Capitec clients can get Showmax for R1 a day

Showmax and Capitec have partnered up to give the bank’s clients a significant discount for the streaming platform. 

MultiChoice-owned Showmax announced today that it has partnered with South Africa’s biggest digital bank, Capitec.

This partnership will allow the bank’s 12 million active app users to buy Showmax streaming vouchers from only R22 a month – less than R1 a day – on the Capitec banking app. 

“We are proud to have joined forces with Capitec to make entertainment even more accessible and affordable,” said Showmax CEO Marc Jury. 

“We’re kicking off this partnership with incredible pricing that we believe will make customers smile, giving South Africans access to the stories they love from across South Africa, the continent, and the world, and live football from the Premier League.”

Capitec’s group executive for strategic initiatives, Henk Lourens, said, “At Capitec, we understand our clients’ needs and have partnered with someone that shares our proudly South African vision.”

“We want to make entertainment available anywhere and anytime at very affordable rates. We’ve partnered with Showmax to disrupt the entertainment landscape and create value to our clients.”

He said the bank’s clients will have access to entertainment for less than R1 a day, “and this is only the start of a very exciting journey with much more disruption to come!”

The Showmax discounted vouchers are now available to all Capitec clients via the Capitec banking app. 

The partnership involves the following –

• 50% discount on Showmax streaming vouchers for 12 million Capitec app users  
• Showmax Entertainment Mobile priced at R22, Showmax Entertainment all devices at R49 and Showmax Premier League mobile at R34 per month
• Less than R1 a day for entertainment on mobile 
• Capitec clients can also get 5 GB of Capitec Connect data to stream at only R145

Therefore, here are the lower prices Capitec app users could benefit from:

	Showmax Entertainment plan	Showmax Entertainment Mobile plan	Showmax Premier League plan
Regular price	R99	R45	R69
Capitec app users’ price	R49	R22	R34