8 Types of South African Domains
There are several types of South African domain types to choose from - when registering one for your website.
In this video, we share the list of relevant domain types.
.ZA is the country-code top-level domain for South Africa. It is to South Africa what .UK is to the United Kingdom and .de is to Germany.
ZA is from the abbreviation of Zuid-Afrika, which is the Dutch for "South Africa".
While there are over 15 types of .ZA domains, only about 4 of them are readily available to the general public.
.web.za
.net.za
.org.za
.co.za
Other types of domains in South Africa are the so-called city top-level domains.
The 3 main cities in South Africa each have their domain endings.
.joburg for Johannesburg in Gauteng
.Capetown for [you guessed it] Cape Town in western cape
.Durban for, yes, Durban in KwaZulu Natal
Each of them is intended for targetting the urban metros and very useful for any use case
Where you wish to target an audience beyond the borders of South Africa and go into the rest of Africa, .Africa is the most ideal.
It is the top-level domain name for the continent of Africa. It is open to anyone who wishes to identify with our continent.
