PayFast incident

Telephonic calls

Resolved after 7 hours 45 minutes, affecting Help Desk, on February 2, 2026.

monitoring Feb 02, 2026, 02:24 PM UTC

A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

Started
Feb 02, 2026, 02:13 PM UTC
Resolved
Feb 02, 2026, 09:58 PM UTC
Duration
7h 45m
Detected by Pingoru
Feb 02, 2026, 02:13 PM UTC

Affected components

Help Desk

Update timeline

  1. identified Feb 02, 2026, 02:13 PM UTC

    Calls to our Helpdesk are currently offline, we are in contact with External Partners on this matter. Please email [email protected] for the moment, or the chatbot that can be found on the main landing page https://www.payfast.io

  2. monitoring Feb 02, 2026, 02:24 PM UTC

    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

  3. resolved Feb 02, 2026, 09:58 PM UTC

    This problem has been resolved.

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