PayFast experienced a major incident on May 15, 2026 affecting Capitec Pay and Capitec Pay, lasting 15m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Capitec PayCapitec Pay
Update timeline
- identified May 15, 2026, 09:26 AM UTC
A problem with Capitec Pay transactions on both the Aggregation and Gateway Platforms has been identified. We are in contact with External Partners on the problem.
- resolved May 15, 2026, 09:42 AM UTC
This problem affecting Capitec Pay transactions has been resolved.