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Bulk SMS to South Africa

Bulk SMS to South Africa from $0.00705 per message

Pretoria, the administrative capital, and Cape Town, a major tourist destination, drive South Africa's diverse economy with sectors like mining, retail, and education. Bulk SMS is used by schools, retailers, and logistics firms for alerts and promotions. High-volume moments include Black Friday sales, exam result announcements, and load-shedding schedules. Per-message pricing is ideal for large, varied audiences needing frequent updates.

  • 5,673 messages for a $40 top-up, credit that never expires
  • Numbers start +27; local formats accepted with a default country
  • Failed messages refunded to credit automatically
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Text Message

Your parcel 48213 arrives tomorrow between 10:00 and 12:00. Track it with the link in your order email.

South Africa, +27

$0.00705

per SMS segment, USD

1,000 SMS
$7.05
10,000 SMS
$70.50
100,000 SMS
$705.00

Bulk SMS cost to South Africa by volume

The price per segment stays $0.00705 at every volume. A segment is 160 plain characters or 70 Unicode characters; longer texts are billed per part.

Messages1 segment2 segments
1,000$7.05$14.10
10,000$70.50$141.00
50,000$352.50$705.00
100,000$705.00$1,410.00
250,000$1,762.50$3,525.00

Price your own list to South Africa

Destination

10,000 messages to South Africa, 1 segment each

$70.50

$0.00705 per segment. Failed messages are refunded to credit.

A $100 top-up covers this campaign, with +20% extra on a first top-up.

Top up $40

5,673

messages to South Africa

First top-up: 6,241 with +10% bonus credit

Top up $100

14,184

messages to South Africa

First top-up: 17,021 with +20% bonus credit

Top up $500

70,921

messages to South Africa

First top-up: 95,744 with +35% bonus credit

Top up $1,000

141,843

messages to South Africa

First top-up: 198,581 with +40% bonus credit

Number format for South Africa

Mobiles in South Africa carry 9 digits after +27. Locally they are written with a leading 0, like 071 123 4567; with South Africa as the default country the console reads that as +27 71 123 4567, so local and international forms end up as the same recipient.

+27 71 123 4567

Alphabet and message length

English, Afrikaans, Zulu and other official languages text fits the GSM-7 alphabet, so a single SMS to South Africa carries 160 characters and each part of a longer one carries 153. One emoji or curly quote turns the whole text into Unicode at 70 characters per segment; the composer names that character and can swap quotes and dashes for plain ones.

Local time in South Africa

South Africa keeps UTC+2 all year, with no clock change. A 09:00 start in Johannesburg is 07:00 UTC; the console shows both times when you schedule.

Who sends bulk SMS to South Africa

Load-shedding schedules

Utility companies in Johannesburg and Pretoria send daily load-shedding schedules to households and businesses.

Exam results

Schools and universities in Cape Town and Durban send exam results to students and parents at the end of each term.

Retail promotions

Retailers in Johannesburg send Black Friday and holiday season promotions to customers nationwide.

Questions about bulk SMS to South Africa

How much does bulk SMS to South Africa cost?
Each SMS segment to South Africa costs $0.00705. A plain message of up to 160 characters is one segment, so 10,000 messages cost $70.50. Longer or Unicode texts use more segments, and the console shows the exact total before you send.
Are failed messages to South Africa refunded?
Yes. When the network reports a message as failed, its price returns to your credit automatically and appears as a refund line on your ledger. Numbers the console leaves out before sending, such as duplicates or invalid formats, are never charged.
How many messages to South Africa does a $40 top-up buy?
$40 buys 5,673 single-segment messages to South Africa. A first top-up adds +10% bonus credit, which raises that to 6,241. Credit never expires and works for every destination.
Which languages should we use for SMS in South Africa?
English is widely understood, but including Afrikaans or Zulu can improve engagement, especially in specific regions.
Are there peak times for SMS sends in South Africa?
Peak times include Black Friday, school exam periods, and holiday seasons, when businesses and schools send frequent updates.

More prices in East and Southern Africa

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