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Police (SAPS)
10111
Ambulance / Fire
10177
All Emergencies (from any cellphone)
112
Gender-Based Violence Command Centre
0800 428 428
Childline South Africa
116
These are free to call from any network in South Africa. If you're not sure which number applies, 112 from a cellphone routes to emergency services and can be dialled even without airtime or a SIM card in range of a network.
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