Guides
How to Write an Address for a Complex, Estate or Office Park
Complexes, estates and office parks need more than a street number. The right order for unit, building and estate details so parcels reach your door.
Guides
Plain-English guides to South African postal codes. Finding the right code, addressing mail and parcels, online forms, and code lists for the big cities.
Guides
Why Your Business Address Should Be Identical Everywhere
Customers, couriers and search engines trust a business whose address is the same everywhere. A checklist for keeping yours, and its postal code, consistent.
Guides
Parcel Lockers and Pickup Points: Which Address Should You Give?
Lockers and in-store pickup points are a popular alternative to home delivery. How the address works, and when you still need your own postal code.
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Stop Excel Removing the Zero From Postal Codes
Spreadsheets turn 0157 into 157 and break mailing lists, courier uploads and CRM imports. How to keep postal codes intact in Excel and Google Sheets.
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How to Find Your Postal Code in South Africa
Four quick ways to find the right four-digit postal code for any South African address, and the common mistakes that send mail to the wrong place.
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Street Code vs PO Box Code: Which One Should You Use?
Many South African suburbs have two postal codes. Here is what each one is for, which to use on forms and parcels, and real examples from the big cities.
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How to Address a Letter or Parcel in South Africa (With Examples)
The correct order for a South African address, with examples for houses, flats, PO Boxes, private bags and mail coming from overseas.
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South Africa ZIP Code: What to Enter on International Forms
South Africa has no ZIP codes as such, but overseas checkout forms still ask for one. What to type in the ZIP, state and city fields so your order arrives.
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South African Postal Code Ranges by Province
Which postal codes belong to which province, what the first digit of a code tells you, and the border towns that break the pattern.
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Renamed South African Towns and Their Postal Codes
Gqeberha, Makhanda, Mbombela and more: the new names of South African towns, the old names in Post Office lists, and the postal codes that stayed the same.
City guides
Johannesburg Postal Codes: Popular Suburbs and Their Codes
Street and PO Box codes for central Johannesburg, Sandton, Rosebank, Randburg, Fourways and other popular suburbs, with tips for picking the right one.
City guides
Cape Town Postal Codes: City Bowl, Atlantic Seaboard, Southern and Northern Suburbs
Street and PO Box codes for Cape Town's city centre, Sea Point, Camps Bay, the southern and northern suburbs, the Cape Flats and the Helderberg.