Giga.Tel eSIM Data Plans for South Africa

Giga.Tel does not provide a truly unlimited high‑speed data eSIM for South Africa. Every plan that carries an “Unlimited” label gives a 1GB/day allowance, and once the daily limit is reached the speed drops to 512kbps. If a traveller wants a larger, steady high‑speed allocation, Giga.Tel offers fixed data plans such as the 30GB option valid for 7 days or the 20GB option valid for 10 days. Those plans provide a set amount of high‑speed data and reduce speed to 128kbps after the limit is exceeded. Selecting a fixed‑data plan can be more cost‑effective for most users unless they require extremely heavy data usage.

Giga.Tel does not provide any South Africa eSIM plans that include a phone number or SMS capability. The provider’s offerings for South Africa are limited exclusively to data‑only eSIMs, which mean you cannot receive or make traditional voice calls or text messages via the eSIM. For travelers who need to communicate, popular VoIP applications such as WhatsApp, Telegram, and iMessage can be used over the data connection to place calls and send messages without requiring a local phone number or SMS service.

Giga.Tel offers 13 multi‑country data plans for South Africa and no single‑country options. Among these, four plans feature a daily data cap, meaning the data allowance refreshes each day, while the remaining nine provide a fixed data allotment for the period of validity. Prices run from $5.49 to $195.99, data caps range from 1 GB to 30 GB, and validity spans 1 to 30 days.