*Note : Your South Africa SIM card will require a SIM-unlocked compatible international cellular phone.

Your South Africa SIM card will provide you with a South Africa cellular phone number and will be printed on a white window on the reverse of the SIM card packaging under a bar code labeled MSISDN The number will start with a “083".

Customer service for your Pay as you Go prepaid SIM card is available 24 hr./day by dialing 173, free of charge, at any time from your South Africa cellular phone. The alternative is to phone 083 173 from any other phone other than your South Africa cell phone.

^The PUK is only required to unblock you phone if you enter in a PIN code incorrectly 3 times. Follow your cell phone manual instructions to correctly use the PUK to unblock your phone.

*You will need to snap out the thumbnail sized South Africa SIM card along the perforated edge of its holder and then insert the SIM card into your South Africa cell phone with the gold contacts of the SIM card facing the metal contacts of your South Africa cellular phone.

**When calling overseas from the United States to your South Africa cell phone number callers will need to dial 011 followed by 27 (South Africa country code) and your South Africa cell phone number (drop the first zero). To call the United States or Canada from your South Africa cell phone simply dial 001 followed by the area code and phone number.

To add airtime credit to your South Africa Pay as you Go SIM card simply purchase an airtime voucher or reload card. These airtime vouchers are available for purchase locally in South Africa at most, kiosks, petrol stations and convenience stores in 3 denominations:

They are available at face value so a R60 airtime voucher will cost you R60 and subsequently will credit your South Africa SIM card for R60.

You may dial 555 and press option 1, free of charge from your South Africa cell phone, to find out your remaining airtime balance on your South Africa SIM card.

With your MTN pay as you go South Africa SIM card, you have a choice of 3 calling plans (Same SIM card): Classic (default), Pay Per Second and Payback. The Payback plan rates have not been listed, but information may be obtained by calling 173 from your South Africa cell phone. You may switch your South Africa cellphone plan 1/month free of charge.

MTN Pay as you Go Classic has been created for those people in South Africa who may not make a lot of calls and who tend to make more calls during Off-peak times. It also offers preferential rates to other South Africa MTN numbers.

All calls within South Africa are charged on a per-minute basis. The full charge will be levied for each minute whether you use the full minute or part thereof.

Plans	Peak	Off Peak
MTN to MTN	R 2,60 / US $0.36	R 1,40 / US $0.20
MTN to Other	R 2,85 / US $0.41	R 1,55 / US $0.22
SMS text messages	R 0,86 / US $0.12	R 0,86 / US $ 0.12

If you’re on a budget and make a lot of short calls while in South Africa, SMS may be your best bet while traveling in South Africa. SMS provides an easy way to arrange those important dates or simply want the best Off-peak prepaid rates. If this sounds like your situation, the South Africa MTN Pay as you Go Call Per Second payment option is the one you should choose.

All calls in South Africa are charged on a per-second basis, where you only pay for the time you use.

Depending on the Domestic rate plan you have selected, your international calls from your South Africa Pay as you Go prepaid SIM card will be charged as follows:

*Airtime rate will be billed and deducted from the South Africa prepaid SIM card on a per second basis.

Zone 1: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, San Marino Republic

Zone 2: American Samoa, Andorra, Australia, Bahamas, Canada, Dominican Republic, Faroe Island, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Guam, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Mariana Island, Monaco, Mozambique, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA, Zambia

Zone 3: Alaska, Albania, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Austria, Azerbaijani, Barbados, Belarus, Rep of, Belgium, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Denmark, Dominica, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hawaii, Hong Kong, Israel, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Martinique, Mauritania, Montserrat, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Portugal, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Spain, St.Kitts & Nevis, St.Lucia, St.Vincent, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Islands, Virgin Island, USA, Yugoslavia Fed Rep, Zaire (Congo DRC)

Zone 4: Argentina, Aruba, Ascension, Benin, Bhutan, Kingdom of Bolivia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Central African Rep, Chile, China Peoples Rep, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Rep of, Cyprus, Czech Rep, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Rep of, Falkland Islands, Finland, Georgia, Rep of, Ghana, Guatemala, Guiana (French), India, Japan, Kenya, Korea Rep (South Korea), Kuwait Mobile, Latvia, Lebanon, Macao, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Rep of, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Reunion, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, St Helena, St Pierre & Miquelon, Taiwan (China Rep), Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, USSR - Russian Federation

Zone 5: Algeria, Armenia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belize, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Congo Brazaville, Cook Island, Djibouti, Ecuador, Eritrea, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea People's Rep, Haiti, Hungary, Rep of, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia Mobile, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Rep of, Macedonia, Rep of, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, Niger, Niue, Norfolk Island, Pakistan, Palau, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Wallis & Futuna, Western Samoa, Yeman Rep of

Zone 6: Cuba, Diego Garcia, Egypt, Ethiopia, French Polynesia, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Korea Democratic (North), Mali Mobile, Nicaragua, Sao Tome / Principe, Tonga, Vietnam

If you don't make an outgoing call within 90 days, your South Africa cell phone number will be withdrawn from the network.