South Africa Residential Proxies

Consumer connections in South Africa, from the daily supplier snapshot.

  • 233.8K IPs reported for South Africa
  • 131 Cities
  • 9 States / regions

Supplier counts for South Africa as of 27 Oct 2026, 09:43 UTC: reported pool sizes, not capacity reserved for you.

Residential in South Africa is billed per GB at the same rates as every country: $2.49/GB at 3 GB ($7.47 a month), down to $0.49/GB at 5 TB ($2,450.00 a month).

Why use a residential IP in South Africa?

South African e-commerce centers on Takealot, with Checkers Sixty60 having made rapid grocery delivery mainstream, and Woolworths and Makro holding traditional retail; Amazon.co.za launched in 2024. Pricing in rand, delivery coverage and promotions are set for South African households. A South African residential IP loads these sites from a consumer connection in South Africa; delivery availability depends on the suburb you enter, and the IP does not change that.

South Africa at a glance

  • Currency: South African rand (ZAR)
  • Languages: English for commerce; Afrikaans, Zulu, Xhosa and others
  • Search: google.co.za
  • Time zone: UTC+2, no DST
  • Checkout: Cards, instant EFT, SnapScan

Targeting South Africa

For South Africa, add country, city and session settings to the username:

# Anywhere in South Africa
curl -x http://USER-country-za:PASS@gw-residential.node4.io:8082 https://api.ipify.org

# One exit in Johannesburg, GP, held
curl -x http://USER-country-za-state-gp-city-johannesburg-session-231982:PASS@gw-residential.node4.io:8082 https://ipinfo.io/country

If the city you name has no exits in South Africa, the request fails rather than leaving from another location.

Cities with coverage in South Africa

131 cities are targetable in South Africa. Test depth before sizing a job.

  • Johannesburg, GP -state-gp-city-johannesburg
  • Cape Town, WC -state-wc-city-capetown
  • Durban, KZN -state-kzn-city-durban
  • Pretoria, GP -state-gp-city-pretoria
  • Port Elizabeth, EC -state-ec-city-portelizabeth
  • Bloemfontein, FS -state-fs-city-bloemfontein
  • Soweto, GP -state-gp-city-soweto
  • East London, EC -state-ec-city-eastlondon
  • Pietermaritzburg, KZN -state-kzn-city-pietermaritzburg
  • Polokwane, LP -state-lp-city-polokwane
  • Centurion, GP -state-gp-city-centurion
  • Sandton, GP -state-gp-city-sandton

Examples to test from South Africa

Pricing teams track Takealot against Amazon.co.za and Makro. Grocery work follows Checkers Sixty60, Woolworths Dash and Pick n Pay asap!, all of which key availability to a delivery address. SERP tracking targets Google.co.za, mostly in English. Localization QA is largely English-first, and brand protection monitors Takealot's marketplace and Gumtree for gray imports and counterfeits.

South Africa: coverage and targeting notes

The Johannesburg-Pretoria conurbation in Gauteng is the commercial heart, with Cape Town and Durban the other majors. Fixed access runs largely over Openserve, Vumatel and Frogfoot fiber sold through ISPs such as Afrihost and Webafrica, with Vodacom, MTN, Telkom and Rain on mobile; that describes South African connectivity, not the pool. Delivery coverage thins outside the metros, so availability studies favor metro-level sampling where those metros have depth. Pricing on the national retailers is uniform enough for country-level work.

Working with South Africa exits

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