Postal codes for South African cities

Street and PO Box codes for the main cities and towns in all nine provinces. Pick a city to see its suburbs.

These are the central codes for each city or town. Suburbs nearly always have codes of their own, so open the city to find the exact one for your address, or search above.

Gauteng

City or town	Street	PO Box
Johannesburg	2001	2000
Pretoria	0002	0001
Sandton	2196	2146
Centurion	0157	0046
Midrand	1682	1685
Randburg	2194	2125
Roodepoort	1724	1725
Germiston	1401	1400
Soshanguve	0152	0164

Western Cape

City or town	Street	PO Box
Cape Town	8001	8000
Bellville	7530	7535
Stellenbosch	7600	7599
Paarl	7646	7620
Somerset West	7130	7129
George	6529	6530
Mossel Bay	6506	6500
Worcester	6850	6849

KwaZulu-Natal

City or town	Street	PO Box
Durban	4001	4000
Pietermaritzburg	3201	3200
Umhlanga	4319	4320
Pinetown	3610	3600
Richards Bay	3900	3900
Newcastle	2940	2940
Ballito	4399	4420

Eastern Cape

City or town	Street	PO Box
Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)	6001	6000
East London	5201	5200
Mthatha	5100	5099
Bhisho	5605	5605
Makhanda (Grahamstown)	6139	6140
Kariega (Uitenhage)	6229	6230

Free State

City or town	Street	PO Box
Bloemfontein	9301	9300
Welkom	9459	9460
Bethlehem	9701	9700
Kroonstad	9499	9500
Sasolburg	1947	1947

Limpopo

City or town	Street	PO Box
Polokwane	0699	0700
Tzaneen	0850	0850
Mokopane	0601	0600
Thohoyandou	0950	0950
Musina	0900	0900

Mpumalanga

City or town	Street	PO Box
Mbombela (Nelspruit)	1201	1200
eMalahleni (Witbank)	1034	1035
Middelburg	1055	1050
Secunda	2302	2302
Ermelo	2351	2350

North West

City or town	Street	PO Box
Mahikeng	2745	2745
Rustenburg	0299	0300
Potchefstroom	2531	2520
Klerksdorp	2571	2570
Brits	0250	0250

Northern Cape

City or town	Street	PO Box
Kimberley	8301	8300
Upington	8801	8800
Springbok	8240	8240
Kuruman	8460	8460
De Aar	7000	7000

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