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Last checked 3m agoNo incidents right now.
PayU Africa is operational right now. Last checked 3m ago; the most recent incident resolved 8d ago.
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Recent outages & incidents
Past 90 days-
Timeline · 2 updates
- investigating · Jul 15, 2026, 08:13 AM UTC
High failure rates observes for Mastercard transactions through 3DS. We are monitoring the situation and will provide feedback.
- resolved · Jul 15, 2026, 02:10 PM UTC
This incident has been resolved.
Latest: This incident has been resolved.
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- South Africa DiscoveryMiles
Timeline · 2 updates
- identified · Jul 15, 2026, 06:55 AM UTC
[PayU South Africa] Discovery Miles transactions are currently being affected. Seems mainly affecting the mobile flow. Engineers are investigating with Discovery.
- resolved · Jul 21, 2026, 08:25 AM UTC
This incident has been resolved.
Latest: This incident has been resolved.
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- South Africa Capitec Pay
Timeline · 3 updates
- investigating · Jul 14, 2026, 01:39 PM UTC
[South Africa] Please note PayU has received word from Capitec that they are having issues with their bank App. This affects all Capitec Pay transactions. We are currently in touch with Capitec to ensure we can provide updates as soon as they are available.
- monitoring · Jul 15, 2026, 06:54 AM UTC
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
- resolved · Jul 15, 2026, 08:14 AM UTC
This incident has been resolved.
Latest: This incident has been resolved.
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- South Africa DiscoveryMiles
Timeline · 3 updates
- investigating · Jul 04, 2026, 10:25 PM UTC
[PayU South Africa] Discovery Miles transactions are currently being affected. Payers using Disco Miles payment method are not able to complete transactions successfully. Engineers are investigating with Discovery.
- monitoring · Jul 05, 2026, 08:29 AM UTC
We noted recovery this morning, we will continue to monitor. Transactions are processing normally currently.
- resolved · Jul 05, 2026, 10:44 AM UTC
This incident has been resolved.
Latest: This incident has been resolved.
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- South Africa Capitec Pay
Timeline · 4 updates
- investigating · Jun 25, 2026, 01:43 PM UTC
[PayU South Africa] Capitec Pay are currently experiencing payment issues [Severity 1]. The Capitec team is investigating, and we will keep you updated as they progress.
- identified · Jun 25, 2026, 01:44 PM UTC
The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.
- monitoring · Jun 25, 2026, 01:58 PM UTC
The Capitec Pay service has recovered. They are monitoring it closely.
- resolved · Jun 26, 2026, 02:05 PM UTC
This incident has been resolved.
Latest: This incident has been resolved.
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See the full PayU Africa outage history
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- PayU Service Degradation: Mastercard ResolvedStarted Jul 15, 2026, 08:13 AM UTC · Resolved Jul 15, 2026, 02:10 PM UTC · 5h 56m
- Started Jul 15, 2026, 06:55 AM UTC · Resolved Jul 21, 2026, 08:25 AM UTC · 6d 1h
- South Africa Service Degradation ResolvedStarted Jul 14, 2026, 01:39 PM UTC · Resolved Jul 15, 2026, 08:14 AM UTC · 18h 34m
- Started Jul 04, 2026, 10:25 PM UTC · Resolved Jul 05, 2026, 10:44 AM UTC · 12h 19m
- Started Jun 25, 2026, 01:43 PM UTC · Resolved Jun 26, 2026, 02:05 PM UTC · 1d
- Started Jun 25, 2026, 09:11 AM UTC · Resolved Jun 25, 2026, 02:30 PM UTC · 5h 18m
- Started Jun 24, 2026, 09:01 AM UTC · Resolved Jun 24, 2026, 12:55 PM UTC · 3h 54m
- Started Jun 07, 2026, 07:17 AM UTC · Resolved Jun 07, 2026, 10:06 AM UTC · 2h 48m