Basic Street Address :
-
Consist of a STREET NUMBER, STREET NAME and the LOCALITY
The LOCALITY should include :
Suburb
Town ( optional Municipality for rural areas )
Province Name
Post Code
Intersection Address :
-
Describes a location at the CORNER of TWO INTERSECTING STREETS with STREET NUMBER
information and LOCALITY.
-
Landmark Address
In SOME instances, The name of a landmark together with a LOCALITY is enough to be an
unambiguous description of the location.
This is Not the same as a landmark to locate an area.
-
Building Address
This is a composite address type that consists of
 Building Information
 Street identifier or Intersection Identifier
 Locality
The building information comprises ( Building Identifier )



Building Name
Unit Number
Floor Number
A complex is a number of buildings that are grouped together and referred to by a common
name.
Site Address
-
In South Africa there are addresses that consist of a street number and locality only
This occurs primarily in townships established during the apartheid years
House numbers were allocated per block or section in a township but no street names were
assigned.
Municipality Address :
What Is A Municipality :
Local government in South Africa consists of municipalities of various types. The largest
metropolitan areas are governed by metropolitan municipalities, while the rest of the country is
divided into district municipalities, each of which consists of several local municipalities.
Municipalities are governed by municipal councils.
How To Get A Delivery Address From A Client Who Works For A Municipality :
A municipality has various departments.
Each department can have multiple addresses that depend on the clients’ profession.
Look at the example Bellow.
The Client informs he/she works for the Durban parks department
Durban Parks Department (Ethekwini Municipality)
The Department’s objectives include the administration, development and maintenance of all parks
and open spaces covering over 4500 hectares, over 500 children’s playgrounds and 180 recreation
playing fields, Over 60 prime parks of horticultural and floral attraction.
Let us look at the 500 Children’s Playgrounds, 180 Recreation Playing Fields and the 60 Prime Parks.
That is a total of 740 addresses for the Durban Parks Department alone and this does not include the
Office Address.
NEVER ASSUME THE CLIENT WORKS IN AN OFFICE. ALLWAYS ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS :
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
What is the name of the municipality?
What is the Name of the department within the Municipality?
What is the client’s profession?
Does the client work in an Office, On A Site or in a Specific Municipal Structure Or Building?
Proceed with taking down the address based on the above information.
SANDF - Four armed services make up the forces of the SANDF:




South African Army
South African Air Force
South African Navy
South African Military Health Service
There is a large joint services base at Thaba Tswane outside Pretoria.
The Army has major bases at Bloemfontein, Johannesburg, Durban, Kimberley, Ladysmith, Lothala,
Nelspruit, Kroonstad, Oudtshoorn, Pietersburg, Port Elizabeth, Potchefstroom and Youngsfield.
The largest of these is the Tempe base outside Bloemfontein, which is home to 44 Parachute
Regiment, an armoured car regiment, an infantry battalion and the School of Armour. Most of the
other bases house single units or a corps school and a unit and other elements of that type
formation. The Combat Training Centre at Lohatla is also home to a mechanized battalion group.
Technical Base Complex Centurion or TEK Base ("Tegnies Basis Werkswinkel") is located at
Centurion, south of Pretoria. It holds a number of active SANDF units within its borders and also has
a housing complex for active members.
Some SANDF units :
1 SAI Bn – Tempe
4 SAI Bn – Middelburg
6 SAI Bn – Grahamstown
5 SAI Bn – Ladysmith
7 SAI Bn - Phalaborwa
8 SAI Bn – Upington
9 SAI Bn - Wynberg/Youngsfield
10 SAI Bn - Mmabatho
14 SAI Bn - Umtata
115 SAI Bn - Wonderboom/Wallmanstad
116 SAI Bn - Messina
118 SAI Bn - Ellisras
121 SAI Bn- Mtubatuba
44 Parachute Regiment
1 Military Hospital
10 Anti-.Aircraft Regiment
ETC........
This is a list of SOME of the departments in the SANDF. Never Assume the client is a soldier in a
specific locality. There are different departments, Units, Military Bases etc where the client may be
based at.
It is important to get as much information from the client as possible
1. Get the name of the Department, Regiment, Battalion, Platoon, The client may even be a
doctor at one of the Military Hospitals
2. Get the name of the military Base
3. Get the road name or main road leading to the military Base
4. Proceed with getting the Locality
MINES
List of some minning companies in SA :











Anglo American plc
Anglo Platinum
De Beers
Exxaro Resources
Gold Fields
Harmony Gold
Impala Platinum
JFPI Corporation
Kumba Resources
Rio Tinto
Wesizwe Platinum