Credit assessments and credit repair support in South Africa
Take the first step towards a clearer credit record.
Planning to buy a car or home? Understand what is affecting your credit record, what may be corrected and what to do next - before you apply again.
Understand the information behind your credit profile before your next application. A personal assessment brings together multi-bureau review, an explanation of relevant findings and practical next steps. For a company, choose the separate business assessment.
Once-off assessment. No subscription. Any further work is quoted separately.
Credit repair starts with understanding your record
Credit repair is widely misunderstood. The first step is not deleting every negative entry - it is understanding what your credit record actually says, which information may be legitimately corrected, and which history is accurate and must remain. Start by understanding what may be corrected on a credit record, rather than assuming every negative entry can be deleted.
Many people focus on a single number, but a credit score is only one part of the picture. When your main worry is your score, first understand the difference between a report error and a score concern. A score can be affected by accurate payment history as much as by mistakes, and lenders read the whole record - not just the number.
We provide professional review of your credit information so you can see clearly what is there, what may be queried or updated, and what your realistic next step is before another application.
An assessment can help identify relevant issues, but you may ask about a service directly. A paid assessment is not required to enquire about debt review removal.
Debt review still showing? Understand your next step.
You may have completed your payments, received a clearance certificate or discovered a debt-review listing you do not recognise. SA Credit Clear offers debt review removal assistance to help you understand the appropriate next step. Start with the requirements and different routes for debt review removal, rather than assuming that paying a fee cancels an arrangement.
Planning to buy a car or home? Confirm your position before applying again. Removal is subject to the applicable process and does not guarantee finance approval.
Your next application deserves a clearer starting point
Buying a car
A declined vehicle-finance application is often about more than a score. Planning to buy a car? Use our vehicle-finance preparation checklist to organise your next checks before reapplying.
Prepare for vehicle financeBuying a home
A bond is one of the largest commitments you will make. For a home purchase, start with the home-loan preparation checklist so your record is ready before the lender assesses it.
Prepare for a home loanFor your next car, work through the vehicle-finance preparation checklist. For a home purchase, review the credit-record and affordability considerations for a bond. An assessment supports preparation; the lender still makes its own decision.
Know what you are paying for
The personal assessment is a once-off, R395 professional review of your credit information. It explains what is on your record, what may be corrected or updated, and what is accurate history that must remain. There is no subscription, and any further work is quoted separately.
Before ordering, read what a credit assessment helps you understand and where separately quoted work begins, so you can decide with realistic expectations.
Choose the assessment that fits your next step
Your own credit record and your company's credit position need different reviews. Choose the relevant assessment; further services are optional and quoted separately.
Personal Credit Assessment
R395 once off
For your personal record, including preparation for vehicle finance, a home loan or another credit application.
- Multi-bureau review
- Analysis of relevant adverse entries
- Recommendations and an action plan
- Consultation about the findings
Read what the personal assessment includes before you order.
Start my personal assessmentCompany Credit Assessment
R1,950 once off
For a company preparing for funding, trade credit, a supplier account or related business requirements.
- Company profile review
- Authorised director-risk review
- Trade payment and business-score analysis
- Funding-readiness recommendations
Explore company assessment scope and authorisation before choosing this option.
Explore the company assessmentThe assessment fee covers the selected review, not automatic removals or finance approval. There is no ongoing subscription or obligation to purchase further work. Compare free report access with professional assessment to choose the support you need.
More context than a score alone
Your report contains more than a number. The assessment considers the information within the agreed bureau coverage and helps you identify questions, discrepancies and relevant next steps. It is not a replica of every lender's internal assessment.
Our explanation of how different bureau information should be compared shows why the underlying entries deserve attention.
From uncertainty to an informed next step
Choose personal or company
Check the relevant scope and price for the assessment you need.
Supply information and authorisation
Provide the information and authorisation requested through the approved intake route.
Review and interpretation
Have the agreed credit information reviewed and interpreted.
Receive findings
Get findings, recommendations and an explanation of your next options.
Decide on further work
Choose whether to proceed with any separately agreed follow-on work.
You can begin the assessment journey online without first booking a sales call. Human support remains available, and the personal assessment includes a consultation about its findings.
Read what happens after your personal assessment so that assessment and further work remain separate. We explain our service boundaries so you can decide with realistic expectations, not promises we cannot keep.
Different record issues need different next steps
An assessment can help identify relevant issues, but you may ask about a service directly. A paid assessment is not required to enquire about debt review removal.
Clear your credit record
Understand what clearance means and what may be corrected.
Fix your credit score
Separate report errors from score factors and work through them.
Payment profile updates
Query incorrect payment information and follow up evidence of account changes.
Default removal
Check whether a default entry may qualify for correction, update or removal.
Judgment removal
Understand a judgment entry, supporting documents and any appropriate bureau or legal process.
Credit enquiry removal & disputes
Check unfamiliar or inaccurate enquiries and whether a supported dispute is appropriate.
Debt settlement guidance
Understand the account information and settlement questions to consider before deciding on next steps.
Debt review removal
Still listed under debt review? Understand your position and the documents needed.
Prescribed accounts removal
An old account can raise separate legal and credit-report questions. Get help checking the dates, available evidence and whether an appropriate dispute, correction or removal route may apply.
Age alone does not prove that an account has prescribed, and legal prescription does not automatically erase every item of credit history. Read how prescribed debt and credit-report removal differ before deciding what to challenge.
Free versus paid options, fairly explained
You can obtain your credit report directly from the credit bureaus and dispute inaccurate information yourself, at no cost. That is your right, and we encourage you to use it. A paid assessment is optional professional interpretation - it is not a "free credit check" and it does not replace your direct rights.
You can also weigh up your options before choosing support. We will not pretend free options do not exist, and we will not promise that paid support achieves something it cannot.
What you can do free
- Request your credit report from the bureaus
- Dispute information you believe is inaccurate
- Check your payment profile and enquiries yourself
What a paid assessment adds
- Professional review of your credit information
- An explanation of findings and possible next steps
- Separately quoted help if you choose to proceed
Useful questions before you start
You can also compare free reports and paid interpretation before choosing support.
Other services
Need prepaid electricity support rather than credit-record assistance? Explore Umhlakasi electricity advances, a separate service available through SA Credit Clear.
Not sure where to start? Ask us.
You do not have to order before asking a question. Reach us through the channels below and we will help you understand an appropriate next step.
Ready to understand your credit record?
Start with a professional assessment of your credit information, then decide whether any separately quoted help is right for you.
Once-off assessment. No subscription. Any further work is quoted separately.