If you are looking to make cheap calls to South Africa, you have arrived at the right spot. In this article, I am going to list a few methods of how you can do that. I will review each application in terms of quality of service, easy of use and finally cost or calling rates. This article will cover calls to landline and mobile phones in South Africa. So whether you are looking to call your loved ones on a landline number in Cape town or a mobile phone services by Vodacom, this article should help you out.
1- letsBrik
Calling Rate (Mobile): $0.05 per minute
Calling Rate (Landline): $0.05 per minute
Connection Fees: Zero
letsBrik is a web browser based application that offers cheap calls to South Africa and most other countries of the world. Since it is web browser based, you do not have to download any app. Simply sign up using either your Facebook account or your e-mail address, add money to your account and start making calls to South Africa. It offers the cheapest international calling rates of all other services reviewed in this article.
2- Skype
Calling Rate (Mobile): $0.075 per minute
Calling Rate (Landline): $0.045 per minute
Connection Fees: Ranges from $0.045 to $0.35
Skype has been around for many years and does not need an introduction. For those of you who have been camping in Mangolia and do not know Skype, it is a communication application that offers free video/audio calls to other Skype users in addition to offering cheap international VOIP based phone calls to mobile and landline phones around the world.
You can use Skype to make cheap calls to South Africa. It is more expensive then letsBrik and also charges a connection fee. This fee is charged every time your call is successfully connected. Depending on which phone number you are calling, it can range from $0.045 all the way to $0.35.
3- Rebtel
Calling Rate (Mobile): $0.055 per minute
Calling Rate (Landline): $0.055 per minute
Connection Fees: Zero
Rebtel can also be used to make cheap calls to South Africa depending on which country you are calling from. For most countries, it will offer you a local phone number that you call and it automatically connects your phone calls from that local number to your final destination phone number in South Africa. It basically converts a local call to an international phone call. You still have to pay for the local call in the first place - plus any additional calling rate that is charged by Rebtel for South Africa. Rebtel offers apps of iOS and Android and offers decent call quality.
4- Lycamobile
Calling Rate (Mobile): $0.09 per minute
Calling Rate (Landline): $0.01 per minute
Connection Fees: Zero
Lycamobile functions like a normal carrier. It offers regular SIM cards that can be purchased either online or via phone call. Once you receive the SIM, activate it and add money, you can use your regular smartphone to make cheap calls to South Africa. You should consider Lycamobile as an option If you prefer to use your regular mobile to make international calls and are okay with switching to a new mobile carrier - Lycamobile in this case.
