South Africa is switching to a closed system (reportedly from the end of 2006, but implementation of telecoms regulation has been haphazard in SA), although as of September 2006 it is still not mandatory to prefix the 3-digit area code for local numbers.
South Africa is switching to a closed system (reportedly from the end of 2006, but implementation of telecoms regulation has been haphazard in SA). It is still not mandatory to prefix the 3-digit area code for local numbers. This is of September 2006.