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1. SOUTH
AFRICAN COUNTRY CODE
27
2. LANGUAGE
DIGIT
2 (English)
3. INTERNATIONAL
EXCHANGES
Johannesburg
JB and JS (serves all national areas) with full operator
facilities
on JB exchange.
3.1 OPERATOR
SERVICES (CAPE TOWN)
Call assistance: + 27 + code 11
Collect calls (2 ticket): + 27 + code 12
National
directory enquiries: + 27 + code 12
Supervisor: + 27 + 21 + 948-7171
3.2 AUTOMATIC
SERVICE
+ 27 +
area code + customer's number
3.3 MANUAL
SERVICE
Calls to
manual national exchanges of which routing codes are not
included
in these pages should always be routed via the South African
assistance
operator (+ 27 + code 11).
4. CONTACT
POINTS
Johannesburg
ISMC: Telephone : + 27 11 404 2121/2 (24 hours)
ITMC: Telephone
: + 27 11 402 6860 (24 hours)
Telex :
+ 4 24977 (24 hours)
Fax : +
27 11 402 0301
5. LENGTH
OF NATIONAL (SIGNIFICANT) NUMBERS - AUTOMATIC
Minimum:
6 digits
Maximum:
10 digits
6. LENGTH
OF AREA CODES
Minimum:
2 digits
Maximum:
5 digits
7. LENGTH
OF CUSTOMER (DIRECTORY) NUMBERS
Minimum:
3 digits
Maximum:
7 digits
8. TIME
INFORMATION
Local time:
UTC + 2 hours
9. COIN
/ CARDPHONES
Incoming
/ Outgoing calls allowed.
Recognition
tone: Operators can dial +27 + 12 + 311-1600 to acquaint
themselves with the tone.
NOTE: Telkom
accepts no financial responsibility for collect calls to
coin /
cardphones with recognition tones.
10. TRANSIT
CALLS TO NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES
Transit
facilities are currently available to all neighbouring
countries
of South Africa. The connections are established with
microwave
or cable circuits.
11. CARPHONE
SERVICE
Gauteng area : + 27 + 81 + 011 + customer's number
Western
Cape area : + 27 + 81 + 211 + customer's number
KwaZulu-Natal
area : + 27 + 81 + 311 + customer's number
No collect
calls are allowed to carphones.
NOTE: Please
note that the service is not available to the whole of
South Africa.
12. GSM
NETWORK
+ 27 +
82 + customer's number
+ 27 +
83 + customer's number
No collect
calls are allowed to the GSM network.
13. VOICEMAIL
+ 27 +
881 + customer's number
14. DIALLING
/ ROUTING CODE INFORMATION
14.1 Botswana:
267 + national number:
KP2 + 267
+L/D + N.NO + ST
14.2
Lesotho:
266 + national number:
KP2 + 266
+L/D + N.NO + ST
14.3
Mozambique:
258 + area code + customer's number:
KP2 + 258
+L/D + A.C + CNO + ST
14.4
Namibia:
264 + area code + customer's number:
KP2 + 264
+L/D + A.C + CNO + ST
14.5
Swaziland:
268 + national number:
KP2 + 268
+L/D + N.NO + ST
14.6
Zimbabwe:
263 + area code + customer's number:
KP2 + 263
+L/D + A.C + CNO + ST
Information
on area codes and numbering for these countries is
available
from the respective administrations.
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