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South Africa

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This fact sheet is for UK nationals only. Please note if you are not a UK passport holder you will need to check with your relevant Country Embassy.

 

South Africa travel advice - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)See FCDO website for information

Home - South African High Commission (southafricahouse.uk)

South Africa High Commission in UK
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NaTHNaC - South Africa (travelhealthpro.org.uk)Health information

 

BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION IN SOUTH AFRICA

British High Commission

255 Hill Street

Arcadia

Pretoria

Gauteng

0002

South Africa

 

Telephone: +27 (0) 12 421 7500

www.gov.uk/contact-consulate-pretoria

 

EMERGENCY NUMBERS

 

Ambulance10177
Fire10111
Police10111

 

BEFORE TRAVELLING

 

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  • Natural Disasters
  • Money

 

COUNTRY FACTS

 

Capital cityPretoria
LanguagesiZulu (official) 22.7%, IsiXhosa (official) 16%, Afrikaans (official) 13.5%, English (official) 9.6%, Sepedi (official) 9.1%, Setswana (official) 8%, Sesotho (official) 7.6%, Xitsonga (official) 4.5%, siSwati (official) 2.5%, Tshivenda (official) 2.4%, isiNdebele (official) 2.1%, other 2%.
CurrencySouth African Rand
Phone Code+27
Internet Code.za
Time ZoneUTC+2 (2 hours ahead of UK)
Drives onLeft
Plug TypesType C, Type D, Type M, Type N
Drinking WaterNot safe to drink
ReligionProtestant 36.6%, Roman Catholic 7.1%, Muslim 1.5%, other Christian 36%, other 2.3%, unspecified 1.4%, none 15.1%.
Significant Dates

March 21 – Human Rights Day

April 27 – Freedom Day