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For people running a business in South Africa, a South African phone number or a virtual phone number can assist you to sell and market your products overseas. Organizations which has invested in virtual call center software can buy a local virtual mobile phone number which will help them to establish their brand’s identity in foreign countries. Corporations can highly benefit from a South African phone number and consequently strengthen their base in the country.

Call forwarding facilities divert calls from the South Africa virtual phone number to your landline or PBX. Your ‘calling’ number (the number used by you outside South Africa on which you receive your calls) can be revised any time you want to through online account management.

From marketing products to providing customer care services, a South African phone number can help you establish your business and create a demand for your products or services in places Virtual phone numbers have similar area codes to South Africa phone numbers. This creates a sense of closeness among the local population.

South Africa has a very well-developed telecommunication system. They have extensive fixed-line phone networks and five mobile service providers operating throughout the country. It is mandatory in South Africa to dial the full 10-digit number, including the zero in the 3 digit area code even when making local calls.

Area codes are generally organized geographically. When a South African number needs to be dialled from some other country, the 0 is removed and replaced by the appropriate international access code and the country code of South Africa, which is 27.

Phoning into South Africa:

If you are dialing a South African number from outside the country, you need to add +27, which is the country code and also either the area code of the city or town. You are calling if it’s a landline or the mobile network code in case of a mobile or cellular network obviously.

Here are the area codes of some of the major South African cities for reference

• Cape Town- 051
• Bloemfontein-021
• Durban-031
• Johannesburg-011
• Port Elizabeth- 041
• East London-043
• Pretoria-012

Using the country code and the relevant area code, you can dial any South African phone number from outside the country.

How to make calls out of South Africa?

If you are living in South Africa and need to make a call outside the country, you need to dial 00 followed by the country code of the country you want to call followed by the area code, if any, finally followed by the phone number.  

It is very easy to find the international country code you want to call. You can call Telkom’s 24-hour international customer care center and find out the code, which is one of the fastest ways. Alternatively, you can also look for it on Google or any other international dialing code directory.

There is the facility of operator-assisted dialing as well for people having difficulties. Telkom’s international booked calls- 10900 offers assistance round the clock to people wanting to make international calls or send faxes as well.

What are collect calls?

Collect calls are reverse-charge calls where the party who has been called pays the charge when they accept the call. If you want to make a collect call within the country, dial 1025, and you will be guided further by voice prompts. In case of an international collect call, you can contact Telkom’s international customer care center at 10900, and they will guide you through the rest of the process.

Public phones in South Africa:

There are several public telephones placed at major sites across the country, especially for use by tourists. There are coin-operated phones as well as card-operated phones, which are both user friendly and compatible with hearing aid devices as well.