ZAF · Africa

South Africa dialing code

South Africa

Dialing code +27

Saturday, 9 May 2026 · 22/11/1447 AH

About South Africa

Capital Pretoria (Pretoria)
Area 1,219,910 km²
Population 55,908,865 people
Currency Rand (Rand – ZAR)
TLD www.example.za
ISO code ZAF
Continent Africa
Time now 15:33 PM
Day Saturday
Hijri date 1447/11/22
Gregorian date 2026/05/09
Timezone Africa/Johannesburg
GMT offset +02:00
Daylight saving Not active

How to call?

To call this country from abroad, dial the international code (+27) followed by the phone number, omitting any leading zero.

Local number format

Fixed line

9 digits

Example: 101234567

Mobile

5–9 digits

Example: 711234567

Area codes

36

To call a specific city from abroad, dial +27 followed by the area code (without the leading zero) and the local number.

Code	City / Region
1	Johannesburg
12	Brits/Tshwane
13	Bronkhorstspruit/Eastern Gauteng/Middelburg/Nelspruit/Northern and Western Mpumalanga/Witbank
14	Modimolle/Northern North West and Southwestern Limpopo/Rustenburg
15	Northern and Eastern Limpopo/Polokwane
16	Vaal Triangle
17	Ermelo/Secunda/Southern Mpumalanga
18	Klerksdorp/Lichtenburg/Potchefstroom
21	Cape Town/Gordons Bay/Somerset West/Stellenbosch
22	Boland/Malmesbury/Vredenburg/Western coast of Western Cape
23	Beaufort West/Karoo/Robertson/Worcester
27	Alexander Bay/Calvinia/Clanwilliam/Namaqualand/Port Nolloth/Springbok/Vredendal
28	Caledon/Hermanus/Southern coast of Western Cape/Swellendam
31	Durban
32	Ballito/KwaZulu Natal coast/Stanger/Tongaat/Verulam
33	KwaZulu Natal Midlands/Pietermaritzburg
34	Newcastle/Northern KwaZulu Natal/Vryheid
35	Richards Bay/St. Lucia/Ulundi/Zululand
36	Drakensberg/Ladysmith
39	Eastern Pondoland/Port Shepstone/Southern coast of KwaZulu Natal
40	Alice/Bhisho
41	Port Elizabeth/Uitenhage
42	Jeffreys Bay/Humansdorp/Southern and central Eastern Cape
43	East London
44	Garden Route/George/Knysna/Mossel Bay/Oudtshoorn/Plettenberg Bay
45	Northern and eastern parts of Eastern Cape/Queenstown
46	Bathurst/Southern and eastern parts of Eastern Cape/Grahamstown/Kenton-on-Sea/Port Alfred
47	Butterworth/Eastern part of Eastern Cape/Mthatha
48	Cradock/Northern part of Eastern Cape/Steynsburg
49	Graaff-Reinet/Western part of Eastern Cape
51	Aliwal North/Bloemfontein/Far eastern part of Eastern Cape/Southern and Central Free State
53	Eastern part of Northern Cape/Far western part of North West/Kimberley/Kuruman
54	Upington/Gordonia
56	Kroonstad/Parys/Northern Free State
57	Northern Free State Goldfields/Welkom
58	Bethlehem/Eastern Free State

Mobile prefixes & carriers

Mobile number prefixes by telecom operator.

Carrier	Prefixes
Cell C	`61` `62` `641` `642` `643` `644` `645` `650` `651` `652` `653` `654` `74` `84`
MTN	`603` `604` `605` `63` `640` `655` `656` `657` `686` `687` `688` `689` `710` `717` `718` `719` `73` `78` `810` `83`
TelAfrica (Wirles Connect)	`8190` `8191` `8192`
Telkom Mobile	`19` `601` `602` `614` `658` `659` `67` `68` `75` `811` `812` `813` `814` `815` `817`
Vodacom	`10492` `10493` `10494` `12492` `134920` `134921` `134922` `134925` `144950` `144952` `144953` `144955` `154920` `154950` `154951` `164920` `174920` `184920` `21492` `224950` `274950` `284920` `31492` `324920` `334920` `344920` `354920` `364920` `394920` `404920` `41492` `424920` `434920` `434921` `444920` `444921` `454920` `464920` `474950` `484920` `494920` `51492` `544950` `564920` `574920` `584920` `606` `607` `608` `609` `636` `637` `646` `647` `648` `649` `660` `661` `662` `663` `664` `665` `673` `674` `675` `71` `72` `76` `79` `818` `82` `87086` `87087` `87158` `87285` `87286` `87287` `87288` `87289` `87310`
WBS Mobile	`816`