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Recently Resolved Incidents
Gateway RCS Payments
Started 13 Aug 2026 11:12:09 (5 days ago), resolved 13 Aug 2026 16:18:08 (5 days ago)
Minor Incident
Resolved
Store Cards (RCS)
A problem with Store-card payments on the Gateway system has been identified. We are in conteact with External Providers to resolve the issue.
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Payfast Components
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Payfast General
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Payfast Credit & Cheque cards
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Recurring payments
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General Information
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Help Desk
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Absa involved transactions
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Main Website (external host)
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Aggregation App
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Aggregation Callbacks/ITN
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Aggregation Developer Documents
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Aggregation Donation Page for NPO's
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Aggregation Emails
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Aggregation Immediate Payouts
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Aggregation Merchant Dashboard
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Aggregation New User payments
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Aggregation Payouts
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Aggregation Processing (non Payment method specific)
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Aggregation Reconciliation Reports
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Aggregation Refunds
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Aggregation Sandbox (test platform)
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Gateway Developer Documents
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Gateway email processing
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Gateway MAP
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Gateway PCS Payouts
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Gateway Processing (non Payment method specific)
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Gateway Reconciliation Reports
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General Maintenance Aggregation (non Product specific)
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General Maintenance Gateway (non Product specific)
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Payfast Integrations and APIs
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Momo Pay
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Aggregation Button/Link payments
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Aggregation Shopify
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PayPal
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Aggregation WooCommerce
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Aggregation Xero
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Gateway Core3
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Gateway PayBill
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Gateway PayHost
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Visa Checkout
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Gateway PayWeb3
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Gateway Shopify
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Payfast Aggregation: Alternative Payment Methods
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Apple Pay
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MoreTyme
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Original Debit card payment method
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Mukuru Cash
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Payflex
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Samsung Pay
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Scan to Pay
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SCode
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Store Cards (RCS)
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Zapper
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Payfast Aggregation: Cards
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3D Secure
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Aggregation Card Updates
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Bidvest involved transactions
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Capitec involved transactions
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Discovery involved transactions
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FNB involved transactions
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African Bank
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Multi-Currency Pricing
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Recurring Payments
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Standard Bank involved transactions
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Payfast Aggregation: Instant EFT
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Bidvest Bank
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Investec
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Scan to Pay
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Store Cards (RCS)
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Gateway RCS Payments
Started 13 Aug 2026 11:12:09 (5 days ago), resolved 13 Aug 2026 16:18:08 (5 days ago)
Minor Incident
Resolved
Store Cards (RCS)
A problem with Store-card payments on the Gateway system has been identified. We are in conteact with External Providers to resolve the issue.
Visa Checkout
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Zapper
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Google Pay
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Payfast Gateway: Cards
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3D Secure
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Capitec involved transactions
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African Bank
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Payfast Gateway: SiD
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Tyme Bank
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