Get a South African VPN and Protect Your Personal Data

PIA encrypts your internet connection so you can browse the web securely on any network.

  • Hide your data from cybercrooks with unbreakable encryption
  • Enjoy buffer-free HD streaming on our lightning-fast network
  • Protect 10 devices simultaneously with a single PIA subscription
Get a South African VPN and Protect Your Personal Data

Reasons to Use a VPN in South Africa

South Africa has the 3rd highest number of cybercrime victims in the world, costing the economy around R2.2 billion a year. In a single year, the country recorded 230 million cyber threat detections, 219 million related to email threats. South Africa also has the highest targeted ransomware and BEC (business email compromise) attempts on the continent.

Arm yourself with a VPN, and protect your family and your business from being scammed, tracked, and targeted. Hide your IP address and encrypt your traffic to keep your online activity safe and secure with Private Internet Access.

Protect Your Privacy

Protect Your Privacy

Keep your online activity away from trackers and protect yourself from targeted advertisers, cybercrooks, and phishing scams. PIA masks your real IP address and location so you can browse the web in peace.

Boost Your Security

A recent ransomware attack on the debt recovery company Debit-IN saw 1.4 million confidential consumer records leaked onto the dark web. Data included full names, identification numbers, bank account details, and contact information.

Take control of your own online security using PIA VPN. Block sketchy domains that push malware like ransomware with PIA MACE.

Boost Your Security
Stream Without Buffering

Stream Without Buffering

You’re into your 5th episode of Uzalo and your connection suddenly slows to a crawl – that’s ISP throttling for you.

Use PIA VPN and continue to enjoy fast, buffer-free streaming, all day and all night. We’ll encrypt your data, so your ISP can’t track what you’re doing. If they can’t see what you’re doing, they can’t throttle you for it.

Access Anything From Anywhere

You may discover your streaming services, banking apps, and social media networks are blocked entirely, or serve different content, outside South Africa. That’s because websites decide what you can see based on your device’s IP address.

PIA’s servers in Johannesburg let you surf the web from a South African IP and stay in the loop, even when you’re overseas.

Access Anything From Anywhere

Get a South African VPN for Privacy & Security in 3 Steps

Getting a South African IP address is quick and easy with PIA. Simply follow the steps below, then connect to our server in South Africa to enjoy more privacy and security online.

Step 1

Sign up for Private Internet Access

Step 2

Set up PIA on any device

Step 3

Choose South Africa & click to connect

Download a South African VPN for All Your Devices

Download a South African VPN for All Your Devices

You use multiple devices, so you need a VPN that protects them all. Protect your windows device with our VPN for PC, or get our Mac VPN for your Apple computers. We also cover smartphones and tablets with our VPN apk for Android, or iOS VPN for iPhone or iPad.

Try our VPN for Chrome, Opera, or Firefox browsers for extra privacy features and faster speeds, or configure the VPN on your router at home to protect your Smart TVs and gaming consoles.

Enjoy privacy and security on unlimited devices at the same time with a single PIA subscription!

Open Source Transparency

  • Trust PIA’s 100% open source transparency and accountability
  • Inspect our publicly available source code to see we’ve nothing to hide
  • Use the most secure open-source protocols — WireGuard® and OpenVPN
Open Source Transparency
Ultimate Privacy and Security

Ultimate Privacy and Security

  • Prevent data leaks if your connection unexpectedly drops with our Kill Switch
  • Set PIA to automatically connect on unsecured networks
  • Use Split Tunneling to bypass the VPN on selected apps without disconnecting

PIA’s Top South Africa VPN Features

We never cut corners when it comes to your privacy. Get everything needed to secure your data with PIA VPN.

