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CIPC.co.za is the official online platform for South Africa's Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC). Users can register new companies, file annual returns, or secure intellectual property rights through trademark, patent, and copyright applications on this site. The site is a reliable hub for both entrepreneurs and corporate entities seeking regulatory compliance and intellectual asset protection within South Africa.

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    Feb 08, 2026 - 12:14

    A visitor from Johannesburg, South Africa has reported a problem with Service

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    Feb 07, 2026 - 21:38

    A visitor from Johannesburg, South Africa has reported a problem with can not update csd portal as it is saying cipc is not available

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    Feb 07, 2026 - 17:03

    A visitor from Somerset West, South Africa has reported a problem with can not update csd portal as it is saying cipc is not available

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    Feb 07, 2026 - 09:49

    A visitor from Pretoria, South Africa has reported a problem with can not update csd portal as it is saying cipc is not available

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    Feb 07, 2026 - 09:01

    A visitor from Johannesburg, South Africa has reported a problem with can not update csd portal as it is saying cipc is not available

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    Jan 29, 2026 - 03:04

    A visitor from Johannesburg, South Africa has reported a problem with Service

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    Dec 14, 2025 - 16:13

    A visitor from Durban, South Africa has reported a problem with can not update csd portal as it is saying cipc is not available

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UUhhhrrrrgggggt !!!

Johannesburg, South Africa 9 days ago

cipc.co.za and bizportal.gov.uk are NOT accessible !?

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Urrrggghhhhgghh

Johannesburg, South Africa 9 days ago

Not available!!! CIPC.CO.ZA BIZPORTAL.GOV.UK Eservices.cipc.co.za annualreturns.cipc.co.za

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Urrrggghhhh

Johannesburg, South Africa 9 days ago

CIPC.CO.ZA BIZPORTAL.GOV.UK Eservices.cipc.co.za annualreturns.cipc.co.za

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Johannesburg, South Africa 10 days ago

I can't log in

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Somerset West, South Africa 10 days ago

CIPC site will not load

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kwaito

Johannesburg, South Africa 10 days ago

its down the entire thing is down

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Susan

Johannesburg, South Africa 2 months ago

Cannot get into site - Problem loading page

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Anonymous

Durban, South Africa 2 months ago

Why am I receiving a "error occured while saving data" when I'm tryng to add an annual return to my cart? Please help

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Johannesburg, South Africa 3 months ago

It’s not opening at all, it says this page can’t be reached

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Lindy

Centurion, South Africa 4 months ago

this site is down

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Centurion, South Africa 4 months ago

this site is down

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Thando

Centurion, South Africa 4 months ago

Cipc.co.za is down

Hmmm… can't reach this page
bizportal.gov.za took too long to respond
Try:

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Lindy

Centurion, South Africa 4 months ago

Its down

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Mohammed

Johannesburg, South Africa 5 months ago

The Website is not accessible. tried multiple browsers, and different networks and devices.

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Mandy

Johannesburg, South Africa 5 months ago

Can't enter resignation date on resigned director. Field is grayed out!

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Durban, South Africa 5 months ago

Cannot make payment

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Sipho Buthelezi

Johannesburg, South Africa 5 months ago

I am able to login on eservices, but unable to log in on new eservices hence cant complete cooperative registtration

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Wesvaal Taxation Services CC

Klerksdorp, South Africa 6 months ago

Unable to open CIPC website to log in and file Beneficial Ownership and Annual returns. It says site can't be reached. Previously this morning this site was extremely slow

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Margate, South Africa 7 months ago

504 error

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Marcia

Johannesburg, South Africa 7 months ago

I am able to log into CIPC but not able to select more services from bizportal

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Elize

Centurion, South Africa 7 months ago

CIP is the most unreliable website ever. It is NOT user friendly at all! For the money that consumer must pay for each and every transaction, surely, they can up their act!

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Elize

Centurion, South Africa 7 months ago

CIP is the most unreliable website ever. It is NOT user friendly at all! For the money that consumer must pay for each and every transaction, surely, they can up their act!

