How to Call South Africa Phone Numbers?

Country phone codes

+27 is the country calling code assigned to South Africa by the International Telecommunication Union. All of the country’s telephone numbers are also designated under the ICASA Act of 2006, created by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa of the South African Government.

So if you’re calling South Africa, the number should start with:

+27 123-4567-90

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Other Important Information about South Africa

Prefix

A prefix is simply the set of numbers that come before the country and area codes of a telephone number. South Africa’s telephone numbers are made up of 11 numbers split into groups of 3. So if you’re going to make a call to South Africa using a mobile phone, you should dial country code+area code+7-digit number. Some of the common area codes in South Africa include Bloemfontein (51), Cape Town (21) and Durban (31).

Location	Country Code	Landline Area Code	Landline Number
Bloemfontein	+27	(51)	123 4567
Cape Town	+27	(21)	123 4567
Durban	+27	(31)	123 4567

So if you’re making a call to Cape Town, dial +27 21 123 4567.

Network coverage

Network coverage is moderately available across South Africa.

LTE 4G coverage

4G LTE connection is moderately available across the country, but quality highly depends on the mobile operator.

International Roaming

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Top Mobile SIM network in South Africa

Here are the top mobile SIM networks in South Africa:

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Telkom

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Emergency phone numbers

Here is most important emergency number to take note of when visiting South Africa:

112 for the national emergency number.

Best Time to Call South Africa

South Africa observes South Africa Standard Time (SAST) using the time offset of UTC+02.
Wherever you are in Australia, you can call South Africa from the following time zones…:

Best time to call	Time to Call	UTC Relative	Time Zone	State
South Africa	6:00pm – 12:00am	UTC+10:00	Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)	Queensland
	4:00pm – 12:00am	UTC+08:00	Australian Western Standard Time (AWST)	Western Australia
	5:30pm – 12:00am	UTC+09:30	Australian Central Standard Time (ACST)	South Australia, Northern Territory and town of Broken Hill in Western New South Wales
	7:00pm – 12:00am	UTC+11:00	Norfolk Island Standard Time (NFT)	Norfolk Island
	3:00pm – 12:00am	UTC+07:00	Christmas Island Standard Time (CXT)	Christmas Island
	2:30pm – 12:00am	UTC+06:30	Cocos (Keeling) Islands Standard Time (CCT)	Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Daylight Savings Time (first Sunday in October – first Sunday in April)

Best time to call	Time to Call	UTC Relative	Time Zone	State
South Africa	7:00pm – 12:00am	UTC+11:00	Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT)	New South Wales (except Broken Hill), Victoria, Tasmania, Australian Capital Territory
	6:00pm – 12:00am	UTC+10:00	Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)	Queensland
	4:00pm – 12:00am	UTC+08:00	Australian Western Standard Time (AWST)	Western Australia
	6:30pm – 12:00am	UTC+10:30	Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT)	South Australia, Northern Territory and town of Broken Hill in Western New South Wales
	5:30pm – 12:00am	UTC+09:30	Australian Central Standard Time (ACST)	Northern Territory
	8:00pm – 12:00am	UTC+12:00	Norfolk Island Daylight Time (NDT)	Norfolk Island
	3:00pm – 12:00am	UTC+07:00	Christmas Island Standard Time (CXT)	Christmas Island
	12:30pm – 12:00am	UTC+06:30	Cocos (Keeling) Islands Standard Time (CCT)	Cocos (Keeling) Islands