Status: PayU Africa
Identified - [PayU South Africa] Discovery Miles transactions are currently being affected. Seems mainly affecting the mobile flow.
Engineers are investigating with Discovery.

Jul 15, 2026 - 08:55 CAT
PayU Operational
90 days ago
100.0 % uptime
Today
PayU Merchant Portal - South Africa Operational
PayU Merchant Portal - Nigeria Operational
PayU Payments API Operational
PayU Redirect Payment Page Operational
PayULink Operational
PayU South Africa Reporting Operational
90 days ago
100.0 % uptime
Today
Anti-Fraud Operational
Fraud Checks Operational
South Africa - 3DSecure Operational
Nigeria - 3DSecure Operational
Premium 3DSecure Provider Operational
Acquiring Links - South Africa Degraded Performance
90 days ago
100.0 % uptime
Today
South Africa Card Acquiring ABSA Operational
South Africa Card Acquiring Nedbank Operational
South Africa Card Acquiring SBSA Operational
South Africa Card Acquiring FNB Operational
South Africa DiscoveryMiles Degraded Performance
South Africa Capitec Pay Operational
South Africa Stitch EFT Operational
South Africa RCS Operational
South Africa Visa Checkout Operational
South Africa EBucks Operational
South Africa PayPal Operational
South Africa Smart EFT Operational
South Africa Mobicred Operational
South Africa MasterPass Operational
South Africa ABSA Lending Operational
South Africa - PayU Receive Operational
South Africa Payflex Operational
90 days ago
100.0 % uptime
Today
Acquiring Links - Nigeria Operational
Nigeria Card Acquiring Zenith Operational
Nigeria Card Acquiring Diamond Operational
Nigeria Card Acquiring Access Operational
Nigeria Card Acquiring GT Operational
Nigeria Bank Transfers Operational
Nigeria Verve Card Acquiring Operational
Acquiring Links - Kenya Operational
Kenya Card Acquiring KCB Operational
Kenya Card Acquiring Equity Operational
Kenya mPesa Operational
Kenya Airtel Money Operational
Kenya Equitel Operational
Kenya Mobile Banking Operational
Acquiring Links - Uganda Operational
Uganda Card Acquiring KCB Operational
Uganda MTN Mobile Money Operational
Uganda Airtel Money Operational
Acquiring Links - Tanzania Operational
Tanzania Card Acquiring KCB Operational
Tanzania Tigo Pesa Money Operational
Tanzania Airtel Money Operational
Acquiring Links - Ethiopia Operational
Ethiopia Card Acquiring MCB Operational
Acquiring Links - Zimbabwe Operational
Zimbabwe Card Acquiring MCB Operational
PayU Staging (Sandbox) environment Operational
Treasury Settlement Operational
90 days ago
100.0 % uptime
Today
Treasury Settlement service Operational
90 days ago
100.0 % uptime
Today
Issuing Links PayU South Africa Operational
90 days ago
100.0 % uptime
Today
ABSA Issuing Operational
90 days ago
100.0 % uptime
Today
Nedbank Issuing Operational
90 days ago
100.0 % uptime
Today
Capitec Issuing Operational
90 days ago
100.0 % uptime
Today
Operational
Degraded Performance
Partial Outage
Major Outage
Maintenance
Major outage
Partial outage
No downtime recorded on this day.
No data exists for this day.
had a major outage.
had a partial outage.
Jul 17, 2026

No incidents reported today.

Jul 16, 2026

No incidents reported.

Jul 15, 2026
Resolved - This incident has been resolved.
Jul 15, 16:10 CAT
Investigating - High failure rates observes for Mastercard transactions through 3DS.
We are monitoring the situation and will provide feedback.

Jul 15, 10:13 CAT
Resolved - This incident has been resolved.
Jul 15, 10:14 CAT
Monitoring - A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
Jul 15, 08:54 CAT
Investigating - [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.

Jul 14, 15:39 CAT
Jul 14, 2026
Jul 13, 2026

No incidents reported.

Jul 12, 2026

No incidents reported.

Jul 11, 2026

No incidents reported.

Jul 10, 2026

No incidents reported.

Jul 9, 2026

No incidents reported.

Jul 8, 2026

No incidents reported.

Jul 7, 2026

No incidents reported.

Jul 6, 2026

No incidents reported.

Jul 5, 2026
Resolved - This incident has been resolved.
Jul 5, 12:44 CAT
Monitoring - We noted recovery this morning, we will continue to monitor.
Transactions are processing normally currently.

Jul 5, 10:29 CAT
Investigating - [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.

Jul 5, 00:25 CAT
Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Jul 5, 05:00 CAT
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Jul 5, 01:00 CAT
Scheduled - Please note that Capitec will be conducting planned maintenance that may affect payments requiring the Capitec Bank app. Clients could experience difficulties completing transactions during this period.

Capitec issued cards maybe impacted too.

Jul 3, 15:03 CAT
Jul 4, 2026

No incidents reported.

Jul 3, 2026

No incidents reported.