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Is IOL down in South Africa?

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Reports from people in South Africa

Last 24 hours · South Africa · times in UTC

0 reports

No community reports in the last 24 hours from South Africa. This does not prove the service is working. If you have a problem, report it here.

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Reports per 15 minutes. A flat chart means no reports, not proof that everything works.

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Website checks — worldwide

The evidence below covers the provider and our available checks. It is not a separate verdict for South Africa. The report chart above is filtered to South Africa.

Our checks can reach the IOL website. Updated 5 Nov, 15:26 UTC, 3 min ago · Website checks: these do not test every feature Website reachability does not confirm that sign-in, payments, messaging or the app is working. No problems recorded since 4 Nov 2026.

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  1. Compare reports from South Africa and check the latest update above. A quiet chart does not rule out a new or local problem.
  2. Try the service on another device or switch between WiFi and mobile data, if available. If other sites also fail, check your internet provider.
  3. Report a problem with the feature that is failing and the country where you are affected. Submit once; your report appears in the chart.

Reports describe people's experiences. One report alone does not confirm an outage.

Last 9030 days

100.00% of the time without a reported outage, since 4 Nov

Of the last 90 days, 0 had a partial or major outage, 0 had maintenance only and 88 have no data. Recent problems are listed in a table further down.

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Last 24 hours

Every 15 minutes, hours in UTC

Bars: the share of our own checks of iol.co.za that failed (9,877 checks). Our checks showed no problem in this time. Community reports appear separately above, alongside our checks and provider updates.

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Our own checks of iol.co.za

Every 5 minutes, from our probes

Our checks from 35 cities: all fine.

Osaka: loaded in 167 ms Warsaw: loaded in 130 ms Lauterbourg: loaded in 122 ms Cape Town: loaded in 183 ms Seattle: loaded in 70 ms New York: loaded in 297 ms St. Louis: loaded in 120 ms Portsmouth: loaded in 118 ms Santiago: loaded in 294 ms Mumbai: loaded in 89 ms Querétaro: loaded in 379 ms Los Angeles: loaded in 143 ms London: loaded in 199 ms Jakarta: loaded in 179 ms Dallas: loaded in 275 ms Singapore: loaded in 88 ms Hong Kong: loaded in 99 ms Amsterdam: loaded in 230 ms São Paulo: loaded in 88 ms Delhi: loaded in 73 ms Frankfurt: loaded in 149 ms Tel Aviv: loaded in 119 ms Melbourne: loaded in 122 ms Bangalore: loaded in 321 ms Johannesburg: loaded in 67 ms Madrid: loaded in 141 ms Tokyo: loaded in 1879 ms Atlanta: loaded in 211 ms Seoul: loaded in 169 ms New Jersey: loaded in 81 ms Doha: loaded in 489 ms Sydney: loaded in 69 ms Port Louis: loaded in 69 ms Toronto: loaded in 86 ms Hamina: loaded in 90 ms
  • OsakaReachable167 ms, just now
  • WarsawReachable130 ms, just now
  • LauterbourgReachable122 ms, just now
  • Cape TownReachable183 ms, 4 min ago
  • SeattleReachable70 ms, 4 min ago
  • New YorkReachable297 ms, 4 min ago
  • St. LouisReachable120 ms, 4 min ago
  • PortsmouthReachable118 ms, 4 min ago
  • SantiagoReachable294 ms, 4 min ago
  • MumbaiReachable89 ms, 4 min ago
  • QuerétaroReachable379 ms, 4 min ago
  • Los AngelesReachable143 ms, 4 min ago
  • LondonReachable199 ms, 4 min ago
  • JakartaReachable179 ms, 4 min ago
  • DallasReachable275 ms, 4 min ago
  • SingaporeReachable88 ms, 4 min ago
  • Hong KongReachable99 ms, 4 min ago
  • AmsterdamReachable230 ms, 5 min ago
  • São PauloReachable88 ms, 5 min ago
  • DelhiReachable73 ms, 5 min ago
  • FrankfurtReachable149 ms, 5 min ago
  • Tel AvivReachable119 ms, 5 min ago
  • MelbourneReachable122 ms, 5 min ago
  • BangaloreReachable321 ms, 5 min ago
  • JohannesburgReachable67 ms, 5 min ago
  • MadridReachable141 ms, 5 min ago
  • TokyoReachable1879 ms, 5 min ago
  • AtlantaReachable211 ms, 5 min ago
  • SeoulReachable169 ms, 5 min ago
  • New JerseyReachable81 ms, 6 min ago
  • DohaReachable489 ms, 6 min ago
  • SydneyReachable69 ms, 6 min ago
  • Port LouisReachable69 ms, 6 min ago
  • TorontoReachable86 ms, 6 min ago
  • HaminaReachable90 ms, 6 min ago

We request iol.co.za and note whether it answers. These automated checks do not sign in or use the app's features.

Available evidence

We check whether its website loads every 5 minutes. This does not test sign-in, payments, calls or every feature of its app or network. We show a website problem when a quarter of the eligible places cannot load it, and an outage when half cannot. Places that normally cannot reach it are excluded. With too few results, we say we cannot tell.

Recent problems

No problems recorded since 4 Nov 2026.

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Questions

Is IOL down, or is it just me?

Our checks reach IOL's website from most of our cities. This does not rule out problems with sign-in, payments, an app or a local network. Check the community reports above and report your experience.

How do we know?

No official status feed is connected for IOL. We load iol.co.za from our probes and note whether it answers. People can report problems here. Their reports appear separately and may reveal issues before a provider update.

How often do we check?

The website every 5 minutes, day and night. We keep 90 days of available check history: a day we have no reading for shows as "no data yet", never as working.

Our own checks of the IOL website.

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