South Africa switched to a closed numbering system effective 16 January 2007. At that time, it became mandatory to dial the full 10-digit

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, including the zero in the three-digit

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, for local calls (e.g., 011 must be dialed from within

Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Demo ...

Area code A telephone numbering plan is a type of numbering scheme used in telecommunication to assign telephone numbers to subscriber telephones or other telephony endpoints. Telephone numbers are the addresses of participants in a telephone network, rea ...

s within the system are generally organized geographically. All telephone numbers are 9 digits long (but always prefixed by 0 for calls within South Africa), except for certain Telkom special services. When dialed from another country, the "0" is omitted and replaced with the appropriate

international access code The following is a list of different international call prefixes that need to be dialled when placing an international telephone call from different countries. Countries by international prefix Countries using optional carrier selection cod ...

and the

country code Country codes are short alphabetic or numeric geographical codes (geocodes) developed to represent countries and dependent areas, for use in data processing and communications. Several different systems have been developed to do this. The term ...

+27.

Background

History

Numbers were allocated when

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

had only four provinces, meaning that ranges are now split across the current nine provinces. South-West Africa (including

Walvis Bay Walvis Bay ( en, lit. Whale Bay; af, Walvisbaai; ger, Walfischbucht or Walfischbai) is a city in Namibia and the name of the bay on which it lies. It is the second largest city in Namibia and the largest coastal city in the country. The ci ...

) was integrated into the South African numbering plan. However, the territory had already been allocated its own country code by the

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, +264, in the late 1960s.

Namibia

Following its independence,

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

discontinued direct dialing from South Africa, and replaced it with international dialing using the

+264 Namibia's telephone numbering plan was originally devised when the country, then known as South West Africa, was under South African administration, and integrated into the South African telephone numbering plan. Area codes beginning with 06 we ...

country code. For example, for a call from South Africa to

Windhoek Windhoek (, , ) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level, almost exactly at the country's geographical centre. The population of Windhoek in 202 ...

, before and after 1992: : Before 1992: 061 xxx xxxx : After 1992: 09 26461 xxx xxxx : After Jan 2007: 00 26461 xxx xxxx

Lesotho

Calls to

Lesotho Lesotho ( ), officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a country landlocked country, landlocked as an Enclave and exclave, enclave in South Africa. It is situated in the Maloti Mountains and contains the Thabana Ntlenyana, highest mountains in Sou ...

could be made using the access code 050 instead of the international code +266; for example, to call

Maseru Maseru is the capital and largest city of Lesotho. It is also the capital of the Maseru District. Located on the Caledon River, Maseru lies directly on the Lesotho–South Africa border. Maseru had a population of 330,760 in the 2016 census. T ...

from South Africa, subscribers would dial 0501.

Botswana, Swaziland and Zimbabwe

Calls to

Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label=Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahar ...

Swaziland Eswatini ( ; ss, eSwatini ), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and formerly named Swaziland ( ; officially renamed in 2018), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Mozambique to its northeast and South Africa to its no ...

and

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...

could similarly be made using the regional codes 0192, 0194 and 0191, respectively, instead of the international codes +267, +268 and +263.

Number ranges

00

International access code The following is a list of different international call prefixes that need to be dialled when placing an international telephone call from different countries. Countries by international prefix Countries using optional carrier selection cod ...

effective from 16 October 2006 and mandatory from 16 January 2007.

01

The old

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, currently comprising

Gauteng Gauteng ( ) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. The name in Sotho-Tswana languages means 'place of gold'. Situated on the Highveld, Gauteng is the smallest province by land area in South Africa. Although Gauteng accounts for only ...

, Mpumalanga,

Limpopo Limpopo is the northernmost province of South Africa. It is named after the Limpopo River, which forms the province's western and northern borders. The capital and largest city in the province is Polokwane, while the provincial legislature is ...

and part of the

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: : ''010'': New

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for Johannesburg : ''011'':

Witwatersrand The Witwatersrand () (locally the Rand or, less commonly, the Reef) is a , north-facing scarp in South Africa. It consists of a hard, erosion-resistant quartzite metamorphic rock, over which several north-flowing rivers form waterfalls, which ...

region

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* Round ( ...

, currently code for the entirety of

Greater Johannesburg The term Greater Johannesburg may mean: * The area governed by the Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Council (GJMC) from 1995 to 2000. * The current City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, which superseded the GJMC in 2000 with the incorpor ...

: ''012'':

Pretoria Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa. Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends eastward into the foot ...

and surrounding towns (also includes Brits) : ''013'': Eastern

(

Bronkhorstspruit Bronkhorstspruit is a town 50 km east of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa along the N4 highway towards Witbank. It also includes three townships called Zithobeni, Rethabiseng and Ekangala. On 18 May 2011, the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipal ...

