Send money online to South Africa

From Musina to Capetown, WorldRemit has South Africa covered.

  • The fast, simple way to send money to friends and family
  • Industry-leading payment security

How to send money to South Africa

1. Choose how you want to send: select bank deposit, cash pickup or airtime top-up, and enter the amount you want to send. You'll see our low fees and exchange rate up front.

2. Enter your recipient's details: choose from a list of people you’ve sent to in the past, or add a new recipient.

3. Pay for the transfer: both you and the recipient will get notifications by SMS and email when the money is sent and received.

Bank deposit

1-3 days

Transfer to major banks within 3 working days

Please Note: Due to South Africa Exchange Control Regulations, our local partner may contact your recipient to complete a Reporting Mandate.

You can find out more about the Reporting Mandate here and by looking through the FAQs for South Africa.

First National Bank NedbankStandard BankCapitec ABSA

Cash pickup

Instant transfer

Cash is available to collect instantly from all branches of Mukuru.

View the full list of pickup locations in South Africa

Airtime top-up

Instant top-up

Cellphone airtime is added instantly to phones on 8ta, CellC, MTN and Vodacom.

8TA cell c mtn vodacom

Why choose WorldRemit?

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    Low cost

    Our low fees and exchange rates are shown upfront

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    Fast

    Get your money to family and friends in minutes

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    Simple

    It’s easy to use and we’re here to help round the clock

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    Trusted

    We’ve sent millions of transfers to over 125 countries

Safe and Secure
Your money’s in safe hands with us

Our industry-leading technology protects your money and guarantees it arrives safely every time. We’re licensed by government regulators around the world, so you can be sure we meet the highest possible standards.

Money in Safe Hands

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Here’s the proof
Trustpilot rates WorldRemit as excellent

Love the back up service any questions they ring u back. just so impressed with the service world remit keep u informed of your transaction right through 2 pick up and the help line is wonderful cant recommend worldremit enough.

Australia - Rodney Tutungi

Fast and excellent service always...happy customer! Nothing beats the fact that my money transactions online is safe and processed really quick and could be done anywhere and at anytime. I recommend #worldremit...

United Kingdom - Mrs C A Ishola

Really good to use, fast transfers of funds. I use WorldRemit regularly and it's always the same fast, easy, no fuss transaction. Best company by far to send money.

United Kingdom - David Blyth

Quick smooth transactions. I find using WorldRemit services work very well. Once have account and receiver info entered before making transaction allows the process to be executed very quickly. Also like the fact they notify me when transaction has been completed.

Canada - Terry Coulson

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