PayFast experienced a major incident on September 9, 2026 affecting Aggregation Immediate Payouts, lasting 1h 35m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Aggregation Immediate Payouts
Update timeline
- identified Sep 09, 2026, 08:59 AM UTC
An issue with Immediate Payouts processing on Aggregation has been identified. We are in contact with External partners on the matter. For the moment, kindly use the other payout method if needed on the Aggregation Platform.
- monitoring Sep 09, 2026, 10:03 AM UTC
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
- resolved Sep 09, 2026, 10:34 AM UTC
This incident has been resolved.