How to address a letter to South Africa

Learn how to address and mail letters to South Africa - with address examples and many tips.

How to write an address to South Africa

Here’s what a typical address in South Africa looks like for postal mail.

1. Address example South Africa

TV Matemala
9285 Block E
KHAYELITSHA
1982
SOUTH AFRICA

2. Address example South Africa

Development Bank of SA Limited
PO Box 92214
PROTEA PARK
0305
SOUTH AFRICA

Learn more about addresses in South Africa

Postal information

Country name

South Africa

Postal code format

4 digits (eg: 0123)

Standard address field position

Bottom center

Address text alignment

Left-aligned

Postal code regex

^(\d{4})$

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code

ZA

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code

ZAF

UN M49 numeric country code

710

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Country information

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Common name (English)

South Africa

Official name (English)

Republic of South Africa

Native name

Republiek van Suid-Afrika (South Africa)

Capital

Pretoria

Continent

Africa

Subregion

Southern Africa

Area

1,221,037 km²

Borders with

Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe

Currency

ZAR (South African rand, Symbol: R)

Time zone

UTC+02:00

Google Maps link

https://goo.gl/maps/CLCZ1R8Uz1KpYhRv6

OpenStreetMap link

https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/87565

Total population

63,100,945

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