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London, United Kingdom 7 months ago

Waiting three days for foreign assurance check to get basic access to CIPC Records

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L Sim

Pretoria, South Africa 8 months ago

Safari says it cannot connect to the CIPC server

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Cape Town

Cape Town, South Africa 8 months ago

CIPC website cannot login

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Pretoria, South Africa 8 months ago

Website does not respond.

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Pretoria, South Africa 8 months ago

Website does not seem to respond.

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ribeneke

Johannesburg, South Africa 8 months ago

https://www.cipc.co.za/ has been inaccessible since 14:45 on 2025-06-13

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Johannesburg, South Africa 8 months ago

cipc.co.za is down, so is the eservices platform

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Jianbo Hu

Johannesburg, South Africa 8 months ago

Good day,

OTP received does not want to go through

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Ntokozo Mahlangu

Midrand, South Africa 8 months ago

Getting an error "Unable to contact CIPC, try again later" on CSD

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marc

Johannesburg, South Africa 9 months ago

Not receiving emails with registration

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Andiswa

Cape Town, South Africa 9 months ago

Hi, I am having trouble accessing the website as it says the webpage is unavailable and took too long to respond since Friday 02 May 2025.

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Sabrina

Kareedouw, South Africa 9 months ago

on the name change page after entering the enterprice number correctly then pressing verify, it says loading and then NOTHING happens. We tried from other browsers, clearing the cache etc.
It is their website having issues!

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Roy

Johannesburg, South Africa 10 months ago

Cannot log in and sebsequent attempts to change password not honoured.No update on what is happening and the BizPortal having same problems

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Johannesburg, South Africa 10 months ago

ATTEMPT TO LOG IN REJECTED AND SUBSEQUENT PASSWORD CHANGE NOT HONOURED

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Nkosingiphile

Johannesburg, South Africa 10 months ago

Hi what is going on in cipc today i need my certificate

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London

Belfast, United Kingdom 10 months ago

Seems to be down

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BVI New

Cape Town, South Africa 10 months ago

Website is down

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TheHacker

Johannesburg, South Africa 10 months ago

Website is down

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Vee

Pretoria, South Africa 10 months ago

down

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Jason

Cape Town, South Africa 10 months ago

Can't submit BO reports. Not allowing to save once all natural persons info added

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Cape Town, South Africa 10 months ago

Not able to submit BO return - appears to be a problem with the link when trying to access the BO Portal on CIPC

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Cape Town, South Africa 10 months ago

Not receiving OTP's

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AA

Reading, United Kingdom 10 months ago

beneficialownership.cipc.co.za keeps giving server-unavailable. Is it down?

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Kholisiwe

Johannesburg, South Africa 11 months ago

"Error : We couldn't process your request. Please try again later. Date 3/10/2025 3:41:17 PM" since friday

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Kholisiwe

Johannesburg, South Africa 11 months ago

"Error : We couldn't process your request. Please try again later. Date 3/10/2025 3:41:17 PM" since friday

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Michael Marx

Midrand, South Africa 11 months ago

CIPC.co,za, bizportal.co.za all offline or timing out cant get onto any of the websites

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Port Elizabeth, South Africa 11 months ago

Not able to access CIPC site on 22 February 2025 and 23 February 2025.

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Pretoria, South Africa 11 months ago

Webpage not opening

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Johannesburg, South Africa 11 months ago

Off

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Miami, United States 11 months ago

This is what happens when we try:

Hmmm… can't reach this page
www.cipc.co.za took too long to respond
Try:

Checking the connection
Checking the proxy and the firewall

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Cape Town, South Africa 11 months ago

Website not working

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Cape Town, South Africa 11 months ago

Currently not able to access cipc.co.za website

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Johannesburg, South Africa 11 months ago

biz portal as well as cipc went off line and we cannot log in

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Johannesburg, South Africa 11 months ago

bizportal as well as cipc websites went off line this afternoon so we cannot log in

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andrew

Pretoria, South Africa 11 months ago

cannot log in to new eservices. system does not recognise passwords

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Centurion, South Africa 11 months ago

No reply on e-mail queries, telephone calls never answered. It is so frustrating, because there is only one contact number, which is ridicules for such a big Company. I am sitting with a problem since the 13th of Feb and I cannot get hold of anybody via mail or phone. Very poor service!

