All South African Bulletin Boards

The following aims to be a complete list of all Bulletin Board Systems that ever existed in South Africa.

Information was sourced from numerous newsletters, adverts, nodelists, bulletins, personal notes, and any available issues of Roblist.
It is by no means complete and only as correct as source data permits. Additions and corrections are welcome.

An explanation of the fields can be found at the bottom of the table.

A	BBS Name	SysOp/s	Number/s	Nodes	Dates active		Comment/s
	4th World	Unknown	(011) 888-5178	1	1995
	A La Carte	Kevin Pearce	(016) 62-3602	1	Sep. 1992	1996
	aBByS AH	Ralph Taylor	(031) 903-5922	1	1993
	Ace's Place	Monte Veldtmann	(016) 76-6261	2	1993	1995
			(016) 76-6262
			(016) 82-3565
	Acetron	Wilhelm Lehman	(011) 440-3826	5	1996
	ACSIS	Duncan MacMillian	(031) 42-3514	2	1995	1996
			(031) 469-0960
	Active	Franscois Jooste	(02231) 7-1779	2	Sep. 1992	1995
			(02231) 7-9126
			(02231) 90-1619
			(021) 887-1779				BBS relocated
	AdultNet International	Richard Kruger	(011) 412-2540	1	1996
	AECI BBS	Mark Symons	(011) 608-1516	1	1993	1995
	Africa Board	Dan Samara	(021) 434-6173	2	Oct. 1990	1996
			(021) 439-9948
	Africa Online	Mark Stayt	(012) 45-2784	1	1993	1994
	Agabe	Danie Koorts	(011) 476-6881	1	1995
	Algoa BBS	Frikkie Potgieter	(041) 46-4396	1	1993	1995
			(041) 46-3798
	Alien Nation	Trevor Tibbits	(031) 21-4957	1	1993
	Alienation	Andrew Tavenor	(011) 472-4157	1	1993	1994	Previously "CD-ViSiON AH"
	Alpha BBS	George Inacio	(011) 435-1456	6	1993	1995
			(011) 435-0099
			(011) 435-1446
			(011) 435-1454
			(011) 435-1456
			(011) 435-1431
			(011) 435-3922
	AL's Place	Alan Bevis	(031) 47-2874	2	1994	2000+
			(031) 47-4517
			(031) 467-0244
	AMA/CM	Malcolm Kleu Patrick Stevens	(011) 334-6100	1	1993	1995
	Amiga Zone	Unknown	(021) 75-7411	1	Oct. 1990
	Ampac	Pieter Engelbrecht	(021) 510-5418	1	1993	1995
	Anonymouse	Unknown	(011) 883-7478	1	Oct. 1990
	Apogee Software	Kobus Jooste	(012) 333-8308	2	1994	1995	Also known as "Software People"
			(012) 333-8309
	Armageddon AH	Robert Mills	(012) 991-1109	1	1993	1994
	ASM BBS	Pieter Scholtz	(021) 448-5876	1	1992
			(021) 461-1430
	Asphyxia	Dudley Marcus	(031) 765-5312	3	1993	1995
			(031) 765-6292
			(031) 765-6293
	Astro BBS AH	Frits Kok	(011) 768-2924	1	Sep. 1992	1994
	Avante	Philip van Vuuren	(057) 212-7490	1	1995
B	BBS Name	SysOp/s	Number/s	Nodes	Dates active		Comment/s
The	Baby International	Deon Loretan	(012) 333-2076	1	Sep. 1992	1994
			(012) 73-5320
	Baby International II	Chris van der Merwe	(012) 546-7087	1	1995
	Bailey's AH	Unknown	(0225) 3-1582	1	1995
	Banyan Vinyard	Tony Duncan	(011) 900-3828	1	Sep. 1992	1993
	BaudRoom	Morné Wiggins	(011) 942-4603	2	1993	1994
			(011) 942-1816
	Bee-Line	Mike Goode	(021) 461-6275	3	Sep. 1992	1995
			(021) 461-2149
			(021) 461-4140
	Beginner's Luck	Unknown	(01441) 2-5172	1	1995
	Belle Model	HeinRich W. KocH	(012) 341-9990	1	1996		Pre-BBS advert
	Belle/Mable	Unknown	(031) 78-3596	1	Oct. 1990
	Bible BBS Pretoria	Peter Miller	(012) 661-8367	1	1996	2000
	Bible Board	Robert Laniewski	(011) 764-6036	1	1995	2000+
	BIG BBS	Unknown	(011) 475-6656	1	1995
	Big Mac	Dave McEwen	(041) 33-3113	1	Sep. 1992	1995
The	Big-Tech BBS	Unknown	(021) 691-6355	1
	Bird's Nest	Christo Badenhorst	(011) 839-1310	1	Oct. 1990	1995
			(011) 486-1308
	Bitcom BBS	Ryan Vietri	(021) 61-2428	1	1993
	BIXSA	Mark Stayt	(012) 347-0352	3	1995		Separate boards run concurrently
	BIXSA	Mark Stayt	(011) 805-4609	1	1995		Separate boards run concurrently
	Boeredata	Bernard Vorster	(012) 71-5992	1	1996
	Border BBS	Unknown	(0431) 55866	1	1988
	Bombed Out	Charl Cilliers	(018) 8-6524	2	1992	1995	Advert 1 \| Advert 2 (nudity)
			(018) 468-6262
	Brainwaves	Chris Clarke	(021) 797-1696	1	1989	1995
	Breadboard	Ivan Frimmel	(011) 918-1861	1	1989	1992?
