Scorecard | Super-10 Stage Standings
South Africa lost AB de Villiers (5), Faf du Plessis (13) and Quinton de Kock (4) inside seven overs of their innings.
Spinner Nathan McCullum clean bowled De Villiers in the seventh over to reduce the Proteas to 42/3 in 6.4 overs.
Bowlers provided New Zealand breakthroughs at regular intervals to hamper South African run charge.
Tim Southee dismissed Du Plessis soon after fellow pacer Kyle Mills scalped De Kock in the third over.
Earlier, New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum won the toss and chose to bowl first.
There's still a decent grass coverage on the pitch. The track is dry and there won't be much assistance for the spinners. There'll be a good carry off the pitch.
After winning the toss, McCullum said it's a pretty good wicket but reckoned it's easier batting second.
New Zealand are playing an unchanged XI.
Regular South Africa captain Faf du Plessis, who replaced Farhaan Behardien, said he too would have wanted to bat first.
New Zealand made a winning start to the tournament by beating England in a rain-affected match on Saturday.
New Zealand defied a stubborn England and rain to win their opening World Twenty20 match by nine runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method in Chittagong on Saturday.
Chasing a challenging 173-run target, New Zealand were 52/1 after 5.2 overs when heavy rain came down following a burst of thunder, which halted the match.
After a 25-minute delay when the umpires were due to inspect the ground, the rain started to fall again, prompting them to declare the end of the match and New Zealand the winners on the Duckworth-Lewis formula, used in the event of rain.
New Zealand needed to score 43 in 5.2 overs on the D/L method, which ruled them the winners.
After Saturday's loss to Sri Lanka, South Africa need to win their last three matches in to keep alive their chances of making the semifinals.
Lasith Malinga and Nuwan Kulasekara held their nerve in the death overs with miserly fast bowling as Sri Lanka beat South Africa by five runs on Saturday.
South Africa had the upper hand chasing 166 for victory in their Group One super 10 match and needed 19 runs off the last two overs with five wickets in hand.
But Kulasekara gave away just four runs and picked up the wicket of Farhaan Behardien (five) to leave South Africa needing 15 runs off limited-overs specialist Malinga's final over.
Teams:
South Africa: Faf du Plessis (Capt.), Quinton de Kock, Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, David Miller, Albie Morkel, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Imran Tahir, Lonwabo Tsotsobe.
New Zealand: Brendon McCullum (Capt.), Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Colin Munro, Corey Anderson, Luke Ronchi, Nathan McCullum, Tim Southee, Kyle Mills, Mitchell McClenaghan.
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