Here are SA's big spenders - with R340k in one deal

South African consumers were spending big on Black Friday, with eye-watering amounts on everything from groceries to drink and transport and travel.

- Ina Opperman

One consumer spent R340,000 on one single transaction by 5pm yesterday, according to the Ozow Black Friday dashboard.

The average transaction value by 5pm was R490.27.

The top three transactions were R834,800 that one consumer paid in 15 transactions, followed by R390,700 spent in 21 transactions and the R340,000 spent in one transaction.

The most transactions by one individual was 137, followed by someone with 91 transactions and another with 75 transactions.

According to the Peach Payments Black Friday dashboard, 301,760 transactions were registered by 5pm, with the biggest transaction for R267,240.

Discovery Bank Black Friday dashboard's largest single card transaction was for R400,200.