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Is Takealot down in South Africa?

Takealot problems reported by people in South Africa. Check the last 24 hours and tell others what isn't working for you.

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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 Takealot website. Updated 5 Nov, 15:43 UTC, 2 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 takealot.com that failed (9,789 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 takealot.com

Every 5 minutes, from our probes

Our checks from 35 cities: all fine.

Port Louis: loaded in 64 ms Toronto: loaded in 187 ms Hamina: loaded in 146 ms Johannesburg: loaded in 253 ms New York: loaded in 67 ms London: loaded in 74 ms Frankfurt: loaded in 68 ms São Paulo: loaded in 227 ms St. Louis: loaded in 104 ms Portsmouth: loaded in 111 ms New Jersey: loaded in 162 ms Tel Aviv: loaded in 142 ms Tokyo: loaded in 480 ms Doha: loaded in 469 ms Singapore: loaded in 76 ms Warsaw: loaded in 72 ms Delhi: loaded in 257 ms Querétaro: loaded in 234 ms Sydney: loaded in 156 ms Melbourne: loaded in 380 ms Bangalore: loaded in 98 ms Osaka: loaded in 56 ms Mumbai: loaded in 110 ms Cape Town: loaded in 471 ms Atlanta: loaded in 60 ms Los Angeles: loaded in 158 ms Lauterbourg: loaded in 319 ms Amsterdam: loaded in 65 ms Santiago: loaded in 62 ms Seoul: loaded in 478 ms Madrid: loaded in 65 ms Seattle: loaded in 68 ms Dallas: loaded in 125 ms Hong Kong: loaded in 71 ms Jakarta: loaded in 263 ms
  • Port LouisReachable64 ms, just now
  • TorontoReachable187 ms, just now
  • HaminaReachable146 ms, just now
  • JohannesburgReachable253 ms, just now
  • New YorkReachable67 ms, just now
  • LondonReachable74 ms, just now
  • FrankfurtReachable68 ms, 1 min ago
  • São PauloReachable227 ms, 1 min ago
  • St. LouisReachable104 ms, 2 min ago
  • PortsmouthReachable111 ms, 2 min ago
  • New JerseyReachable162 ms, 2 min ago
  • Tel AvivReachable142 ms, 2 min ago
  • TokyoReachable480 ms, 2 min ago
  • DohaReachable469 ms, 2 min ago
  • SingaporeReachable76 ms, 2 min ago
  • WarsawReachable72 ms, 2 min ago
  • DelhiReachable257 ms, 2 min ago
  • QuerétaroReachable234 ms, 2 min ago
  • SydneyReachable156 ms, 3 min ago
  • MelbourneReachable380 ms, 3 min ago
  • BangaloreReachable98 ms, 3 min ago
  • OsakaReachable56 ms, 3 min ago
  • MumbaiReachable110 ms, 3 min ago
  • Cape TownReachable471 ms, 3 min ago
  • AtlantaReachable60 ms, 3 min ago
  • Los AngelesReachable158 ms, 3 min ago
  • LauterbourgReachable319 ms, 3 min ago
  • AmsterdamReachable65 ms, 4 min ago
  • SantiagoReachable62 ms, 4 min ago
  • SeoulReachable478 ms, 5 min ago
  • MadridReachable65 ms, 5 min ago
  • SeattleReachable68 ms, 7 min ago
  • DallasReachable125 ms, 8 min ago
  • Hong KongReachable71 ms, 11 min ago
  • JakartaReachable263 ms, 14 min ago

We request takealot.com 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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Is Takealot down, or is it just me?

Our checks reach Takealot'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 Takealot. We load takealot.com 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 Takealot website.

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