	Bruno's	Martijn Brunott	(021) 761-7996	1	Oct. 1990
	Bridges	Unknown	(011) 403-5240	1	1995
	BusiBaud	JJ Milner	(011) 788-3874	1	Sep. 1992	1993
	Busy BBS	Jean Sirenev	(021) 794-5826	1	1992
C	BBS Name	SysOp/s	Number/s	Nodes	Dates active		Comment/s
	Cablecom AH	Michael Jordaan	(011) 816-2455	1	Sep. 1992	1993
	CALM	Clive Jones	(011) 900-1118	1	Sep. 1992	1995
	CAMI	Unknown	(011) 476-5986	1	1995
	Cande Online	Dirk Erasmus	(041) 35-5180	1	1995
	Canon	Ken Turner	(021) 507-5112	1	1995
	Cape MacBoard	Reginald Louw	(021) 96-6067	1	1993	1995
	Capital Com-Tech	Geoff Dellow	(012) 71-5697	1	Oct. 1990
The	Capricorn	Mike De Bruyn	(011) 434-1134	1	Oct. 1990	1995
			(011) 683-2679
			(011) 484-3586
	Capricorn II	Ralph Colyn	(021) 790-4551	1	Oct. 1990
	Catacomb	Craig Nichols	(011) 827-6763	1	Sep. 1992	1994
The	Catalyst CT	Mark Allen	(021) 689-2008	3	1988
			(021) 689-2215
			(021) 689-2792
			(021) 66-3112
			(021) 69-2792
The	Catalyst DN	Mike Brand	(031) 47-7405	1	1988
			(031) 764-0353
The	Catalyst JHB	Tjaart Silvis	(011) 888-3341	2	1988	1994	Registration letter from 1992
			(011) 888-3332
			(011) 782-3341
			(011) 782-3332
The	Catalyst PE	Henk Wolsink	(041) 34-1122	4	1988	2000	Fidonet Zone 5 (Africa) Coordinator until shutdown
			(041) 34-2859
			(041) 34-3279
			(041) 51-3406
			(041) 51-5913
			(041) 33-6176
			(041) 33-5088
	Cauldron	Robert Farrer	(011) 828-6731	1	1995
	CDrive #1	Justin Moore	(031) 777-1572	1	1996
	CD Enterprises	Unknown	(021) 531-9891	1	1995
	CD-ViSiON AH	Andrew Tavenor	(011) 472-4157	1	1993	1993	Became "Alienation"
			(011) 403-1248
	CDS Online	Grant Anderson	(011) 744-3136	1		1993
	Chameleon BBS	Gary Colman	(021) 462-4580	2	1993	1995	Different BBSes?
			(021) 461-0140
	Chameleon BBS	Johan Benecke	(021) 439-6546	1	1996		Different BBSes?
	Chariot BBS	Katja Christiansan	(021) 72-9703	1	1993	1995	Previously "Clarion Support"
	ChatNet	Keith Waters	(024) 56-3112	1	1992	1994?
