Trust & Safety
Verification helps reduce risk, but it does not replace your own checks.
How your reviewed profile looks
Your name
Your town
- Phone confirmed
- ID & selfie reviewed
- Location checked
How someone gets verified
VerifyMzansi verifies people who post. Badges are signals, not promises.
Step 1
Phone confirmed
One-time code to an SA number.
Step 2
ID & selfie reviewed
Checked by our team, then encrypted.
Step 3
Location checked
GPS or manual check of where they trade.
Step 4
Badge shown
On their profile and posts.
ID Reviewed
What each badge means
Badges describe account checks. They are not a guarantee.
- Green tick: ID Reviewed
- Marigold tick: ID Reviewed Pro
- ID Reviewed
The person behind this profile completed identity evidence review.
- ID Reviewed Pro
Person-level identity evidence review with Pro visibility. Pro adds visibility, not a higher safety rating.
- Pending Review
Verification submitted and credibility checks are in review.
- Incomplete
Verification started but trust details are incomplete.
- Unregistered
No trusted profile or verification signals yet.
Before you continue a deal
Never pay deposits before seeing goods or confirming the seller.
Meet in safe public places and tell someone where you are going.
Avoid courier, EFT, e-wallet, and OTP pressure tactics.
Keep chats, payment references, listings, and profile links.
Report suspicious listings before continuing a deal.
If something feels wrong
Stop the deal
No more money, codes or documents.
Keep evidence
Save chats, links and payment references.
Report it
Tell us, and SAPS for crimes.
Your data, rights and payments
Identity data
Used only for verification, fraud prevention and the law. Stored encrypted.
PAIA and POPIA
Request, correct or delete your data. Escalate to the Information Regulator.
PAIA manualPayments
Secure hosted checkout in rand. Expect VerifyMzansi or VerifyMzansi as the merchant.
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Support channels
Who runs VerifyMzansi
Check us on CIPC: 2026/155305/07.
Business identity
- Registered name
- VERIFYMZANSI (PTY) LTD
- Trading name
- VerifyMzansi
- CIPC registration number
- 2026/155305/07
- Registered address
- Kwadlangezwa, Khandisa, Empangeni, KwaZulu-Natal, 3886
- Responsible officer
- Senzo Mqondisi Mhlongo
- Information Officer
- Senzo Mqondisi Mhlongo
Contact details
- POPIA contact
- privacy@verifymzansi.com
- Information Officer phone
- 0717484185
- Information Officer WhatsApp
- 0717484185
- Support email
- support@verifymzansi.com
- Security contact
- security@verifymzansi.com