List of postal codes in South Africa
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Post Codes were introduced in South Africa in 1975, with the introduction of automated sorting.
South African post codes consist of four digits. One particularity in postal delivery is that, depending on the area, mail may be delivered either to the physical address or to a box at the post office. When the address is to a box the mention of the street is replaced by PO Box ### where ### is the number of the box.
PO Box 234 Umhlali 4390
In the case of cities and large towns, however, both cases can appear: in that case the last two digits indicate the mode of delivery. For example in Port Elizabeth the code 6000 indicates a street address and 6001 indicates a PO Box address.
43 Russel Road PO Box 128 Port Elizabeth Port Elizabeth 6000 6001
A feature of South African postal addresses, also common to Australia, is that it is only necessary to include the suburb, not the city, for example, in the case of Yeoville in Johannesburg:
47 Rockey Street YEOVILLE 2198
Note that the code should be placed on a new line or in front of the suburb/town. The following is also acceptable.
47 Rockey Street 2198 YEOVILLE
[edit] List of Postal code ranges
Note that postal code boundaries do not follow provincial borders exactly, especially since the re-organisation of provinces in 1994.
More info on linking postal codes to provinces and / or geographical areas can be found in a paper named SOUTH AFRICAN POSTCODE GEOGRAPHY by MARISA LOMBAARD [1]
| Code Range | Area |
| Northern Region (Gauteng, Mpumalanga, most of North West, Limpopo) | |
|---|---|
| 0001-0299 | Gauteng - Pretoria/Tshwane |
| 0300-0499 | North West - northern part |
| 0500-0698 | Limpopo - south and west |
| 0699-0999 | Limpopo - north and east |
| 1000-1399 | Mpumalanga - Northern half |
| 1400-1699 | Gauteng - East Rand / Ekurhuleni Metro |
| 1700-1799 | Gauteng - West Rand - Mogale City/Krugersdorp, Roodepoort (now part of Johannesburg) |
| 1800-1999 | Gauteng - Soweto and Vereeniging/Vanderbijlpark Region (Motsweding) |
| 2000-2199 | Gauteng - Johannesburg (original Johannesburg,Randburg, Sandton) |
| 2200-2499 | Mpumalanga - southern half |
| 2500-2899 | Northwest Province - southern and central |
| Eastern Region (Kwa Zulu Natal, eastern part of Eastern Cape) | |
| 2900-3199 | KwaZulu Natal - Northern Kwa Zulu Natal |
| 3200-3299 | KwaZulu Natal - Pietermaritzburg and surrounds |
| 3300-3599 | KwaZulu Natal - Midlands |
| 2951-2957 | 3600-3799 KwaZulu Natal - Region between Durban and Pietermaritzburg, including satellite towns,such as Westville. |
| 3800-3999 | KwaZulu Natal - Zululand Region (including Richards Bay ) |
| 4000-4099 | KwaZulu Natal - Durban / Ethekwini (original area) |
| 4100-4299 | KwaZulu Natal - South Coast |
| 4300-4499 | KwaZulu Natal - North Coast |
| 4500-4730 | KwaZulu Natal - Griqualand East and Umzinkulu |
| Southern Region (Eastern Cape, eastern parts of Wetsern Cape) | |
| 4731-5199 | Eastern Cape - Former Transkei |
| 5200-5299 | Eastern Cape - East London |
| 5300-5499 | Eastern Cape - historical 'Border' region |
| 5500-5999 | Eastern Cape - Northern part |
| Western Region (Western Cape (Cape Town and West Coast), Northern Cape) | |
| 6000-6099 | Eastern Cape - Port Elizabeth |
| 6100-6499 | Eastern Cape - Western part |
| 6500-6699 | Western Cape - Garden Route and Oudtshoorn area |
| 6700-6899 | Western Cape - Klein Karoo |
| 6900-7099 | Western Cape - Groot Karoo |
| 7100-7299 | Western Cape - Area south-east of Cape Town |
| 7300-7399 | Western Cape - West Coast |
| 7400-7599 | Western Cape - Northern parts of Cape Metropole |
| 7600-7699 | Western Cape - Areas East of Cape Town,such as Stellenbosch |
| 7700-8099 | Western Cape - Cape Town and Cape Peninsula |
| 8100-8299 | Northern Cape - Namaqualand Region |
| Central Region (Northern Cape and Free State) | |
| 8300-8799 | Northern Cape - Eastern Part |
| 8800-8999 | Northern Cape - Gordonia Region |
| 9000-9299 | formerly assigned to South West Africa - see below |
| 9300-9399 | Free State - Bloemfontein and surrounds |
| 9400-9699 | Free State - Northern Free State |
| 9700-9899 | Free State - Eastern Free State |
| 9900-9999 | Free State - Southern Free State |
[edit] Former post codes
The South African post code system (number range 9000-9299) was also used in Namibia until 1992, when they were withdrawn from use by the country's postal service:
Private Bag X1 WINDHOEK 9000
South Africa's neighbours, Lesotho and Swaziland, have their own separate post code systems.
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