List of Postal code ranges

Postal code boundaries do not follow provincial borders exactly, especially since the re-organisation of provinces in 1994.

Code Range	Area
Northern Region (Gauteng, Mpumalanga, most of North West, Limpopo)
0001-0299	Gauteng - Pretoria Pretoria Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is... /Tshwane
0300-0499	North West North West (South African province) North West is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Mafikeng. The province is located to the west of the major population centre of Gauteng.-History:...  - northern part
0500-0698	Limpopo - south and west
0699-0999	Limpopo - north and east
1000-1399	Mpumalanga Mpumalanga Mpumalanga , is a province of South Africa. The name means east or literally "the place where the sun rises" in Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, north of KwaZulu-Natal and bordering Swaziland and Mozambique. It constitutes 6.5% of South Africa's land area...  - Northern half
1400-1699	Gauteng Gauteng Gauteng is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. It was formed from part of the old Transvaal Province after South Africa's first all-race elections on 27 April 1994...  - East Rand / Ekurhuleni Metro
1700-1799	Gauteng - West Rand West Rand The West Rand is the name of the urban western part of the Witwatersrand that is functionally merged with the Johannesburg conurbation. This area became settled by Europeans after a gold-bearing reef discovered in 1886 and sparked the gold rush that gave rise to the establishment of...  - Mogale City/Krugersdorp, Roodepoort (now part of Johannesburg Johannesburg Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa... )
1800-1999	Gauteng - Soweto Soweto Soweto is a lower-class-populated urban area of the city of Johannesburg in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's mining belt in the south. Its name is an English syllabic abbreviation for South Western Townships...  and Vereeniging/Vanderbijlpark Region (Motsweding)
2000-2199	Gauteng - Johannesburg Johannesburg Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...  (original Johannesburg Johannesburg Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa... , 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
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 South West Africa South-West Africa was the name that was used for the modern day Republic of Namibia during the earlier eras when the territory was controlled by the German Empire and later by South 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

Former post codes

The South African post code system (number range 9000-9299) was also used in Namibia

Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...

 until 1992, when it was withdrawn from use by the country's postal service:

Private Bag X1
WINDHOEK 9000

South Africa's neighbours, Lesotho

Lesotho

Lesotho , officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country and enclave, surrounded by the Republic of South Africa. It is just over in size with a population of approximately 2,067,000. Its capital and largest city is Maseru. Lesotho is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The name...

 and Swaziland

Swaziland

Swaziland, officially the Kingdom of Swaziland , and sometimes called Ngwane or Swatini, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, bordered to the north, south and west by South Africa, and to the east by Mozambique...

, have their own separate post code systems.

External links

• South African Postal Codes
• South African Post Office
• South African Postal Codes
• South African Postal Codes (These are out of date. Fairland, for example, changed from 2195 to 2170)
• Alternative listing of South African Postal Codes
• South African Postal Code Search
• SOUTH AFRICAN POSTCODE GEOGRAPHY by MARISA LOMBAARD