PayU Africa Outage History

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There were 4 PayU Africa outages since February 5, 2026 totaling 27h 38m of downtime. Each is summarised below — incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Source: https://payuafrica.statuspage.io

Major April 14, 2026

PayU South Africa Service Degradation - Discovery Miles

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 14, 2026, 12:40 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 14, 2026, 11:27 PM UTC
Duration
10h 46m
Affected: South Africa DiscoveryMiles
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Apr 14, 2026, 12:40 PM UTC

    [PayU South Africa] Discovery Miles transactions are currently being affected. Engineers are investigating with Discovery.

  2. resolved Apr 14, 2026, 11:27 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Critical March 27, 2026

PayU South Africa Service Degradation -RCS

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 27, 2026, 12:02 PM UTC
Resolved
Mar 27, 2026, 01:24 PM UTC
Duration
1h 22m
Affected: South Africa RCS
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Mar 27, 2026, 12:02 PM UTC

    [South Africa] Transactions are currently being affected for RCS customers. Engineers are investigating.

  2. resolved Mar 27, 2026, 01:24 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor February 16, 2026

PayU South Africa Service Degradation - Bank link/3rd party

Detected by Pingoru
Feb 16, 2026, 02:28 PM UTC
Resolved
Feb 16, 2026, 05:50 PM UTC
Duration
3h 22m
Affected: South Africa Card Acquiring ABSASouth Africa Card Acquiring NedbankSouth Africa Card Acquiring SBSASouth Africa Card Acquiring FNBSouth Africa RCS
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Feb 16, 2026, 02:28 PM UTC

    [South Africa] Card transaction are currently being affected. Engineers are investigating.

  2. monitoring Feb 16, 2026, 03:19 PM UTC

    We have noted recovery in transaction processing, and transactions are currently completing successfully. We will continue to monitor the environment.

  3. resolved Feb 16, 2026, 05:50 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Critical February 5, 2026

PayU South Africa Service Degradation of credit card transactions.

Detected by Pingoru
Feb 05, 2026, 07:21 AM UTC
Resolved
Feb 05, 2026, 07:29 PM UTC
Duration
12h 7m
Affected: South Africa Card Acquiring ABSA
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Feb 05, 2026, 07:21 AM UTC

    [South Africa] Please note PayU is experiencing a degradation of service in its credit card transactions. Engineers are investigating to resolve as soon as possible.

  2. investigating Feb 05, 2026, 07:35 AM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  3. resolved Feb 05, 2026, 07:29 PM UTC

    A fix was applied to address the issue. Bank card transactions are processing normally.

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