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Yolanda Cupido

Stellenbosch, South Africa 11 months ago

cannot log onto new e-services.

https://cipcservices.cipc.co.za/Customers/Runtime/Form/CIPC.Customer.Form.CustomerRegistrationLandingPage

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Port Elizabeth, South Africa 11 months ago

Unabe to file AR

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Charlene

Cape Town, South Africa 1 years ago

I cannot connect to do annual returns so companies do not get deregistered. What other ways can I submit annual returns and beneficial ownership registers. Please urgent

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Zelda

Cape Town, South Africa 1 years ago

I cannot connect to the CIPC website

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Johannesburg, South Africa 1 years ago

Why is cipc e-services not able to do ANNUAL RETURNS

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SD

Durban, South Africa 1 years ago

CIPC Down

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Nkateko

Johannesburg, South Africa 1 years ago

CIPC is still down

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Judit Sassu

Johannesburg, South Africa 1 years ago

page does not load

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Johan

Boksburg, South Africa 1 years ago

Website down

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Johannesburg, South Africa 1 years ago

CIPC system is down. No one can get onto their website. Not even Bizportal.

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Sanet Hayes

Stellenbosch, South Africa 1 years ago

Website will not open

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Desrae

Waterfall, South Africa 1 years ago

Cannot access " more services" under Transactions. Keeps taking you back to the login in screen. Had the same issue last night.

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Sasolburg, South Africa 1 years ago

Outage

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Cape Town, South Africa 1 years ago

Not able to access the website at all, all links dont seem to be working.

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Cape Town, South Africa 1 years ago

Not able to access the website at all, all links dont seem to be working.

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Lee

Johannesburg, South Africa 1 years ago

I can't log in to CIPC it says sever not found its been 6hrs

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Pretoria, South Africa 1 years ago

the website can't be reached eservices.cipc.co.za

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MAGDA

Uitenhage, South Africa 1 years ago

Cannot login to eservices.cipc.co.za

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Jerome

Johannesburg, South Africa 1 years ago

possible cipc hack? this is very suspecious.

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Leon Wiese

Centurion, South Africa 1 years ago

Unable to open the website. It times out.

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Rosanne Lynda Scott

Cape Town, South Africa 1 years ago

CIPC website and login have been down all morning

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Keith

Johannesburg, South Africa 1 years ago

The site is down. Cannot access nor login.

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Dracola

Pretoria, South Africa 1 years ago

CIPC and Bizportal websites are all not responding.

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Dracola

Pretoria, South Africa 1 years ago

CIPC and Bizportal websites all down

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Admin

Cape Town, South Africa 1 years ago

Website down

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Other

Cape Town, South Africa 1 years ago

CIPC site down.

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Cape Town, South Africa 1 years ago

CIPC site down.

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Person

Sandton, South Africa 1 years ago

Not getting email OTPs
Website is down

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Person

Sandton, South Africa 1 years ago

Not getting email OTPs
Website is down

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Sandton, South Africa 1 years ago

Not getting email OTPs
Website is down

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Johannesburg, South Africa 1 years ago

The website cannot be reached.

