This page is the complete Zakat guide for South Africa, Africa region, South African rand (ZAR) as the money of the calculation, and a Muslim community whose main languages include Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, English. Below you will find today's indicative Nisab values in South African rand, the gold and silver Nisab expressed in South African rand, how giving is usually organised in South Africa, what Ramadan 2027 will look like, and the calculators that do the arithmetic for you. South Africa sits in the Africa region, and the main languages of its Muslim community include Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, English — the rules below are the universal Shariah rules, expressed entirely in local terms.
Priced from the reference metal values behind this guide (gold USD 76.42/g, silver USD 0.98/g, at 18.3 ZAR to the dollar), one gram of gold is worth ZAR 1,398 in South Africa and one gram of silver ZAR 18. The thresholds those prices produce are ZAR 122,340 for gold (87.48g) and ZAR 10,982 for silver (612.36g). Treat both figures as indicative: the ZAR rate and the metal markets move daily, which is why the calculator reprices the thresholds at the moment of use. So the line that matters most in South Africa is the silver one, ZAR 10,982: cross it with net wealth held for a hawl, and 2.5% of everything above zero — not just of the excess — is due.
In South Africa today, most payers hand their Zakat over through a small number of well-worn channels: bank transfer to registered Zakat charities, local Zakat committees that collect and distribute within the community and mosque collections, especially around Jumu'ah and during Ramadan. Whichever route you choose, delivery must be to recipients whom Quran 9:60 names as eligible, and become theirs in law and fact (tamlik). Plenty of households here settle the calculation at home first — often on a fixed Ramadan date — and then distribute through two or three trusted channels rather than one. Before paying, ask how funds are distributed, keep your payment receipt with your calculation report, and confirm whether any administration deduction touches the Zakat itself. A Zakat-specific fund, where a platform offers one, keeps the money out of general spending — the distinction is recorded in ZAR on your statement.
The Ramadan of 1448 AH is planned from Monday 8 February 2027 across South Africa, pending the sighted crescent which local announcements confirm. The final ten nights open at Maghrib on 27 February 2027, with Laylat al-Qadr sought on the odd nights (27 February, 1, 3, 5 and 7 March) the likeliest, the 27th, opening on the evening of Friday 5 March 2027. The last fast is expected on 8 or 9 March 2027, and Eid al-Fitr on 9–10 March 2027. In Pretoria the first fast runs between Fajr 04:25 and Maghrib 18:55, and every day of the month is set out in the Ramadan 2027 timetable for South Africa — Pretoria. Other cities in South Africa with their own calendars: Johannesburg, Cape Town — browse them all from the Ramadan 2027 timetables index.
A resident of South Africa holding ZAR 57,107 in cash and savings — about 5.2 times the silver Nisab — with no debts due. Above the Nisab and held for a full lunar year, so the Zakat due is 2.5% × ZAR 57,107 = ZAR 1,428. Add any gold, stock or foreign currency in ZAR first; the 2.5% then applies to the combined net total.
On reference prices, the gold Nisab is ZAR 122,340 for 87.48 grams of gold and the silver Nisab is ZAR 10,982 for 612.36 grams of silver. Behind those figures sit gold at ZAR 1,398 the gram and silver at ZAR 18 the gram in South Africa at the 18.3 ZAR reference rate. Since prices shift daily, so the live calculator gives the exact threshold on your Zakat date; and most scholars test cash against the silver figure.
For South Africa, the money of the calculation is ZAR (South African rand). Wealth held in other currencies is converted into ZAR at the rate of your Zakat due date and added before the Nisab test — a balance kept in Somalia, for example, enters at its ZAR value on that date, not at the rate from when it was earned. The currency changes only the clothing of the numbers: the Nisab, the hawl and the 2.5% rate are identical in South Africa to everywhere else.
Add up everything zakatable you own in ZAR — cash and savings, metals priced today, stock bought for resale, investments and money owed to you. Net off debts due, then compare the net figure with the Nisab — ZAR 10,982 on the silver standard, or ZAR 122,340 on the gold standard. If it reaches the Nisab and a lunar year has passed, pay 2.5% of the net total to eligible recipients — ZAR 1,428 on the ZAR 57,107 example worked through above.
No fixed figure exists for South Africa: Fitrana is one sa' of the local staple — some 2–3 kilograms of wheat, rice, flour or dates — per person. Councils in South Africa set the rate in ZAR each year, with announcements commonly made in Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, English. The count is per person, including children, with the Eid prayer as the deadline. The Fitrana calculator on this site multiplies the announced local rate by your household size.
Regionally, South Africa is grouped with the rest of Africa; with Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, English recorded as its community languages. Its two-letter code is ZA — (zakatsuite.com/za) — and this address for the full guide. The full set of 209 tools runs for South Africa in ZAR, so nothing on the platform is closed to a payer here.