Card, PayShap, ZAR. Coming to South Africa.
South Africa is a card-first market and Letts treats it that way. Card + PayShap + EFT first-class, plus SnapScan and Zapper. ZAR native pricing, SARS-compliant invoicing, and a Johannesburg-based team build-out.
The localisation South African businesses actually need
South Africa is not a generic-Africa market. Card acceptance, PayShap, SARS, and PASA are the load-bearing primitives. We’re building to that, not bending an East-or-West Africa product into the SADC south.
Card-led + PayShap + EFT
South Africa is a card-first market — Letts treats it that way. Plus PayShap (instant bank-to-bank), EFT, SnapScan, Zapper. Mobile money where used (predominantly cross-border).
ZAR pricing
Prices, invoices, taxes, P&L all in South African rand. SARS-compliant tax invoices. CIPC company-data integration on the roadmap.
SARB engagement track
Engaged with the South African Reserve Bank on Payment Service Provider authorisation. PASA membership planned at GA. Direct PayShap participant on the roadmap.
Local Johannesburg team
Onboarding and support team build-out planned for Johannesburg. English plus Afrikaans, isiZulu, isiXhosa support over time. Same time zone.
Johannesburg · Cape Town · Durban · Pretoria
Initial rollout across South Africa’s major metros. Hardware shipping from regional fulfilment with same-day in major metros at GA.
SACU + AfCFTA-ready
Cross-border trade across Southern Africa Customs Union and the broader AfCFTA — built into Letts Trade with the major SADC freight corridors as priority partnerships.
From Malawi to South Africa.
Letts is headquartered in Malawi. South Africa is the strategic anchor for Southern Africa expansion — same depth of integration commitment, this time tuned to a card-first market with PayShap and SARS as the primitives. Always built locally, never imposed.
South Africa questions
PayShap, SARS / VAT, SARB authorisation, SACU trade, GA timeline.
South Africa is on our 2026–2027 expansion roadmap. We’re in early SARB engagement and partner discussions. Sign up to get on the launch list — early-cohort merchants will get priority access and preferential pricing.
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