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BVI New

Cape Town, South Africa 1 years ago

SIte is down

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ETIENNE BOSMAN

Sandton, South Africa 1 years ago

Error
The type initializer for 'SourceCode.Security.Claims.Sts.Forms.Shared.Authenticate' threw an exception.
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at SourceCode.Security.Claims.Sts.Forms.Shared.Authenticate.CheckLogin(String userName, String domain, String password, String securityLabel, List`1 errors, String& userFqn) at SourceCode.Security.Claims.Sts.Forms.Controllers.AccountController.Login(LoginModel model, String returnUrl) at lambda_method(Closure , ControllerBase , Object[] ) at System.Web.Mvc.ReflectedActionDescriptor.Execute(ControllerContext controllerContext, IDictionary`2 parameters) at System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionMethod(ControllerContext controllerContext, ActionDescriptor actionDescriptor, IDictionary`2 parameters) at System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncControllerActionInvoker.<>c__DisplayClass42.<BeginInvokeSynchronousActionMethod>b__41() at System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncControllerActionInvoker.EndInvokeActionMethod(IAsyncResult asyncResult) at System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncControllerActionInvoker.<>c__DisplayClass37.<>c__DisplayClass39.<BeginInvokeActionMethodWithFilters>b__33() at System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncControllerActionInvoker.<>c__DisplayClass4f.<InvokeActionMethodFilterAsynchronously>b__49() at System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncControllerActionInvoker.EndInvokeActionMethodWithFilters(IAsyncResult asyncResult) at System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncControllerActionInvoker.<>c__DisplayClass25.<>c__DisplayClass2a.<BeginInvokeAction>b__20() at System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncControllerActionInvoker.<>c__DisplayClass25.<BeginInvokeAction>b__22(IAsyncResult asyncResult) at System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncControllerActionInvoker.EndInvokeAction(IAsyncResult asyncResult) at System.Web.Mvc.Controller.<>c__DisplayClass1d.<BeginExecuteCore>b__18(IAsyncResult asyncResult) at System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncResultWrapper.<>c__DisplayClass4.<MakeVoidDelegate>b__3(IAsyncResult ar) at System.Web.Mvc.Controller.EndExecuteCore(IAsyncResult asyncResult) at System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncResultWrapper.<>c__DisplayClass4.<MakeVoidDelegate>b__3(IAsyncResult ar) at System.Web.Mvc.Controller.EndExecute(IAsyncResult asyncResult) at System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.<>c__DisplayClass8.<BeginProcessRequest>b__3(IAsyncResult asyncResult) at System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncResultWrapper.<>c__DisplayClass4.<MakeVoidDelegate>b__3(IAsyncResult ar) at System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.EndProcessRequest(IAsyncResult asyncResult) at System.Web.HttpApplication.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() at System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStepImpl(IExecutionStep step) at System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously)

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se

Pretoria, South Africa 1 years ago

we can't register the new company. pls solve the problem. since last week. you enter the ID of the client. then you can't continue

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Johannesburg, South Africa 1 years ago

Unable to login on the CIPC website

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Pretoria, South Africa 1 years ago

Cannot login to the CIPC site for a few days now

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Fransie

Johannesburg, South Africa 1 years ago

Cannot login in the the CIPC site

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Johannesburg, South Africa 1 years ago

down

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Johannesburg, South Africa 1 years ago

i cannot log onto the CIPC website

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Koos

Cape Town, South Africa 1 years ago

CIPC down as always

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Koos

Cape Town, South Africa 1 years ago

site is forever going down

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MrT

Watermael-Boitsfort, Belgium 1 years ago

https://cipc.co.za is not working!

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M

Cape Town, South Africa 1 years ago

cipc.co.za and bizportal unable to load

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Carol Franken

Cape Town, South Africa 1 years ago

CIPC 's website is down and now excess on any of the three platforms to access the website

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Gerrie

Cape Town, South Africa 1 years ago

Annual Return will not open

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Johannesburg, South Africa 1 years ago

timeout on website

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Johannesburg, South Africa 1 years ago

CIPC site unavailable. website seems down

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Anonymous

Polokwane, South Africa 1 years ago

Site is unreachable. I've tried on several devices and using different internet connections but to no avail.

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Graham

Cape Town, South Africa 1 years ago

timeout. website seems down

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Ignus

Sandton, South Africa 1 years ago

This site can’t be reached

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T Seddon

Johannesburg, South Africa 1 years ago

It appears as though the server connection to file annual returns is not working now as well

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N Strydom

Johannesburg, South Africa 1 years ago

Error 503 when accessing the Beneifical owner tab to upload

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Pierre Goosen

Cape Town, South Africa 1 years ago

Website not reachable...

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Cape Town, South Africa 1 years ago

Website is u reachable?

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Pinetown, South Africa 1 years ago

Website is unreachable

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Cape Town, South Africa 1 years ago

Website is unreachable.

