Cheap calls to South Africa

How to Dial South Africa

Once you have dialed the access number above, then dial:
00 27 followed by the local number you're calling in South Africa

Fixed line operators in South Africa include MTN, Telkom and Neotel. Mobile network operators include MTN, Vodacom and Cell C.

About South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is the official name of South Africa. It is located in the Southern Africa, at the southern tip of the continent of Africa. In terms of size, has total 1,219,912 sq km area which is slightly less than twice the size of Texas. The population of it is approximately 43,786,115. The population density of it is 39/sq km. It has a population growth rate of 0.501%. 79% of South Africa's people belong to Black African ethnic group. They have 11 Official languages. Dutch traders landed at the southern tip of modern day South Africa in 1652 .and established a stopover point on the spice route between the Netherlands and the East, founding the city of Cape Town. After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806.The Boers were defeated in the Boer War (1899-1902); In 1948, the National Party was voted into power and instituted a policy of apartheid - the separate development of the races. The first multi-racial elections in 1994 brought an end to apartheid and ushered in black majority rule. In term of economy, South Africa is a middle-income, emerging market with an abundant supply of natural resources; well-developed financial, legal, communications, energy, and transport sectors; a stock exchange, and modern infrastructure. It has Natural resources such as, all essential commodities, except petroleum products and bauxite. It's Purchasing power parity domestic product (GDP) as of 2007 estimate is approximately $467.1 billion with GDP of $9,800 per capita.

Calling Abroad with DialToSave

When you make calls with DialToSave, you connect to our phone systems using your own mobile or landline provider. When you dial the full international number we use discount lines to connect to local networks in South Africa. We can provide you with cheap calls to South Africa by bypassing more expensive providers such as BT when connecting your call and instead using a combination of internet and telephone services.

Cheap Phone Calls to South Africa

DialToSave offers two of its own services that provide low cost calls to South Africa. The first is CreditTalk whereby you purchase a £5 credit which is sent to your mobile phone as a text message with a pin number. You can purchase the topup either by texting dts to 80550 or using the Paypal link above. Once you have the credit, you then call the local rate access number 020 7124 6666 (or 020 8497 8844 if you paid by Paypal) and if prompted, enter the pin number, followed by the number that you are calling in South Africa including 00 and the country code.

The other service is InstantTalk where you do not need to pre purchase any credit. However, we only know the prices for calling South Africa from a landline using InstantTalk, not from a mobile. You simply dial the access number and wait for the prompts before dialing the phone number, which to a landline in South Africa is 0844 904 4097 and to a mobile in South Africa is 0911 553 0252.

Local Area Codes in South Africa

Bethlehem - (0)58
Bisho - (0)40
Bloemfontein - (0)51
Cape Town - (0)21
Durban - (0)31
East London - (0)43
Ermelo - (0)17
Garden Route - (0)44
Graaff-Reinet - (0)49
Grahamstown - (0)46
Humansdorp - (0)42
Johannesburg - (0)10, (0)11
Kimberley - (0)53
Kroonstad - (0)56
Ladysmith - (0)36
Malmesbury - (0)22
Middelburg - (0)13
Northern Cape - (0)27
Pietermaritzburg - (0)33
Polokwane (Pietersburg) - (0)15
Port Elizabeth - (0)41
Port Shepstone - (0)39
Potchefstroom / Klerksdorp - (0)18
Pretoria - (0)12
Queenstown - (0)45
Richards Bay - (0)35
Rustenburg - (0)14
Stanger - (0)32
Steynsburg - (0)48
Swellendam - (0)28
Umtata - (0)47
Upington - (0)54
Vereeniging - (0)16
Vryheid - (0)34
Welkom - (0)57
Worcester - (0)23