Why You Need a South Africa VPN
Connecting through a server in South Africa routes your traffic via a local exit: sites and services aimed at that region tend to load more smoothly, and on untrusted networks like public Wi-Fi your connection is encrypted, reducing the risk of your traffic being snooped on. Whether a specific site is reachable still depends on that site's own access policy — we can't guarantee it.
South Africa is currently HZVPN's only server location in Africa, with 2 VPN servers, both in the SVIP tier.
At the southern tip of the African continent, South Africa is unusual in having three capitals: Pretoria (executive), Cape Town (legislative) and Bloemfontein (judicial). English is widely used in business and online, and the currency is the rand. Most people who want a South African IP live or work there and need to sign in to local banking and government services while abroad, or want to browse South African online stores in rand and read local news sites that are open to the public. For users in southern Africa, it is the geographically closest option; when South African servers are busy, consider the UAE, Saudi Arabia or a European location.
HZVPN currently has 2 VPN servers in South Africa — No. 19 (tied with 6 others) of 43 countries and regions by server count, and 33% of all servers in Middle East & Africa. If the South Africa servers are temporarily unavailable, you can switch to nearby Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates or Israel.
South Africa Server Tiers
- Free
- 0servers
- VIP
- 0servers
- SVIP
- 2servers
The client always shows what's currently available.
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Choose from 43 countries and regions and 265 servers; Middle East & Africa, where South Africa sits, has 5 locations.
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Frequently Asked Questions
About the South Africa Servers
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