) and Western and northern Mpumalanga:

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Witbank Witbank (), officially Emalahleni, is a city situated on the Highveld of Mpumalanga, South Africa, within the Emalahleni Local Municipality. The name Witbank is Afrikaans for "white ridge", and is named after a white sandstone outcrop where wa ...

and Nelspruit : ''014'': Northern North West and Southwestern Limpopo:

Rustenburg Rustenburg (; , Afrikaans and Dutch: ''City of Rest'') is a city at the foot of the Magaliesberg mountain range. Rustenburg is the most populous city in North West province, South Africa (549,575 in 2011 and 626,522 in the 2016 census). In 20 ...

and

Modimolle Modimolle, also known as Nylstroom, is a town located near the southern edge of the Waterberg Massif in Limpopo province, South Africa. It is a medium-sized town that focuses primarily on agriculture and farming (citrus, grapes and cattle) as well ...

: ''015'': Northern and Eastern Limpopo:

Polokwane Polokwane (, meaning "Sanctuary" in Northern SothoPolokwane - The Heart of the Limpopo Province ...

: ''016'':

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Vereeniging Vereeniging () is a town located in the south of Gauteng province, South Africa, situated where the Klip River empties into the northern loop of the Vaal River. It is also one of the constituent parts of the Vaal Triangle region and was formerly si ...

Vanderbijlpark Vanderbijlpark is an industrial town with approximately 95 000 inhabitants, situated on the Vaal River in the south of Gauteng province, South Africa. The city is named after Hendrik van der Bijl, an electrical engineer and industrialist. Vand ...

and Sasolburg, which constitutes an anomaly, since Sasolburg isn't the old

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. : ''017'': Southern Mpumalanga: Ermelo : ''018'': Southern North West:

Mahikeng Mafikeng, officially known as Mahikeng and previously Mafeking (, ), is the capital city of the North West Province (South Africa), North West province of South Africa. Close to South Africa's border with Botswana, Mafikeng is northeast of Cape ...

, Lichtenburg, Potchefstroom and

Klerksdorp Klerksdorp () is located in the North West Province, South Africa. Klerksdorp, the largest city in the North West Province, is located southeast of Mahikeng, the provincial capital. Klerksdorp was also the first capital of the then Transvaal Repu ...

02

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and Northern Cape: : ''021'':

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metropole and surrounds, including

Stellenbosch Stellenbosch (; )A Universal Pronounc ...

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and

Gordon's Bay Gordon's Bay ( af, Gordonsbaai) is a harbour town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is included in the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality as a suburb of the Helderberg region (formerly called Hottentots Holland). It is ...

: ''022'': Boland and West Coast:

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: ''023'':

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and greater Karoo, including

Beaufort West Beaufort West (Afrikaans: ''Beaufort-Wes''; Xhosa: ''eBhofolo'') is a town in the Western Cape province in South Africa. It is the largest town in the arid Great Karoo region, and is known as the "Capital of the Karoo". It forms part of the Beau ...

: ''027'': Namaqualand (Northern Cape):

Vredendal Vredendal is a town in the northern Olifants River Valley in the Western Cape province of South Africa, with a population (according to the 2001 census) of 16,164 people. It is situated north of Cape Town on the banks of the Olifants River at th ...

Calvinia Calvinia is a regional town in the Northern Cape province of South Africa named after the French religious reformer Jean Calvin. The town falls under the Hantam Local Municipality which forms part of the Namakwa District Municipality. The Calvin ...

, Clanwilliam,

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, Alexander Bay, Port Nolloth : ''028'': Southern region:

Swellendam Swellendam is the fifth oldest town in South Africa (after Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Simon's Town, and Paarl), a town with 17,537 inhabitants situated in the Western Cape province. The town has over 50 provincial heritage sites, most of them ...

and Caledon /

Hermanus Hermanus (originally called ''Hermanuspietersfontein'', but shortened in 1902 as the name was too long for the postal service

region.

03

KwaZulu-Natal: : ''031'':

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: ''032'': KZN North coast region: Verulam,

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Ballito Ballito is an affluent town located in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Ballito is about north of Durban. It forms part of the KwaDukuza Local Municipality, and iLembe District Municipality. Dolphins are common on this stretch of the North Coas ...

and Stanger : ''033'': Pietermaritzburg and KwaZulu-Natal Midlands : ''034'':

Vryheid Vryheid ( zu, IVryheid) is a coal mining and cattle ranching town in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Vryheid is the Afrikaans word for "freedom". History After Boer farmers, who lived in the Vryheid area, had helped King Dinuzulu defeat his ...

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and Northern KZN : ''035'': Zululand region:

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Richards Bay Richards Bay ( af, Richardsbaai) is a town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is situated on a 30 square kilometre lagoon of the Mhlatuze River, which makes it one of the country's largest harbours. Richards Bay also has the deepest natural h ...

