we will be travelling in south Africa. we are from India . please guide us about the sim card purchase/ rule and regulation and the service provider . mainly we want for communication in the south Africa and occasionally to overseas to India.
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sonyain
Hello.
Don´t worry, it´s easy to buy a Sim Card in South Africa (and in Africa)... and cheap.
For the tourist, the easiest way to get a prepaid Sim card is at the supermarket (no need to register): just near the cashier, you will find them. Vodacom (the main SA company), MTN, Virgin… Only 0,50 R (0.05 $... nothing... almost free).
At the company shops, you will need to register and a proof of residence, so for a traveller this option is not so easy.
At the airport, you only need your passport but there´s a big extra charge: a Sim card will cost you at least 5 $... 115 R (Vodacom), 61 R (MTN) at Johannesburg airport. And it´s almost FREE at the supermarket.
You can buy airtime everywhere (almost), for only 5R- 0.5 $(voucher).
3 G network is avalaible in some places but not everywhere in South Africa (in 2014)... but it can change quick...
You can transfer call Money to data Money. But if you want use data, it´s cheaper to buy “data money” in the company shop (29R for 100 MB, 99R for 500MB, 149R for 1GB, etc. with Vodacom).
Complete information... based on our trip... on our blog...
VIAJES CON MOCHILA
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Thorn Tree
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