Cheap calls to South Africa How to make cheap calls to South Africa from a UK landline

Calling South Africa from a landline

To a Landline

Calling South Africa from a landline to a landline15p /min

Dial Access Number:

0844 720 6099

To a Mobile

Calling South Africa from a landline to a mobile15p /min

Dial Access Number:

0844 431 2055

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Dial the international dialing code
followed by the destination number you´re calling

  • No Subscriptions to Pay
  • No Credit Card Required
  • No Account to Open

Remember: Calls cost the 'per minute' charge shown plus your phone company's access charge. The charges will appear on your usual phone bill...no extra bills from us!

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  • You must have the bill payer's permission before calling our service
  • You are charged from the time of connection to our service
  • Please hang up after a short time if your call is engaged or unanswered
  • Calls cost the 'per minute' service charge shown plus your phone company's access charge
  • Access charges may vary, check with your service provider before calling
  • For customer services please call 033 3321 8705 or email
  • Service provided by New Call Telecom Ltd

Click here for full Terms and Conditions.

Calling South Africa from a mobile

To a Landline

Calling South Africa from a mobile to a landline3p /min

6p Connection charge

Topup your mobile phone

£3 Credit - Text CREDITME to 80041

£5 Credit - Text CREDITME to 80550

We will text you confirmation, then call

  • 0207 124 6666
  • 0845 451 6666
  • 0800 594 6666
  • 0333 321 8747
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Dial the international dialing code followed by the destination number you´re calling

Please scroll over the above numbers for additional information

Before you use our service, please make sure you fully understand how our service works and how you will be charged:

  • You must have the bill payer's permission before using our service
  • Text to 80550 costs £5 plus your standard mobile network rates for the request message and is charged by your service provider
  • Text to 80041 costs £3 plus your standard mobile network rates for the request message and is charged by your service provider
  • Our service can be used from the mobile number used for the subscription to our service or from another phone using a PIN
  • Calls to our 0207 & 0333 access number will be charged by your service provider at their standard rate or included in your call package
  • If you don't use our service to make a call or send a top up request within 90 days any unused Calling Credit will expire
  • For customer services please call 0844 552 8575
  • Service provided by New Call Telecom Ltd

Click here for full Terms and Conditions.

Dialling code for South Africa

The dialling code for South Africa is +27.

When calling South Africa from the UK you must dial 0027 followed by the South Africa number in full.

When using our service to make cheap calls to South Africa, you need to:

  1. Dial the access number
  2. When you hear the voice prompt, dial the South Africa number starting with 0027
  3. When you have finished inputting the number, wait to be connected.

That’s it….easy!

Best time to call South Africa from UK

The time in South Africa is 2 hours ahead the time in the UK (GMT +2). On that basis the best time to call South Africa is 8am until 7pm UK time. The whole of South Africa is covered by a single time zone so you don’t need to worry about which part of South Africa you are calling.

Travel Information (provided by the FCO)


South Africa Area Codes

City South Africa dialing codes from UK
Bethlehem 0027 835
Bloemfontein 0027 51
Cape Town 0027 21
Durban 0027 31
East London 0027 431
George 0027 712
Johannesburg 0027 11
Port Elizabeth 0027 41
Pretoria 0027 12
Uitenhage 0027 41
Vereeniging 0027 11
Welkom 0027 57