Ulundi Ulundi, also known as Mahlabathini, is a town in the Zululand District Municipality. At one time the capital of Zulu Kingdom in South Africa and later the capital of the Bantustan of KwaZulu, Ulundi now lies in KwaZulu-Natal Province (of which, ...

: ''036'':

Drakensberg The Drakensberg (Afrikaans: Drakensberge, Zulu: uKhahlambha, Sotho: Maluti) is the eastern portion of the Great Escarpment, which encloses the central Southern African plateau. The Great Escarpment reaches its greatest elevation – within t ...

region:

Ladysmith Ladysmith may refer to: * Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa * Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada * Ladysmith, Wisconsin, United States * Ladysmith, New South Wales, Australia * Ladysmith, Virginia, United States * Ladysmith Island, Queenslan ...

: ''039'': KwaZulu-Natal South Coast region: Port Shepstone and interior, and Eastern Pondoland (in Eastern Cape)

04

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and eastern parts of the Western Cape: : ''040'': Bhisho : ''041'':

Gqeberha Gqeberha (), formerly Port Elizabeth and colloquially often referred to as P.E., is a major seaport and the most populous city in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is the seat of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, So ...

and

Uitenhage Uitenhage ( ; ), officially renamed Kariega, is a South African town in the Eastern Cape Province. It is well known for the Volkswagen factory located there, which is the biggest car factory on the African continent. Along with the city of Port E ...

: ''042'': Southern region:

Humansdorp Humansdorp is a small town and surrounding district in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, with a population of around 29,000 during the census of 2011. It is part of the Kouga Local Municipality of the Sarah Baartman District. The town is th ...

: ''043'': East London and surrounds : ''044'':

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, including

Oudtshoorn Oudtshoorn (, ), the "ostrich capital of the world", is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, located between the Swartberg mountains to the north and the Outeniqua Mountains to the south. Two ostrich-feather booms, during 1865– ...

Knysna Knysna () is a town with 76,150 inhabitants (2019 mid-year estimates) in the Western Cape province of South Africa. and is one of the destinations on the loosely defined Garden Route tourist route. It lies at 34° 2' 6.3168'' S and 23° 2' 47 ...

Plettenberg Bay Plettenberg Bay, nicknamed Plet or Plett, is the primary town of the Bitou Local Municipality in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. As of the census of 2001, there were 29,149 population. It was originally named Bahia Formosa ("beautifu ...

Mossel Bay Mossel Bay ( af, Mosselbaai) is a harbour town of about 99,000 people on the Southern Cape (or Garden Route) of South Africa. It is an important tourism and farming region of the Western Cape Province. Mossel Bay lies 400 kilometres east of the ...

and

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: ''045'': Central region: Queenstown : ''046'': Southern region:

Grahamstown Makhanda, also known as Grahamstown, is a town of about 140,000 people in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated about northeast of Port Elizabeth and southwest of East London, Eastern Cape, East London. Makhanda is the lar ...

, Bathurst,

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: ''047'':

Mthatha Mthatha , formerly Umtata, is the main city of the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality in Eastern Cape province of South Africa and the capital of OR Tambo District Municipality. The city has an airport, previously known as the K. D. Matanz ...

/ most of previous

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: ''048'': Northern region: Steynsburg : ''049'': Western region:

Graaff-Reinet Graaff-Reinet is a town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is the oldest town in the province. It is also the sixth-oldest town in South Africa, after Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Simon's Town, Paarl and Swellendam. The town was the c ...

05

Free State and Northern Cape : ''051'': Central and southern region:

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, and

Aliwal North Aliwal North (officially Maletswai) is a town in central South Africa on the banks of the Orange River, Eastern Cape Province. It is a medium-sized commercial centre in the northernmost part of the Eastern Cape. History Sir Harry Smith, then ...

in E Cape : ''053'': Kimberley, eastern part of Northern Cape, far west of NW province : ''054'':

Upington Upington ( Nama: //Khara hais) is a town founded in 1873 and located in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, on the banks of the Orange River. The town was originally called Olijvenhoutsdrift ('Olive wood drift'), due to the abundance of ...

, Gordonia region : ''056'': Northern Free State:

Kroonstad Kroonstad (Afrikaans directly translated "Crown City") is the third largest city in the Free State (after Bloemfontein and Welkom) and lies two hours' drive on the N1 from Gauteng. Maokeng is an area within Kroonstad, and is occasionally used ...

: ''057'': Northern Free State:

Welkom Welkom () is the second-largest city in the Free State province of South Africa, located about northeast of Bloemfontein which is the provincial capital. Welkom is also known as Circle City, City Within A Garden, Mvela and Matjhabeng. The ci ...