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Lebo

Johannesburg, South Africa 1 years ago

System is down

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Johannesburg, South Africa 1 years ago

Been trying to access the website but to no avail

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ZAMA

Johannesburg, South Africa 1 years ago

the app is down today

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Mari Meintjes

Pretoria, South Africa 1 years ago

Cannot open the Beneficial ownership page during the day. Must log in after hours.

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D SHEODIN

Durban, South Africa 1 years ago

cannot save beneficial ownership information on cipc web

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visitor

Cape Town, South Africa 1 years ago

can not load page

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São Julião do Tojal, Portugal 1 years ago

Site doesn't load, just an error message

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Johan Marais

Johannesburg, South Africa 1 years ago

Cannot open the web site.

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Amanda

Nelspruit, South Africa 1 years ago

eservices.cipc.co.za took too long to respond

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M

Centurion, South Africa 1 years ago

HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable.

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Centurion, South Africa 1 years ago

Site went down during transaction

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REANETSI

Johannesburg, South Africa 1 years ago

Department of home affairs currently unavailable on capitec app selfie verification after installing the app

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REITUMETSE

Pretoria, South Africa 1 years ago

I have been trying to download BBBEE Certificate since Sunday.

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H Mossman

Durban, South Africa 1 years ago

Not be able to lodge enquiry with the CIPC!!

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reception

Midrand, South Africa 1 years ago

home affairs has been offline ive been trying to download BBBEE Cretificate since wednesday

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Pieter Niemandt

Brits, South Africa 1 years ago

Company registration not going through

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Thomas

Pretoria, South Africa 1 years ago

I am unable to access your website,it says web page not found

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Louise

Cape Town, South Africa 1 years ago

403 error

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Bertha

Pretoria, South Africa 1 years ago

I cannot log on to the CIPC website

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Veronica

Durban, South Africa 1 years ago

Can not log a ticket

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MARIANA

Kleinmond, South Africa 1 years ago

CANNOT LOG IN - ANNUAL RETURNS MUST BE FILED!

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Elta Sayiya

Johannesburg, South Africa 1 years ago

I keep receiving this error message as I try to reset my passport a593538d-dd86-4d89-9f5d-cd284eb4b3cb'

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Madala

Phalaborwa, South Africa 1 years ago

I get the feedback that home affairs is down

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PdP

Mossel Bay, South Africa 1 years ago

Cant’t access the CIPC Login screen. Keeps hanging

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EMANUEL PHALA

Cape Town, South Africa 1 years ago

DHA is currently offline please try again later.

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Rose Scott

Cape Town, South Africa 1 years ago

I have been trying to access CIPC eservices since last week and every time I attempt a login the website is not available ?????????

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ANTHONY WESSELS

Port Elizabeth, South Africa 1 years ago

I have not been able to log on for a month !! It keeps saying the DoHA is offline.

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Anonomys

Heidelberg, South Africa 1 years ago

The website does not open at all. Need to register and apply for copyrite

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andre

Cape Town, South Africa 1 years ago

www.cipc.co.za took too long to respond

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Contrapposto Consulting

Estepona, Spain 1 years ago

Can't reach the CIPC Website to access my company account and perform the function I need to download a certificate

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Tinyiko Maluleke

Johannesburg, South Africa 1 years ago

Cannot access SmartObject item 'a593538d-dd86-4d89-9f5d-cd284eb4b3cb' anonymously

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Daniel Paul Harten

Johannesburg, South Africa 1 years ago

cannot log on. Says not available try later . been like this for days

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Pretoria, South Africa 1 years ago

Not working

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Connie Meier

Cape Town, South Africa 1 years ago

Good evening. I need to register 2 businesses. Please let me know why CIPC's website is not available at the moment.
Mrs C Meier
071 5600 567
connie@woundchefs.com

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Estelle Kruger

Johannesburg, South Africa 1 years ago

Cannot connect to CIPC Website - have been trying since yesterday without any luck.

