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When I travel abroad I usually purchase a Prepaid SIM Card for my GSM cell
phone. Are these available in South Africa? Who gives good coverage into Victoria Falls and Cape Town? Thanks in advance. Jim |
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Cape Town is in South Africa. Victoria Falls is in a different country.
South Africa has MTN, Vodacom, and Cell C. They are all available as Pay-as-you-go, from as little as R10. You'd have to get a different sim card for Vic Falls, which falls between Zambia and Zimbabwe. Catherine -- ==Not nuts, just a little eccentric== www.africanbush.co.za African Bush Tours and Safaris P O Box 232, Rouxville, 9958, South Africa Tel (+27) 051 663-0170 or Mobile (+27) 082 490-5485 "James Spears" wrote in message ... When I travel abroad I usually purchase a Prepaid SIM Card for my GSM cell phone. Are these available in South Africa? Who gives good coverage into Victoria Falls and Cape Town? Thanks in advance. Jim |
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In Cape Town you will need a South African SIM card. I recommend
Vodacom because I think their coverage is best. However you can also try Cell C and MTM. You can purchase SIM cards almost anywhere At Victoria Falls you will need either a Zimbabwean or Zambian SIM card depending on which side you'll be spending most time in. These can be purchased at Victoria Falls Town (Zimbabwe) , or in Livingstone (Zambia). The card you purchase in South Arfica WILL NOT WORK in Zimbabwe or Zambia in spite of any promises the moronic and incompetent staff member at the SA cellular shop tries to make. Only contract customers can have international roaming. You can tell that this is a "pet hate" of mine...:-) Regards, Marc On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:01:51 GMT, "James Spears" wrote: When I travel abroad I usually purchase a Prepaid SIM Card for my GSM cell phone. Are these available in South Africa? Who gives good coverage into Victoria Falls and Cape Town? Thanks in advance. Jim |
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Bought a Vodacom SIM card in Johannesburg airport and it did the job.
Thanks for the tip. New Year's eve when I left Cape Town I found a display of these cards in a shopping center selling the SIM cards for 4.99 R. Too bad I didn't find it sooner. I almost purchased one for a souvenir. One thing that did catch me off guard however was my inability to obtain local currency in Zimbabwe. Spent three days and exhausted all of the USD, Euros, and Rands I carried. It was my first time there and I didn't realize that they only accept hard currency from foreigners. Left town with a total of 20R in my posesson. Really nice people though. " Marc Lurie" wrote in message ... In Cape Town you will need a South African SIM card. I recommend Vodacom because I think their coverage is best. However you can also try Cell C and MTM. You can purchase SIM cards almost anywhere At Victoria Falls you will need either a Zimbabwean or Zambian SIM card depending on which side you'll be spending most time in. These can be purchased at Victoria Falls Town (Zimbabwe) , or in Livingstone (Zambia). The card you purchase in South Arfica WILL NOT WORK in Zimbabwe or Zambia in spite of any promises the moronic and incompetent staff member at the SA cellular shop tries to make. Only contract customers can have international roaming. You can tell that this is a "pet hate" of mine...:-) Regards, Marc On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:01:51 GMT, "James Spears" wrote: When I travel abroad I usually purchase a Prepaid SIM Card for my GSM cell phone. Are these available in South Africa? Who gives good coverage into Victoria Falls and Cape Town? Thanks in advance. Jim |
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