoutError: Check took longer than 20 s) Port Louis: could not load it (TimeoutError: Check took longer than 20 s) New York: could not load it (TimeoutError: Check took longer than 20 s) Atlanta: could not load it (TimeoutError: Check took longer than 20 s) Singapore: could not load it (TimeoutError: Check took longer than 20 s) São Paulo: could not load it (TimeoutError: Check took longer than 20 s) New Jersey: could not load it (TimeoutError: Check took longer than 20 s) Los Angeles: could not load it (TimeoutError: Check took longer than 20 s) Santiago: could not load it (TimeoutError: Check took longer than 20 s) Jakarta: could not load it (TimeoutError: Check took longer than 20 s) Sydney: could not load it (TimeoutError: Check took longer than 20 s) Madrid: could not load it (TimeoutError: Check took longer than 20 s) Seattle: could not load it (TimeoutError: Check took longer than 20 s)
  • PortsmouthNo answer within 20 s20000 ms, just now
  • BangaloreNo answer within 20 s20000 ms, just now
  • WarsawNo answer within 20 s20000 ms, just now
  • OsakaNo answer within 20 s20000 ms, 1 min ago
  • SeoulNo answer within 20 s20000 ms, 1 min ago
  • DelhiNo answer within 20 s20000 ms, 1 min ago
  • St. LouisNo answer within 20 s20000 ms, 1 min ago
  • DohaNo answer within 20 s20001 ms, 1 min ago
  • LauterbourgNo answer within 20 s20001 ms, 1 min ago
  • QuerétaroNo answer within 20 s20000 ms, 1 min ago
  • TokyoTimed out19977 ms, 2 min ago
  • MelbourneNo answer within 20 s20000 ms, 2 min ago
  • MumbaiNo answer within 20 s20000 ms, 2 min ago
  • Tel AvivNo answer within 20 s20001 ms, 2 min ago
  • HaminaNo answer within 20 s20000 ms, 2 min ago
  • AmsterdamNo answer within 20 s20000 ms, 3 min ago
  • DallasNo answer within 20 s20001 ms, 3 min ago
  • TorontoNo answer within 20 s20000 ms, 3 min ago
  • FrankfurtNo answer within 20 s20000 ms, 3 min ago
  • Hong KongNo answer within 20 s20000 ms, 3 min ago
  • LondonNo answer within 20 s20000 ms, 3 min ago
  • Port LouisNo answer within 20 s20000 ms, 4 min ago
  • New YorkNo answer within 20 s20001 ms, 5 min ago
  • AtlantaNo answer within 20 s20000 ms, 5 min ago
  • SingaporeNo answer within 20 s19999 ms, 5 min ago
  • São PauloNo answer within 20 s20000 ms, 5 min ago
  • New JerseyNo answer within 20 s20039 ms, 5 min ago
  • Los AngelesNo answer within 20 s20000 ms, 5 min ago
  • SantiagoNo answer within 20 s20000 ms, 5 min ago
  • JakartaNo answer within 20 s20000 ms, 6 min ago
  • JohannesburgReachable457 ms, 6 min ago
  • SydneyNo answer within 20 s20004 ms, 6 min ago
  • MadridNo answer within 20 s20000 ms, 6 min ago
  • SeattleNo answer within 20 s20000 ms, 6 min ago
  • Cape TownReachable559 ms, 6 min ago

We request sassa.gov.za and note whether it answers. These automated checks do not sign in or use the app's features.

Available evidence

We check whether its website loads every 5 minutes. This does not test sign-in, payments, calls or every feature of its app or network. We show a website problem when a quarter of the eligible places cannot load it, and an outage when half cannot. Places that normally cannot reach it are excluded. With too few results, we say we cannot tell.

Recent problems

No problems recorded since 4 Nov 2026.

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Questions

Is SASSA down, or is it just me?

Our checks reach SASSA's website from most of our cities. This does not rule out problems with sign-in, payments, an app or a local network. Check the community reports above and report your experience.

How do we know?

No official status feed is connected for SASSA. We load sassa.gov.za from our probes and note whether it answers. People can report problems here. Their reports appear separately and may reveal issues before a provider update.

How often do we check?

The website every 5 minutes, day and night. We keep 90 days of available check history: a day we have no reading for shows as "no data yet", never as working.

Our own checks of the SASSA website.

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