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Donovon Cook

Shoreditch, United Kingdom 1 years ago

Can't access website from United Kingdom for a week now. Keep getting timed out and have cleared cookies and tried on different computers.

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Fiona Quirk

Johannesburg, South Africa 1 years ago

Cannot access CIPC management query system

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Paul R. Alfieri

Coral Springs, United States 1 years ago

Access times out

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Marizel

Pretoria, South Africa 1 years ago

Website does not load.

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krawitz

Kempton Park, South Africa 1 years ago

cannot access the website at all

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Greg

Gaborone, Botswana 1 years ago

The website has been down for the last 2 weeks

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Masana

Giyani, South Africa 1 years ago

Can not log in

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Cape Town, South Africa 1 years ago

Down not loading

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Hendrina, South Africa 1 years ago

The website is not working. I am unable to login and work

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DANIEL VAN DER MEULEN VAN DER MEULEN

Piet Retief, South Africa 1 years ago

website off

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Gerhard

Kleinmond, South Africa 1 years ago


The connection has timed out

An error occurred during a connection to annualreturns.cipc.co.za.

The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments.


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Stephen Logan

Johannesburg, South Africa 1 years ago

CIPC.co.za website unresponsive (connection has timed out).

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Anesh Lalla

Durban, South Africa 1 years ago

30/03/2024 - unable to access your website. the last 3 days

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Kobus

Klerksdorp, South Africa 1 years ago

Cannot access website

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Paul Alfieri

Coral Springs, United States 1 years ago

Cannot access website

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ANTONIO(TONY) DEL CUORE

Cape Town, South Africa 1 years ago

I have been trying since Tuesday to login to pay annual fees and the answer this website is not reachable.

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Ralph

Tempe, United States 1 years ago

cipc.co.za website down, IP not resolved

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Jon

Cape Town, South Africa 1 years ago

Does not load website

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Preco

Pretoria, South Africa 1 years ago

Website is down

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jane green

Cape Town, South Africa 1 years ago

CANNOT LIGIN TO cipc.co.za

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ANDRE HAMANN

Cape Town, South Africa 1 years ago

login and search not functional

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Fiona Quirk

Randburg, South Africa 1 years ago

Can save a new director appointment

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Anika Sutherland-Clark

Cape Town, South Africa 1 years ago

I am unable to go into the CIPC query management website to log a ticket. I am trying to register a new company on Bizportal, but since last week it says DHA down.

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Obakeng Arnold Koosentse

Pietermaritzburg, South Africa 1 years ago

I can't reach the website.

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Cameron

Klerksdorp, South Africa 1 years ago

Server is down

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Musina, South Africa 1 years ago

Cannot connect to site - times out.

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Durban, South Africa 1 years ago

CIPC Website down - yet again

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Edward

Pretoria, South Africa 1 years ago

Cant even login to both esevices and Bizportal

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Joy

Johannesburg, South Africa 1 years ago

The site has been hout for weeks after stating that ot was only going to be a 17hour shut down.

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Daneil

Worcester, South Africa 1 years ago

Unable to access http://www.cipc.co.za or any of its services.

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Tracy Golding Cape Town

Cape Town, South Africa 1 years ago

Cant login does not open the page

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Stefan Gerber

Port Elizabeth, South Africa 1 years ago

Log in, verification and password reset loop.

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Raymondt

Johannesburg, South Africa 1 years ago

CIPC administrative services are down due to their system connection being unable to connect with Home Affairs. This has been the situation for a week now with absolutely no feedback from CIPC or Home Affairs. Sad state of affairs.

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Thriboys

Springs, South Africa 1 years ago

I cant get onto the website

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Sandton, South Africa 1 years ago

Cannot access Company registrations

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Mark

Randburg, South Africa 1 years ago

Company Registration Portal down

Most common Cipc problems reported by users

46

Service

26

General Issues

13

Not getting Email OTP's

15

can not update csd portal as it is saying cipc is not available

Cipc Outage Locations

Location

Reports

Last Reported

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Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

140

9 days ago

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Somerset West, Western Cape, ZA

77

10 days ago

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Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, ZA

23

2 months ago

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Klerksdorp, North West, ZA

5

6 months ago

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Kareedouw, Eastern Cape, ZA

14

9 months ago

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Polokwane, Limpopo, ZA

6

1 years ago

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São Julião do Tojal, Lisbon, PT

3

1 years ago

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Coral Springs, Florida, US

3

1 years ago

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Tempe, Arizona, US

1

1 years ago

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Boshof, Orange Free State, ZA

2

1 years ago

Are you experiencing issues with Cipc right now?

