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Zuma Ambulance in South Africa

An ambulance in minutes, dispatched like a ride.

How you pay in South Africa

Everything is priced in ZAR (R). No foreign card required.

VodaPay MTN MoMo Card EFT SnapScan

Payments in this market fall under South African Reserve Bank (SARB). See our licensing status →

Where in South Africa

Cities queued for launch.

Johannesburg Cape Town Durban Pretoria Gqeberha Bloemfontein

What else people use here

We would rather name the alternatives than pretend there aren't any.

  • VodaPay · fintech

    Zuma’s modules are first-party and fulfilled, not third-party mini-apps.

Be first when Zuma opens in South Africa

We open a market when there are enough verified drivers, vendors and listings to serve it properly — not a day earlier. Waitlist demand is the biggest input into which city we open next, so adding your name genuinely moves South Africa up the queue.

One email when we launch. No marketing list, no sharing your number.

Everything inside Zuma Ambulance

Emergency and scheduled medical transport: basic and advanced life support, mobile ICU, inter-hospital transfers. Doctors, hospitals and pharmacy are their own modules.

Emergency response

  • Basic life support (BLS) per trip
  • Advanced life support (ALS) per trip
  • Mobile ICU per trip
  • Accident & trauma per trip

Scheduled transport

  • Inter-hospital transfer per trip
  • Dialysis / clinic run per month
  • Maternity standby per trip
  • Event medical cover per day

Ambulance owners

  • Register an ambulance per vehicle
  • Hospital fleet onboarding per fleet

How Zuma Ambulance works

An ambulance in minutes, dispatched like a ride.

  1. 1
    Tap "Order ambulance" customer

    Share your location, the emergency type and a contact number.

    ⚙ Request created; nearest suitable ambulance located

  2. 2
    Dispatch the closest crew zuma

    Provider ambulances and platform ambulance drivers are both in the pool.

    ⚙ Dispatch broadcast; ETA shown; ops alerted

  3. 3
    Crew en route with live tracking provider

    Patient contact can call the crew directly.

    ⚙ Live location stream to the requester

  4. 4
    Settle and record zuma

    Fee charged to wallet, insurance or cash on arrival.

    ⚙ Ledger entry; trip record for the hospital

Common questions

Is Zuma Ambulance available in South Africa?

Not yet. Zuma has not opened Zuma Ambulance in South Africa, and we would rather say so than take a booking we cannot fulfil. Join the waitlist and you will hear from us the day it opens.

When will Zuma launch in South Africa?

South Africa is in tier 0 of the rollout. We open a market when there are enough verified providers on the ground to serve it properly — waitlist demand is the main input into which city comes next.

What will I be able to pay with in South Africa?

Zuma will support VodaPay, MTN MoMo, Card, EFT and SnapScan, priced in ZAR.

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