South Africa phone code
South Africa country code +27. Area codes for 36 places, prefixes of 8 mobile operators, number formats and how to dial.
+27
- Country code
- +27
- Exit code (to call abroad)
- 00
- Trunk prefix (domestic calls)
- 0
- Number length
- Digits after the country code: landline 9, mobile 5–9
- Example landline
- +27 10 123 4567
- Example mobile
- +27 71 123 4567
- Region
- Southern Africa
How to dial
From abroad, dial +27, then the area code and number without the leading 0: +27 10 XXX XXXX. In place of the +, dial the exit code of the country you are calling from: 00 in most countries, 011 from the US and Canada. On a mobile phone you can simply dial +.
Within the country the number is dialled as 010 XXX XXXX.
Calling out: dial 00, then the other country’s code and the number.
Area codes
Mobile operators
| Operator | Prefixes |
|---|---|
| Vodacom | 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34 … |
| MTN | 60, 63, 64, 65, 68, 69, 71, 73, 78, 81, 83 |
| Telkom Mobile | 19, 60, 61, 65, 67, 68, 69, 75, 81 |
| Cell C | 61, 62, 64, 65, 74, 84 |
| TelAfrica (Wirles Connect) | 81 |
| Rain | 50, 69 |
| Liquid Intelligent Technology | 60 |
| WBS Mobile | 81 |
The operator is the one the number range was originally assigned to. If the subscriber ported the number, the current operator may differ.
Number types
| Type | International | Domestic |
|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | +27 10 123 4567 | 010 123 4567 |
| Mobile | +27 71 123 4567 | 071 123 4567 |
| Toll-free | +27 80 123 4567 | 080 123 4567 |
| Premium rate | +27 86 234 5678 | 086 234 5678 |
| Shared cost | +27 860 123 456 | 0860 123 456 |
| VoIP | +27 87 123 4567 | 087 123 4567 |
| Universal access number | +27 86 112 3456 | 086 112 3456 |
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