(Goldfields region) : ''058'': Eastern Free State:

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06 (Cellular)

Cellular : ''0603 - 0605'': Cellular: Used by MTN : ''0606 - 0609'': Cellular: Used by

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: ''0610 - 0613'': Cellular: Used by Cell C : ''0614'': Cellular: Used by TelkomSA (8.ta) : ''0615 - 0619'': Cellular: Used by Cell C : ''062'': Cellular: Used by Cell C : ''0630 - 0635'': Cellular: Used by MTN : ''0636 - 0637'': Cellular: Used by

: ''0640'': Cellular: Used by MTN : ''0641 - 0645'': Cellular: Used by Cell C : ''0646 - 0649'': Cellular: Used by

: ''0650 - 0653'': Cellular: Used by Cell C : ''0654:'' Cellular: Used b
Lycamobile SA
(Cell C entered into an MVNO deal with Lycamobile in August 2017) : ''0655 - 0657'': Cellular: Used by MTN : ''0658 - 0659'': Cellular: Used by TelkomSA (8.ta) : ''0660 - 0665'': Cellular: Used by

: ''0670 - 0672'': Cellular: Used by TelkomSA : ''0673 - 0675'': Cellular: Used by

: ''0676 - 0679'': Cellular: Used by TelkomSA (8.ta) : ''0680 - 0685'': Cellular: Used by TelkomSA (8.ta) : ''0690'': Cellular: Used by MTN : ''0691 - 0695'': Cellular: Used by TelkomSA (8.ta)

07 (Cellular)

:''0710'': Cellular: Used by MTN : ''0711 - 0716'': Cellular: Used by

: ''0717 - 0719'': Cellular: Used by MTN : ''072'': Cellular: Used by

: ''073'': Cellular: Used by MTN : ''074'': Cellular: Used by Cell C (Cell C has allocated 0741 to

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) : ''0741'': Cellular: Used by:

as of June 2006 : ''076'': Cellular: Used by

: ''078'': Cellular: Used by MTN : ''079'': Cellular: Used by

08

Cellular

: ''0810'': Cellular: Used by MTN : ''0811 - 0815'': Used by TelkomSA (8.ta) : ''0816'': WBS Mobile (Vodacom and MTN both have terminated SMS interconnect with WBS so SMS messages to/from this number range are not relayed) : ''0817'': Used by TelkomSA (8.ta) : ''0818'': Cellular: Used by

: ''082'': Cellular: Used by

: ''083'': Cellular: Used by MTN : ''083-9'': Cellular rates to Telkom lines, reroutes call to a telkom line and pays number owner for received calls : ''084'': Cellular: Used by Cell C

Special Services

: ''080'': ''FreeCall'', Toll-free, called party pays : ''083-9'': Cellular rates to Telkom lines, reroutes call to a telkom line and pays number owner for received calls : ''085'': Cellular: USAL license holders - Vodacom and MTN have some prefixes out of this range for their USAL offerings : ''086'': ''Sharecall'', ''MaxiCall'' and premium-rate services, calls can be routed to regional offices automatically : ''0860'': ''Sharecall'' Land line callers pay local call, called party pays long distance if applicable : ''0861'': ''MaxiCall'' caller always pay long distance for call even if routed to local office : ''0862 - 9'': Premium rate caller pays increasing rate linked to last digit : ''0862, 0865, 0866, 08673, 08774, 08676'': ''Fax to Email'' caller always pay increasing rate linked to last digits : ''08622, 086294'': ''Competition lines'' caller always pay premium rate : ''08671 - 08674'': ''Information services'' caller always pay increasing rate linked to last digit : ''087'': Value-added services (

VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), also called IP telephony, is a method and group of technologies for the delivery of voice communications and multimedia sessions over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, such as the Internet. The terms Internet t ...

br>
among others) : ''088'': Pagers and Telkom CallAnswer

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: ''089'': Maxinet, for polls and radio call-in services ''Note that from 10 November 2006,

mobile number portability Mobile number portability (MNP) enables mobile telephone users to retain their mobile telephone numbers when changing from one mobile network carrier to another. General overview Mobile number portability is implemented in varying ways across ...

was introduced in the cellular market. The cellular prefixes as above are therefore not strictly applicable anymore, although they remain mostly unchanged.''

09 (Premium-rate and machine-related numbers)

: ''090'': Premium-rate services : ''0902'': Premium-rated adult services : ''091'': Premium-rate services : ''092'': Premium-rate services : ''096'': Machine-related services (14-digit numbers) : ''097'': Machine-related services (14-digit numbers) : ''098'': Machine-related services (14-digit numbers) There are still some non-automated exchanges which use longer dialing codes, mostly for "farm lines" and remote areas with operator-assisted exchanges.

External links

Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA)
- South Africa’s communication regulator
How to call South Africa
- howtophoneto.com

References

{{Africa topic, Telephone numbers in

Telecommunications in South Africa

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