South Africans in China: Save +27 Contacts Without Drama
The +27 Detail That Can Save You a Proper Headache You have just landed in China, or perhaps you are already settled in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hangzhou or Changsha. Your Chinese SIM is working, your WeChat Pay setup is slowly getting there, and then somebody asks for your number. Easy, right? Not always. For South Africans, the country code South Africa uses is +27. That little plus sign and two-digit code matter far more than they should. Enter your number the wrong way when registering for an app, sharing it with a classmate, booking a service or recovering a WeChat account, and suddenly you are doing admin at 23:00 with a flat battery. Not lekker. ...