Verdict
hostafrica.co.za appears legitimate.
Our checks found nothing pointing to fraud. Ordinary care still applies when you pay or sign in.
| What this site appears to be | HOSTAFRICA presents a broad commercial hosting and infrastructure offering for South Africa and other African markets, including hosting plans, domains, email, servers, website tools, support, pricing, guarantees, and educational resources. |
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Evidence status and limitations
Evidence completeness: UNKNOWN
- Module-level completeness metadata is unavailable for this legacy report.
At a glance
The checks that decide most of this verdict.
| Malware engines | None flagged itVirusTotal | Clear |
|---|---|---|
| Google Safe Browsing | Not listedGoogle | Clear |
| Abuse reports on the host | 0 reportsAbuseIPDB; shared hosting inflates this count | Noted |
| Domain age | 27 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Archived since 2001375 snapshots | Clear |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by YR2 | Noted |
The page as captured
No screenshot is retained for this report.
Key findings
- Automated classification: Not Scam.
- Domain age: more than 10 years (registration continuity).
- Public web-archive history exists since 2001.
- No flags from the reputation services TrustSniffer consulted at assessment time.
Full analysis
Overview
HOSTAFRICA is an established commercial hosting and infrastructure provider serving South Africa and other African markets, offering domain registration, web and email hosting, VPS and dedicated servers, reseller services, website and online-store builders, technical support, and related subscription-based services.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No contradictions, phishing indicators, brand-impersonation signals, or confirmed malicious reputation findings were observed. The homepage presents a coherent hosting-services business, while its login function is consistent with the stated account-management model and does not show suspicious form destinations or wallet-related behavior.
- The homepage describes hosting, domains, email, servers, website builders, reseller services, support, pricing, and guarantees.
- The homepage contains one login form with no sensitive form submission to an untrusted destination.
- Reputation checks recorded zero malicious and zero suspicious detections, with no blacklist hit.
- The domain was registered on 1999-06-24 and is approximately 27.12 years old; archival coverage contains 375 snapshots spanning 2001–2026, with 26 years tracked.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The site provides substantial commercial, pricing, support, legal, and contact context. The supplied evidence does not establish a financial-services license or regulated status, which is a verification and disclosure consideration rather than evidence of deception; the business presented is conventional web infrastructure rather than a regulated investment offering. The registration record identifies HOSTAFRICA and Host Africa (Pty) Ltd.
- Domain registration lists HOSTAFRICA as registrar and Host Africa (Pty) Ltd as the organization.
- The site’s stated business model is subscription, registration, setup, and usage fees for hosting and related technical services.
- Transport encryption uses a DV certificate issued by YR2, valid through 2026-09-02.
What to Verify Next
For procurement or higher-value commitments, confirm the contracting entity, applicable service terms, renewal and refund conditions, and the appropriate business or sector registration through independent records. Account holders should also confirm that support and billing communications use the official channels presented by the site.
- The homepage provides product categories, pricing-related content, support access, and account registration.
- The site includes legal and contact context alongside its commercial service descriptions.
- The domain registration identifies the operating organization as Host Africa (Pty) Ltd.
Summary Verdict
The website presents as a legitimate, established, and trustworthy commercial technology provider with a coherent operating model and no observed scam or impersonation contradiction. Normal interaction, including account login and standard use, is appropriate.
Infrastructure Integrity
The site is protected by Cloudflare CDN/WAF infrastructure, which is a mitigating security control. The observed edge address was 160.119.255.114 on AS328364, operated by Host Africa (Pty) Ltd; the origin server was not observable in this analysis.
Closing Assessment
Standard account, hosting, domain, and support activities are appropriate, subject to ordinary review of service terms and contracting details before material commitments.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-02 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report.
What the analysis found
No rule findings contributed to this verdict.
Identity verification
| Status | UNVERIFIED |
|---|---|
| Identity score | 30/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 50% |
- No on-site identity signals detected
Identity verification measures whether the site can be independently connected to a real-world brand or person. It is separate from the classification confidence.
What TrustSniffer observed
First-party facts recorded during the assessment of hostafrica.co.za.
- The request stayed on hostafrica.co.za. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under HOSTAFRICA. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by cloudflare.com, across 2 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2029-06-24. Clear
- The earliest public archive of this site is from 2001-07-21. Clear
- It is hosted on Host Africa (Pty) Ltd, from a server in ZA. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | HOSTAFRICA |
|---|---|
| Hosting | Host Africa (Pty) Ltd - Host Africa (Pty) Ltd, ZA |
| Country | ZA |
| Server IP | 160.119.255.114 |
| Name servers | vicente.ns.cloudflare.com, maleah.ns.cloudflare.com |
| SSL issuer | YR2 |
| SSL expiry | 2026-09-02 |
| Domain age | 27.1 years |
| Domain expiry | 2029-06-24 |
| Archive first seen | 2001-07-21 |
| Archive snapshots | 375 |
| Reputation | VirusTotal: 0 flagged | AbuseIPDB: 0 reports | Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches |
About this assessment
A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about hostafrica.co.za at assessment time. It is a starting point for your own judgement, not a guarantee: a high score means the signals were consistent with a legitimately operated site, a low or critical score means several risk patterns were present.
TrustSniffer assesses a website from the evidence it can collect at a point in time: domain registration and age, hosting and certificate, the content the site served, and third-party reputation feeds. A score is a summary of that evidence, not a guarantee and not a legal finding. There is no human rating and no user review in it. A site can change after it is assessed.