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South Africa

Passport and visa service: South African Department of House Affairs
Visiting South Africa
For further information: Department of Foreign Affairs
Contact your embassy

Official language: Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu.
Other languages spoken: Fanagalo, Hindi, Sotho, Tsotsitaal, Venda,
Business language: English and Afrikaans.
Getting some knowledge: The Travlang website gives you some typical phrases to learn in South Africa.
Free translation tools: Systranbox - Free translation arabic-english-arabic
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Domestic currency: South African Rand
ISO Code: ZAR
To obtain domestic currency: It is possible to exchange foreign currency at the banks, hotels, big shops and eating joints. ATMs are available. Traveller’s cheques are also accepted. Travelers should preferably carry cheques inPounds Sterling or US Dollars.
Possible means of payment: MasterCard and Visa are preferred. American Express and Diners Club are also widely accepted. ATMs are available all over the towns and cities including shopping malls and petrol stations, and accept all international debit and credit cards.
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Automatic Teller Machines (ATM): To find out the locations of ATMs in in South Africa, click on the link to your credit card: Visa, Mastercard or American Express

Type of climate: South Africa experiences pleasant and sunny summers, mild winters, with occasional snow falls on the mountain ranges of the Cape and Natal and in lower-lying areas. There are heavy rains along the south coast from June to September.
For further information: South African weather service

Telephone codes: To call in South Africa from Tunisia, dial 00 (ou +) +27.
To call Tunisia from South Africa, dial 00 (ou +) 216.
Mobile telephone standards: GSM
Internet suffix: .za
Emergency numbers