Is up.ac.za down right now?
No one has reported a problem in the last hour.
About up.ac.za
It ranks #15,885 among the most visited sites in the world on the Tranco list.
The current problem is a full outage that began on 22 October 2026 at 00:42 UTC and is still ongoing. There have been 20 incidents in the last 90 days, 183 h 37 min of downtime in total, and 58.17% of our checks succeeded.
Reports, last 24 hours
0 reports · normally about 3 per hour| Problem reported | No reports in the last 24 hours. |
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What we checked
08:13:05 UTC| Layer | Result | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| DNS name lookup | up.ac.za resolves to 137.215.11.46 | pass |
| TLS certificate | No certificate read yet | – |
| HTTP, Phoenix | Timed out 5 h ago | fail |
| Content | No page title captured | – |
| Reputation | Run the trust check | – |
Outage history, 90 days
| Started (UTC) | Incident | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-22 00:42 | Down | ongoing |
| 2026-10-20 14:08 | Slow | 34 h 34 min |
| 2026-10-19 21:05 | Down · Phoenix: Timed out | 7 h 22 min |
| 2026-10-19 03:52 | Down · Phoenix: Timed out | 8 h 58 min |
| 2026-10-18 17:08 | Slow | 3 h 20 min |
| 2026-10-17 18:06 | Slow | 10 h |
| 2026-10-17 02:36 | Slow | 15 h 29 min |
| 2026-10-16 15:38 | Slow · Phoenix: Timed out | 52 min |
| 2026-10-16 09:03 | Slow | 6 h 34 min |
| 2026-10-13 23:29 | Slow | 5 h 2 min |
Common questions
Is up.ac.za down for everyone or just me?
Compare the test from your browser above with our server checks. If our servers reach up.ac.za and your browser cannot, the problem is on your connection, DNS or network. If both fail, the site is down.
How do you know if up.ac.za is down?
We request the homepage from 7 locations, check DNS, the TLS certificate and the HTTP response, and compare the page content with what we saw before. We also read the service's official status feed where one exists and count visitor reports against the usual rate for the hour.
What can I do while it is down?
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