PayFast experienced a critical incident on June 19, 2026 affecting In-store payments and In-store payments, lasting 1h 17m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
In-store paymentsIn-store payments
Update timeline
- identified Jun 19, 2026, 10:39 AM UTC
A problem with POS Transactions has been identified. We are urgently in contact with External Partners on the matter.
- resolved Jun 19, 2026, 11:57 AM UTC
This problem for POS processing has been resolved.