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EXPRESS PARCEL DELIVERY TO SOUTH AFRICA
EXPRESS PARCEL DELIVERY TO SOUTH AFRICA
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Send a Parcel To South Africa Fast - DHL Courier Delivery
Located at the southern tip of Africa – the world’s second-largest continent – South Africa is one of the world’s emerging economies, and such an economy needs a first class delivery service. Need to send a parcel to South Africa? Located in over 220 countries and territories worldwide, we’ve been helping people send their important documents and parcels through our fast and secure parcel delivery service for more than 40 years. And it’s no different in South Africa.
In a year, DHL South Africa ships millions of parcels meaning you can rest safe in the knowledge that your parcel will be well looked after when leaving the UK. You can even follow your parcel’s journey every step of the way with free tracking by text, phone or online. And with all parcels signed for on delivery, there’s no need to worry about it ending up in the wrong hands.
Parcel delivery to South Africa can take as little as 2 working days with DHL, so whether your package to South Africa is destined for Cape Town or Johannesburg, we’ll get it there for you in good time. Want to know how to send a parcel to South Africa? Get a quote and choose from our three simple options. It’s as easy as walk, click or call!
National Holidays 2025*
- 1 January, Wednesday - New Year's Day
- 21 March, Friday - Human Rights Day
- 18 April, Friday - Good Friday
- 21 April, Monday - Family Day
- 27 April, Sunday - Freedom Day
- 28 April, Monday - Freedom Day Holiday
- 1 May, Thursday - Workers' Day
- 16 June, Monday - Youth Day
- 9 August, Saturday - National Women's Day
- 24 September, Wednesday - Heritage Day
- 16 December, Tuesday - Day of Reconciliation
- 25 December, Thursday - Christmas Day
- 26 December, Friday - Day of Goodwill
* Public holidays in South Africa may affect our estimated transit times.
Compare DHL courier services for parcel delivery to South Africa
DHL Express online tracking is the fastest way to find out where your parcel is.
Tracking number not 10 digits? Track your shipment on the DHL eCommerce UK (formerly DHL Parcel UK) website!
Track UK shipment (14 digits e.g. 41505910017980)
Track driver calling card (7 digits e.g. 3710615)
Track UK return shipment (24 digits, always starts with 'JJD')
Happy at this point
Spoke to a lovely lady today 17/08/2024 her name was Vicki I have been waiting on a parcel for th...
Patricia chalmers
If U want to go for express delivery for any address I...
Moidhusen Chauhan
Sarah from East Midlands is 5 stars
Russell Kauffman
Best of the best
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Precious Evans
Customer Service out of this world
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Pamela Scoular
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I had a few bad experiences trying to post a parcel to my son in Dubai using different companies w...
Pamela Scoular
Amazing reliable service! Highly recommend
Dear customer service - I want to express my utmost appreciation for Joseph, my DHL driver. He con...
Julia Whyte
Great delivery from Heathrow to Drayton, well packed a...
Thank yu very much for your enabling me to send an item that I inadvertently carried in my hand lu...
MARCUS JOHN FITZGERALD
Michael( Mike) Forster is a STAR employee!
This is a testimony about the quality of staff ( DHL employs) that speaks volumes! On 10 June 20...
S.Yeo
Constantly Raising the Bar
James, is one of the best couriers that I have every had the chance to encounter. His friendly dem...
Aaron McLaughlin
Jeff Cook provided great advice and exceptional servic...
I would recommend the services of DHL Express to my family and friends.
Jeff Cook of DHL Express...
Alita Egan
Spot on !
Our delivery driver is spot on !
Always polite and always smiling. He is one of the profession...
Kristina
DHL PHIL IS A GREAT GUY ALWAYS HELPFULL ,
PHIL IS ALWAYS SUPPORTIVE IN COLLECTING PARCELS FROM MY WORKS EVEN IF TWICE IN ONE DAY AT DIFERENT...
ADAM GOODFELLOW
Great Service With A Smile 😃
This is the 3rd time I have used DHL to send a package overseas. As my mobility is not great it be...
Del
THE DELIVERY BEAST
Dhl have been giving us an excellent service till date. The regular courier driver Joseph have bee...
Aqvisha Deudita Camelo
Outstanding Service
I would like to say a big Thank you to all the advisor that help me make my grandads 100th birthd...
Carla
10out of 10
Mohamed Hassan
Great service
Our delivery driver Stephen arrived today, he had many different boxes and due to my husbands bad...
Gill
EMA Service point brilliant staff
Cynthia and Jo at the EMA service point are first class.
Friendly, efficient service and I had a...
Chris King
Brilliant
Great friendly service. Speedy and easy. Well done Leith Depot !
Wilma Harley
Excellent and Outstanding Service as Always
I have ALWAYS experienced an excellent service. I have had no problems with receiving any orders w...
Denise Baker
She was extremely helpful and very kind and supportive...
Becca was brilliant. She was a star. Really enjoyed and the service totally deserved the award and...
Ralph
Simply the Best
Have used for the past year and beat all the others in terms of reliability and customer service
Andrew Fawcett
Brilliant Service with a Smile!
Due to the nature of my business I receive a lot of deliveries from DHL and other delivery compani...
Ben Silverstein
Amazing helpful Staff
I would like to thank very helpful staff especially T for sorting out my problem today at Thatcham...
Alicia Caswell
DHL speedy and reliable delivery partner
WE ARE REGULAR CUSTOMER OF DHL AND WE HAVE SHIPMENTS GOING OUT EVERYDAY. THE REGULAR COURIER DRIVE...
