The ZA Central Registry will be performing maintenance on it’s routers on 15 November 2016 from 07h00 SAST to 08h00 SAST (05h00 UTC to 06h00 UTC). Anticipated downtime is expected to be minimal, with intermittent availability of EPP and WHOIS registry services during the maintenance period. The following namespaces will be affected: CO.ZA NET.ZA ORG.ZA..
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The ZA Central Registry will be performing scheduled system maintenance across all of its namespaces on 8 November 2016 from 07h00 SAST to 08h00 SAST (05h00 UTC to 06h00 UTC). During the maintenance period all registry EPP services will be unavailable. The following namespaces will be unavailable via EPP: CO.ZA NET.ZA ORG.ZA WEB.ZA .CAPETOWN .DURBAN..
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Please note that ABSA has reported that their payment interface is currently undergoing maintenance. Registrars using the credit card payment facility on the Registrar Portal with an ABSA credit card will not have their transactions processed until the ABSA payment interface is restored. Registrars using ABSA credit cards are encouraged to make EFT payments in..
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The ZA Central Registry is migrating between upstream providers. The current routes are as follows: AS3741 AS36937 AS37271   Transit via AS3741 will be shutting down on 13 October 2016 at 08h00 SAST (06h00 UTC). No connectivity or routing issues are expected, however please contact peering@registry.net.za should you encounter any routing issues.
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The ZA Central Registry will be performing database and hardware maintenance across all of its namespaces on 18 October 2016 from 06h00 SAST to 08h00 SAST. During the maintenance period all registry related services will be unavailable. The following namespaces and services will be unavailable: CO.ZA: EPP, WHOIS NET.ZA: EPP, WHOIS ORG.ZA: EPP, WHOIS WEB.ZA:..
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Please note that due to upgrades to its billing systems, the ZA Central Registry will not be providing the scheduled invoices on the 8th of October 2016. The invoices due on 8 October 2016 will now be provided on 10 October 2016. The invoices will still be for the inclusive billing period of 1-7 October..
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The ZA Central Registry would like to remind you that the proposed changes outlined in the CO.ZA Data Policy Update will take full effect on Monday 10 October 2016. From Monday 10 October 2016 all new CO.ZA domain name registrations will require the Administrative, Billing and Technical Contact to be provided.  Existing CO.ZA domain names..
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Please note that the Credit Card Payment Facility available through the Registrar Panel is currently experiencing issues with processing payments. Our provider has notified us that the service will be restored by 15h00 SAST. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
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We have identified issues with the server handling the automated payment processing. The issues have been resolved and financial transactions should be reporting correctly now. All unsynchronised payments have been processed.  Please contact the registry should you experience any issues recharging your registrar account.
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The ZA Central Registry will be performing updates to its Financial Systems on Saturday, 23 July 2016 from 19h30 SAST until 21h30 SAST (17h30 UTC until 19h30 UTC).    During this period, the ZACR EPP service will not be available for the following domain name spaces:    .CO.ZA .NET.ZA .ORG.ZA .WEB.ZA .CAPETOWN .DURBAN .JOBURG  ..
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