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Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005)

Regulations

Numbering Plan Amendment Regulations, 2020

15. Geographic numbers

 

(1) The first three digits of a geographic number correspond with a geographic area.

 

(2) A geographic number must be assigned to a subscriber if the subscriber provides a business or postal address in the geographic area corresponding with its first three digits.

 

(3) A geographic number must have a length of ten (10) digits.

 

Digits

Status

Area

010

Released

Johannesburg region

011

Released

012

Released

Tshwane region (including Pretoria)

013

Released

Northern and western parts of Mpumalanga (including Middelburg, Witbank and Nelspruit)

014

Released

Northern part of North West and southern and western parts of Limpopo (including Rustenburg and Nylstroom)

015

Released

Northern and eastern parts of Limpopo (including Polokwane)

016

Released

Vaal Triangle (including Vereeniging, Vanderbijlpark and Sasolburg)

017

Released

Southern part of Mpumalanga (including Ermelo)

018

Released

Southern part of North West (including Potchefstroom and Klerksdorp)

019

Protected

'Protected'

020

Protected

'Protected'

021

Released

Cape Town region (including Stellenbosch, Somerset West and Gordons Bay)

022

Released

Western coast of Western Cape and Boland (including Malmesbury)

023

Released

Karoo (including Worcester and Beaufort West)

024

Protected

'Protected'

025

Protected

026

Protected

027

Released

Namaqualand (including Vredendal, Calvinia, Clanwilliam, Springbok, Alexander Bay and Port Nolloth)

028

Released

Southern coast of Western Cape (including Swellendam, Caledon and Hermanus)

029

Protected

'Protected'

030

Protected

031

Released

Durban region

032

Released

KwaZulu Natal central coast (including Stanger)

033

Released

KwaZulu Natal Midlands (including Pietermaritzburg)

034

Released

Northern KwaZulu Natal (including Vryheid and Newcastle)

035

Released

Zululand (including St. Lucia and Richards Bay)

036

Released

Drakensberg (including Ladysmith)

037

Protected

'Protected'

038

Protected

039

Released

Eastern Pondoland and southern coast of KwaZulu Natal (including Port Shepstone)

040

Released

Bhisho region

041

Released

Port Elizabeth region (including Uitenhage)

042

Released

Southern and central parts of Eastern Cape (including Humansdorp)

043

Released

East London region

044

Released

Garden Route (including Oudtshoorn, Knysna, Plettenberg Bay, Mossel Bay and George)

045

Released

Northern and eastern parts of Eastern Cape (including Queenstown)

046

Released

Southern and eastern parts of Eastern Cape (including Grahamstown)

047

Released

Eastern part of Eastern Cape (including Mthatha)

048

Released

Northern part of Eastern Cape (including Steynsburg)

049

Released

Western part of Eastern Cape (including Graaff-Reinet)

050

Protected

Not assigned

051

Released

Southern and central parts of Free State (including Bloemfontein) and far eastern part of Eastern Cape (including Aliwal North)

052

Protected

'Protected'

053

Released

Eastern part of Northern Cape (including Kimberley) and far western part of North West

054

Released

Gordonia (including Upington)

055

Protected

'Protected'

056

Released

Northern part of Free State (including Kroonstad)

057

Released

Free State Goldfields (including Welkom)

058

Released

Eastern part of Free State (including Bethlehem)

059

Protected

'Protected'

 

(4) The following geographic numbering ranges are reserved for testing purposes:

 

0XX 114; 0XX 115; 0XX 116 and 0XX 117. All licensees with network testing requirements may utilize these numbers and need not apply to the Authority.