# South Africa Static Residential Proxies (ISP) | ProxyJam

South Africa static residential proxies (ISP) are no internet plan: a fixed IP on a catalogue carrier, unchanged all term, charged per address.

- Canonical: https://proxyjam.com/isp-proxies/south-africa/
- Updated: 2026-10-30
- Language: en

ProxyJam's South Africa ISP proxy is one static residential IP, held for the full paid period for $5.38 per IP per month; the carrier is named before checkout: Lietpark Communications, Lumina Broadband.

Per IP, not per GB · Yours for the whole period · Carrier named before you pay


## What is a South African address used for?

### What prices and stock do South African shoppers see?

A retailer serving South Africa decides what a South African visitor sees: local prices, delivery areas and which products are in stock. Capture that view through a South African IP. The address never moves, so each week's capture lines up with the previous one and any difference was made by the shop. Note the province a page names for delivery, because a South African shop can promise different areas differently.

### How should a tracker handle third-level .za names?

Under ZADNA's namespace, .za names are registered at the third level, beneath labels such as co.za, org.za and ac.za, as in example.co.za. A rank tracker should therefore match the full name rather than a bare .za, and matching on co.za alone misses the other labels. A fixed South African address keeps the weekly series on one origin, so the only thing left to vary is the results.

### How do I collect public data with POPIA in mind?

South Africa's privacy law, the Protection of Personal Information Act, has been fully in effect since 1 July 2021 and is enforced by the Information Regulator. A project that gathers pages from South African sites should keep to public, non-personal data; where personal information is involved, the Act's rules apply whatever address the request comes from.

### Can I keep South African accounts on one origin?

South African profiles a company owns, or ones a client has authorised its agency to look after, can each stay on one South African IP for the term. One South African origin across the term makes the login record easier to explain to a security review than an origin that hops between countries.

### Do South African banks and state services need verification?

Our acceptable use policy treats financial services, healthcare and government systems as regulated sectors; a South African site in one of them opens only after we review the use case. Tell us about it before you order.


## Quick Setup for ISP Proxies in South Africa

The country and the carrier are fixed when you order, so the code carries neither. Put in the host, port, username and password that come with the address, send one request, and check that the response reports the country you ordered.

### Python

Send a request through the South Africa address with Python requests.

```
import requests

# HOST, PORT, USERNAME, PASSWORD come with your order (dashboard or API)
proxy = "http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@HOST:PORT"

proxies = {
    "http": proxy,
    "https": proxy,
}

response = requests.get(
    "https://example.com/",
    proxies=proxies,
)

print(response.status_code)
```

### Node.js

Route axios through the South Africa address in a few lines.

```
import axios from "axios";
import { HttpsProxyAgent } from "https-proxy-agent";

// HOST, PORT, USERNAME, PASSWORD come with your order (dashboard or API)
const proxy = "http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@HOST:PORT";
const agent = new HttpsProxyAgent(proxy);

const response = await axios.get(
  "https://example.com/",
  {
    httpAgent: agent,
    httpsAgent: agent,
  },
);

console.log(response.status);
```

### cURL

One command, one request, one address in South Africa in the response.

```
# HOST, PORT, USERNAME, PASSWORD come with your order (dashboard or API)
curl -x http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@HOST:PORT \
     https://example.com/
```


## Technical Specifications

- **Rotation:** None: the address is fixed for the whole billing period
- **Billing unit:** Per IP per period, never per gigabyte
- **Carriers listed in South Africa:** Lietpark Communications, Lumina Broadband
- **Places in the catalogue:** Cape Town, Johannesburg
- **Authentication:** User:pass or IP allowlist
- **Concurrent sessions:** 100 per proxy, 10 past 50 GB a month

## What the letters ISP mean in South Africa

### What does ISP mean in South Africa?

In South Africa an ISP is the company that sells a home or a business its internet service, which can run over fibre that another company built. An ISP proxy borrows the letters but not the service: what you rent from us is a static residential address on a carrier from our list, with no line, contract or installation, and you route traffic you already send through it.

### Are the fibre owner and the ISP the same?

ADSL has been phased out in favour of fibre, and fibre network operators such as Vumatel and Openserve build the lines. Vumatel's network is leased to several ISPs, so a household can buy service from an ISP that rides on someone else's fibre. Looked up, a South African IP shows the network announcing its address range, which need not be the company that laid the cable.

### Why is South Africa's code ZA?

South Africa's code is ZA, from the Dutch name Zuid-Afrika, and that is what a lookup prints. ICASA, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa, oversees telecommunications, and ZADNA manages .za. Mobile service comes from Vodacom, MTN, Cell C and Telkom, with Rain among smaller players. What we sell is on the order card.


## Frequently asked questions

ISP versus ISP proxy, .za labels and POPIA: what buyers ask about a South African IP, answered from our catalogue.

### Which carriers do you list in South Africa?

ProxyJam lists these carriers for South Africa, spelled as the catalogue spells them: Lietpark Communications, Lumina Broadband.

### Is this an internet package from a South African ISP?

This is not an internet package from a South African ISP: you keep whatever connection you have. An ISP proxy sends your traffic out through a South African address on a carrier from our list, which sites read as ZA. It is billed per IP per period, and it comes with no line, router or fibre installation.

### Will the address show the fibre company's name?

A South African address shows the announcing network, and that is the carrier named on our order card. The company that built the fibre to a building may not appear in an IP lookup at all.

### Can I track .co.za and .org.za sites separately?

Yes, you can track .co.za and .org.za sites separately. The address reports ZA whatever label a site uses. Keep a list per label if your market splits that way, because ZADNA registers names at the third level and example.co.za and example.org.za are two different sites, which can belong to different owners.

### Does POPIA apply to what I collect?

POPIA can apply to what you collect in South Africa. A proxy does not change who processes the data or where. Keep to public, non-personal data, and where personal information is involved, treat the Act's rules as applying; our acceptable use policy sets our own limits.

### Is the carrier's name the company that owns the address?

Not necessarily. ProxyJam lists the network that announces the address; the registry record can name another holder, so check both with a lookup.

### Can I choose the town?

No. A ProxyJam ISP proxy in South Africa is chosen by carrier, not town; the address comes from that carrier's pool, so look up where it surfaces once issued.

### Does the IP change during the period?

No. A ProxyJam IP in South Africa stays the same from the day you order to the end of the paid period.

### Can I try it before committing?

ProxyJam has no free trial; a first order can be refunded within 24 hours, the window for testing the address on your own targets.

### Is using proxies in South Africa legal?

We give no legal advice; check the rules that apply to your work. Some targets are reviewed before we enable work with them, as the acceptable use policy sets out.


## Sources

- [Telecommunications in South Africa — Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_in_South_Africa)
- [Vumatel — Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vumatel)
- [.za — Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.za)
- [Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 — Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protection_of_Personal_Information_Act,_2013)
- [ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 — Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2)
- [AFRINIC, the regional internet registry](https://afrinic.net/)
- [Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA)](https://www.icasa.org.za/)