eSIMCard eSIM Data Plans for South Africa

eSIMCard does not offer a truly unlimited high‑speed data plan for South Africa. All of its plans labeled “Unlimited” provide a limited amount of high‑speed data (for example 1 GB per day or 2 GB per day) and then throttle speeds to 512 kbps or 2000 kbps once the limit is reached.

Travelers who need more data without throttling can consider eSIMCard’s fixed‑data offerings. One example is the 50 GB plan valid for 60 days at $196.31 USD, and another is the 100 GB plan valid for 180 days at $185.68 USD. These fixed‑data plans provide unthrottled high‑speed data for the entire validity period.

eSIMCard does not provide a South Africa eSIM that includes a phone number or SMS service. The provider offers only data‑only plans for travelers in South Africa.

Travelers can use popular VoIP applications, such as WhatsApp, Telegram, or iMessage, over the data connection to make voice calls and send messages, eliminating the need for a local phone number or SMS capability.

eSIMCard offers 35 single‑country plans and 45 multi‑country plans for South Africa, for a total of 80 data plans. The plans cover a price range from $4.88 to $478.46 and a data cap range from 1 GB to 100 GB, with validity periods that can be as short as one day or extend to a full year. Some plans are sold with fixed data amounts, while others provide a daily data cap, allowing users to choose between a set data bundle for the entire validity or a daily allotment that resets each day. Features such as tethering are available on many plans, and speed may be reduced to 512 kbps, 2000 kbps, or 500 kbps in certain packages.