Market Report: South Africa

South Africa’s live music market is rebounding despite ongoing economic challenges, buoyed by major infrastructure and tech-driven ticketing developments.

Key primary ticketers: Appening, Computicket (owned by Shoprite), Howler, Pocketplan, Quicket (owned by Ticketmaster), Ticketmaster, Ticketpro, Tix Africa, Webtickets, Zishapp Secondary ticketing…

situation: While there isn’t specific legislation in place banning ticket touting in South Africa, it is usually prohibited in the terms and conditions of primary ticket sellers.

Taxes & charges: VAT: 15%

Ticketmaster, which opened in the market in 2022 and acquired self-serve Quicket in July 2024, now powers 95% digital ticket delivery, while Webtickets has…