Mehul Patel
Above and beyond in Newport
Went to pick up a diverted parcel and received outstanding customer service from the man on the de...
Amy
SERVICE ABOVE AND BEYOND
We are a health clinic requiring DHL services to ship samples within and outside the UK and over t...
Olubunmi Ijeh
Always delivered with a smile.
Your service is brilliant. The delivery drivers are polite helpful and friendly. I recommend DHL t...
Frank Stringer
Cracking service
The lady that delivered the ergonomic desk that I ordered from online was fantastic, not only is s...
Kim
Happy at this point
Spoke to a lovely lady today 17/08/2024 her name was Vicki I have been waiting on a parcel for th...
Patricia chalmers
If U want to go for express delivery for any address I...
Moidhusen Chauhan
Sarah from East Midlands is 5 stars
Russell Kauffman
Best of the best
I want to find out the cost of sending and picking up a parcel from Bangladesh to Nigeria
Precious Evans
Customer Service out of this world
After experiencing very poor service from other international postal companies I decided to try DH...
Pamela Scoular
Luke from DHL express Sheffield amazing , knowledgeabl...
I had a few bad experiences trying to post a parcel to my son in Dubai using different companies w...
Pamela Scoular
Amazing reliable service! Highly recommend
Dear customer service - I want to express my utmost appreciation for Joseph, my DHL driver. He con...
Julia Whyte
Great delivery from Heathrow to Drayton, well packed a...
Thank yu very much for your enabling me to send an item that I inadvertently carried in my hand lu...
MARCUS JOHN FITZGERALD
Michael( Mike) Forster is a STAR employee!
This is a testimony about the quality of staff ( DHL employs) that speaks volumes! On 10 June 20...
S.Yeo
Constantly Raising the Bar
James, is one of the best couriers that I have every had the chance to encounter. His friendly dem...
Aaron McLaughlin
Jeff Cook provided great advice and exceptional servic...
I would recommend the services of DHL Express to my family and friends.
Jeff Cook of DHL Express...
Alita Egan
Spot on !
Our delivery driver is spot on !
Always polite and always smiling. He is one of the profession...
Kristina
DHL PHIL IS A GREAT GUY ALWAYS HELPFULL ,
PHIL IS ALWAYS SUPPORTIVE IN COLLECTING PARCELS FROM MY WORKS EVEN IF TWICE IN ONE DAY AT DIFERENT...
ADAM GOODFELLOW
Great Service With A Smile 😃
This is the 3rd time I have used DHL to send a package overseas. As my mobility is not great it be...
Del
THE DELIVERY BEAST
Dhl have been giving us an excellent service till date. The regular courier driver Joseph have bee...
Aqvisha Deudita Camelo
Outstanding Service
I would like to say a big Thank you to all the advisor that help me make my grandads 100th birthd...
Carla
10out of 10
Mohamed Hassan
Great service
Our delivery driver Stephen arrived today, he had many different boxes and due to my husbands bad...
Gill
EMA Service point brilliant staff
Cynthia and Jo at the EMA service point are first class.
Friendly, efficient service and I had a...
Chris King
Brilliant
Great friendly service. Speedy and easy. Well done Leith Depot !
Wilma Harley
Excellent and Outstanding Service as Always
I have ALWAYS experienced an excellent service. I have had no problems with receiving any orders w...
Denise Baker
She was extremely helpful and very kind and supportive...
Becca was brilliant. She was a star. Really enjoyed and the service totally deserved the award and...
Ralph
Simply the Best
Have used for the past year and beat all the others in terms of reliability and customer service
Andrew Fawcett
Brilliant Service with a Smile!
Due to the nature of my business I receive a lot of deliveries from DHL and other delivery compani...
Ben Silverstein
Amazing helpful Staff
I would like to thank very helpful staff especially T for sorting out my problem today at Thatcham...
Alicia Caswell
DHL speedy and reliable delivery partner
WE ARE REGULAR CUSTOMER OF DHL AND WE HAVE SHIPMENTS GOING OUT EVERYDAY. THE REGULAR COURIER DRIVE...
Mehul Patel
Above and beyond in Newport
Went to pick up a diverted parcel and received outstanding customer service from the man on the de...
Amy
SERVICE ABOVE AND BEYOND
We are a health clinic requiring DHL services to ship samples within and outside the UK and over t...
Olubunmi Ijeh
Always delivered with a smile.
Your service is brilliant. The delivery drivers are polite helpful and friendly. I recommend DHL t...
Frank Stringer
Cracking service
The lady that delivered the ergonomic desk that I ordered from online was fantastic, not only is s...
Kim
Country facts
- South Africa has three capital cities, Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial) and Pretoria (administrative)
- The population of South Africa is around 55.1 million
- The largest city in South Africa is Johannesburg
- South Africa has 11 official languages, including Zulu, Afrikaans, Xhosa and English
- Drivers use the left hand side of the road in South Africa
- Cave paintings have been found in South Africa that date to around 75,000 years ago
- South Africa's coastline stretches over 2500 kilometres (1553 miles) in length
- Since 1997, the South African national anthem has been a hybrid song combining new English lyrics with extracts of the hymn Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika (God Bless Africa) and Die Stem van Suid-Afrika (The Call of South Africa)
- The currency in South Africa is the Rand
- With 13 parties in Parliament, South Africa has a vibrant political system
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