South Africa is +27

A local writes 082 123 4567 — the dialer below turns that into what you press.

Country code
+27
Dialing out
00
Trunk prefix
0

South Africa went fully closed in 2007, so all ten digits are dialed even across the street — but the leading zero is still a trunk prefix that falls away internationally: 082 123 4567 is +27 82 123 4567. Vodacom, MTN, Cell C and Telkom Mobile share the 06x to 08x ranges, with 080 toll-free and 086x sharecall. Dial 00 to exit.

A closed ten-digit format with the zero: mobiles on 06x to 08x, area codes like 011 Johannesburg and 021 Cape Town.

You dial

011 27 821234567

011 exits United States · 27 reaches South Africa · the leading 0 stays home. From any mobile, +27 821234567 works worldwide.

Type the number the way a local writes it — the arithmetic is derived from each country's ITU plan.

Plan facts verified against ITU-T E.164 assigned country codes · Telephone numbers in South Africa — Wikipedia. Prose is our own.

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