Calling Instructions for making long-distance overseas phone calls to South Africa from overseas:

1) Look for the lowest telephone call rate for South Africa, from the Telephone Call Charges Sheet.

2) Dial the International Dial out code of your country (eg: from UK - 00)

    00 + 27 + City Area Code + Local number

If you have to make a call from South Africa you will need to dial southafrica-exit-code (eg: southafrica-exit-code 44 for UK).

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The current date and time in Johannesburg, South Africa can be found at Time in Johannesburg.

South Africa’s standard time is 2 Hours away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

South Africa does not utilise Daylight Time Saving.

Telephone area codes in South Africa are also known as Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs). It used to be known as STD codes in South Africa.

These phone area codes are crucial only when calling from outside the telephone code area. Then again it is vital when making a phone calls from the mobile phones.

Phone area codes or city codes in South Africa frequently signify geographical areas within South Africa that can be covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in South Africa is frequently preceded in the dial string by the South African country code or the international access code for South Africa ("27").

Phone Area codes in South Africa can be quoted together with the country access code for South Africa.