Is cipc.co.za not working for you? If you are having issues with Cipc, please use one of the options below to report a problem with the service

cipc.co.za website response status history

Date and Time

Response Time

Status Code

Feb 18, 2026 - 03:30

0 ms.

200

Feb 17, 2026 - 21:57

0 ms.

200

Feb 17, 2026 - 16:28

0 ms.

200

Feb 17, 2026 - 05:06

0 ms.

200

Feb 16, 2026 - 22:33

0 ms.

200

Feb 16, 2026 - 13:15

0 ms.

200

Feb 16, 2026 - 06:03

0 ms.

200

This table shows the cipc.co.za outage requests and response browser checks executed automatically by the isdown.co.za service. All data in the table is in the Africa/Johannesburg time zone. If Cipc is down or slow for you. You can try using a VPN service(to try from a different location) and also check the Tips below

Tips if cipc.co.za is not working

  • Verify the URL - One of the most frequent causes of not being able to visit a web page is entering an incorrect URL. If you're URL is wrong, the website may redirect to another website or display an error page.

  • Use a Different Device - Try using a different computer or device to access the website or app. We also advise you to attempt rebooting your device.

  • Delete Browser Cache - It's possible that cached files are preventing your browser from downloading new web pages. Refreshing the page will clear it. To do that, click Ctrl + F5 on a Windows PC or Cmd + Shift, then press R on a Mac.

  • Clear Browser Cookies - Clearing browser cookies fixes certain issues, such as loading or formatting issues on sites. You can do this by clicking your browser settings, then privacy, then clearing browsing data.

  • Use Incognito Mode - You can also try viewing the website in private mode or incognito mode first. By using this, cookies and all temporary cache will be automatically disabled.

  • Restart Your Router - Try restarting your network connection if other websites or apps are having problems or are running slowly.

  • Firewall and Antivirus - Your ISP provider may have blocked the website or app you are attempting to access. If that's the case, you can try using a VPN service to visit the website or app to see if it will work.

  • Check your Firewall & Antivirus - These can occasionally block access to certain websites or services. To troubleshoot this issue, you may consider temporarily disabling them to see if it resolves the problem.

  • Clear DNS Cache - To speed things up, all OS systems save name resolution information into the DNS cache. In your case, the information recorded could be outdated or incorrect. We advise you to search on How-To guides on the web to clear your DNS Cache.

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Frequently Asked Questions

We have recently sent browser requests to Cipc.co.za and it's up and running with status code 200 (UP) and a response time of 0 ms. We recommend clearing your cache or restarting/updating your app.

If you are experiencing slow performance while using Cipc.co.za, it may be your internet connection. Before you call your internet provider to ask about the slow speed, make sure to clear your cache, update the app, and check for any outages first.

HTTP response status code is a 3-digit code returned by the server indicating the status of the request. The code is typically accompanied by a message that provides additional information about the response such as:
  • 2XX - Successful - Website is up & reachable.

  • 3XX - Redirect - The website is accessible, but the browser is redirected to another page.

  • 4XX - Browser Error - The requested page is not available or doesn’t exist.

  • 5XX - Server Error - There are internal errors on the server.

The status code helps developers and users to understand what’s happening with a certain request. This also serves as a guide to take appropriate actions if needed.

The HTTP response time is the amount of time it takes a website to respond to a request made by your device. It calculates how long it takes for a website to load after you click on a link or type a URL into your browser.

Aside from trying a different device, you can also check your device's software if it’s up to date by checking for available updates in your settings.

If the issue persists after trying all of our tips, you can report the issue to us so we can further investigate. By this, you can also see if other users are experiencing it, too.