No Logs Policy
High Level Encryption
Unlimited Bandwidth
Fast Speeds
PIA MACE
24/7 Customer Support

Main Features of Private Internet Access

FeaturesPIA VPN
Fast and stable connectionEnjoy lag-free streaming and gaming on our optimized network
No bandwidth limitsTake in as much Trackers as you can handle
South African serversConnect to our servers in Johannesburg to secure a South African IP
Servers worldwideGet an IP address from any of 154 locations worldwide
No logging of your dataBrowse privately with our RAM-only servers and No Logs policy
Unlimited simultaneous connectionsProtect all of your devices, at home or on the move
24/7 Customer SupportDiscover how to maximize the power of PIA’s unique features
Hidden IP addressMask your true IP and location for better anonymity
Strong data encryptionSwitch between 128-bit or military-strength 256-bit AES

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Can I Use a Free VPN to Get a South African IP Address?

Yes, but you get what you pay for with free VPNs. They must cover costs somehow, so they usually collect your data, and sell it to the highest bidder.

Most free VPNs aren’t optimized for bandwidth-intensive activities, so streaming Netflix or playing Call of Duty is off the cards.

It’s better to subscribe to PIA VPN if you want a South African IP address without risking your privacy or connection speeds. Give it a try, risk free, with our 30-day money-back guarantee.

FAQ

The best South African VPN is one that provides the strongest privacy protection, the fastest connection speeds, and top quality South African servers — like PIA.

PIA VPN lets you connect to a super-fast South African server and access sites restricted to the local web, even from outside of the country. Our VPN service also comes with great privacy features including split tunneling, an advanced kill switch, a built-in ad blocker, and more.

A South African IP address is a numerical identifier your ISP assigns every time you connect to the internet. It contains information about your location, so if you’re connecting from South Africa, it identifies your device as being located in South Africa. Get a South African IP address from PIA and stream sports, unblock websites, or access your South African banking apps, from anywhere in the world.

Yes, VPNs are perfectly legal in South Africa. You have a right to protect your privacy online with a VPN. However, using a VPN to do anything illegal is still illegal, and a VPN won’t protect you from the consequences of breaking the law.

The cost varies depending on the VPN provider and subscription level. Buy PIA VPN for as little as per month. Try PIA VPN risk free with our 30-day money-back guarantee.

Cybercrime is a significant problem in South Africa, and attacks are becoming more indiscriminate. If you don’t take steps to improve your online security, you’re at risk of identity theft, fraud, and ransomware attacks.

A VPN hides your true location and encrypts your data so that even if cybercrooks gain access to your network, they won’t be able to read your internet data. This has the added benefit of hiding your online activity from your ISP, or anyone else monitoring your connection.

Absolutely, you can use PIA in South Africa. Connect to our VPN server in South Africa to securely access local services and protect your identity online. Alternatively, connect to any of our servers in 91 countries worldwide to unblock websites on restricted networks and browse the internet more freely.

Yes, you can use a VPN to get a South African IP address, but only if the VPN has a server in South Africa — like PIA does. Connect to our server in South Africa to hide your IP address and become more anonymous online. A South African IP is particularly useful if you’re working or studying in another country and you want to keep up with your favorite shows from home while you’re away.

You can, but it's not recommended. Free VPNs usually limit your usage, provide slow connections, and often sell your personal information to third parties to make their money.

PIA is extremely secure and imposes no usage limits. Our No Logs policy guarantees that we don’t monitor or store your online information. Our 10 Gbps network architecture means that we consistently deliver blazing-fast VPN connection speeds.

All subscriptions come with a 30-day money-back guarantee so you can try PIA risk free.

Not by itself, it won't. To hide your activities from your ISP your best bet is high-level VPN encryption.

PIA encrypts all your internet traffic using military-grade encryption ciphers to make it unreadable to your ISP, or anyone else monitoring your internet connection.

We don't have any Dedicated IPs located in South Africa right now, but we do have a South African VPN server which will give you a shared South African IP.

PIA offers Dedicated IPs in Australia, Canada, Singapore, Japan, Switzerland, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. We use an anonymous token-based system to assign your Dedicated IP so that it can’t be traced back to your actual IP or to your PIA user account.

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