	Chatterbox	Richard Pillay	(031) 269-3728	4	Sep. 1992	1996
			(031) 269-1096
			(031) 269-1482
			(031) 269-1484
	Christian Network	Peter Gill	(011) 753-2564	1	1993	1998
			(011) 753-1364
			(011) 754-1293
	Clan of the Claw AH	Omero Saienni	(011) 622-8160	1	1995
	Clarion Support	Katja Christiansan	(021) 72-9703	1	1992		Became "Chariot BBS"
	Clipper Expert	Russel Stromin	(011) 643-4201	1	Oct. 1990	1993
	Clipper Guild	Unknown	(011) 614-6774	1	Oct. 1990
	Coltech	Pieter Joubert	(041) 38-3611	1	1993
	Commint	Yoram Gur Arie	(012) 348-7177	3	1995
	Comp-Pat-Able	Patrick Paterson + Gary Hendricks	(011) 725-3819	1	1995	1996
The	Compu'Cafe AH	Graham Downs	(011) 902-2693	1	1996		Predecessor to "Dungeon Keep"
	Compuflex	Jaco Lange	(016) 55-3225	1	1995
	Compu-Mania BBS	Agostino Gaglio	(018) 468-6779	1	1993	1994
	Compu-Secure	Paul Wolsink	(012) 320-0549	1	Oct. 1990
	Compustat Cape Town	Steve Davies	(021) 683-4368	1	1995
	Compustat Durban	Rob Lith	(031) 207-4354	1	1995
	Compustat JHB	Brian Rowbotham	(011) 803-8000	1	1995
	Compustat P.E.	Adrian Karth	(041) 51-3083	1	1995
	Computer Connexions Online	Christian Ruocco	(021) 45-4512	1	1996
	Computer DAS	Stewart Green	(011) 616-1066	1	1996
	Computer Den	Unknown	(011) 453-2118	1	Oct. 1990
	Computer Haven	Kassie Bester	(012) 343-3953	1	1993	1994
	Concept BBS	Paul Giraud	(011) 440-6246	1	Oct. 1992	1994
	Connectica	Ian Gerada	(011) 886-4970	2	1995
			(011) 886-5560
	Connectix	Dave Hall Phil Clemo	(031) 266-9992	15	Sep. 1992	2000+
			(031) 266-9835
			(031) 266-9907
			(031) 266-9987
			(031) 266-9921
			(031) 266-2277
	Connectix JHB	Dave Hall	(011) 889-1744	8	1993	1994
	CoolBBS	Gaven Cohen	(021) 761-8573	1	1992
	Creative BBS	Dan Wagner	(011) 887-1949	1	1993	1995
	Crazy AH	Unknown	(011) 706-3495	1	1992
	CrossLink AH	Paul De Klerk	(041) 51-2808	1	1995
	CrossWired BBS AH	Xander Botha	(021) 790-3983	1	1994	1995
	Cryogenics AH	Unknown	(031) 42-2626	1	1995
	CTT Computers	Unknown	(011) 674-3504	1	1992	1993
	Cyber BBS AH	André Miller	(021) 99-3022	1	1993	1994	Advert
	CyberComm	Phil Clemo	(031) 25-1039	6	1995
			(031) 25-1061
			(031) 25-1621
			(031) 25-1638
			(031) 25-2867
			(031) 25-3039
	CyberLogic-Communication AH	Steven Pieterse	(021) 75-8145	1	1995
The	Cybernetic Dream	Charles Evans	(0331) 94-1698	1	1995
	Cyberspace	Mark Sayers	(011) 917-2980	1	1994
	CyberSpace AH	Michael O'ehley	(016) 76-9643	1	1995
D	BBS Name	SysOp/s	Number/s	Nodes	Dates active		Comment/s
The	Dark Half BBS	Peter Mares	(011) 664-6346	1	1994
	DarkStar AH	Danie Joubert	(012) 998-6339	1	1995
	Data Link AH	Robert Derot	(031) 21-2457	1	May 1993	1993	Previously "Rob's BBS"
	DataSOFT AH	Craig Nicholson	(031) 47-7658	1	1993
	Dataverters	Mike Cookson + Graeme Heaven	(031) 765-5534	3	1993	1995
			(031) 765-5950
			(031) 765-6154
	Democratic Solutions	Richard Koenis	(011) 826-2658	1	1992	1994
	Depth of Insanity AH	Ashley Kleynhans	(011) 864-5787	1	1992		Became "House of Games"
	Dezen	Unknown	(012) 55-3222	1	Oct. 1990
	Diakonos	Deon Strydom	(0441) 8-1652	1	1993	1995
	Diamond Group Tech Network	Francois Rautenbach	(012) 803-5683	1	1996
	Dias BBS	Fernando Lopes	(011) 614-4486	1	1992	1993
	DigiNews	Jan Taljaard	(012) 322-2999	2	1996
			(012) 320-5102
	Digital Domain	Guy Langston	(021) 64-1696	1	1994	1994
	Digital Gallery	Mark Furst	(011) 783-9654	1	1993	1994
	Digital Reality	Tirone Nel	(031) 708-5531	1	1995
	Digital Systems	Ali Amler	(021) 439-8078	1	1992
	Digitec Online	Anthony Gerada	(011) 328-4000	30	Sep. 1992	1996	Newspaper advert \| RsaNET User Choice Awards 1993
			(011) 328-4016
			(011) 476-2008
			(011) 476-2382
			(011) 476-6254
			(011) 476-7136
			(011) 476-7137
			(011) 476-7138
			(011) 476-7526
			(011) 476-7527
			(011) 476-7528
			(011) 476-7529
			(011) 476-8579
			(011) 476-8580
			(011) 476-8581
			(011) 476-8582
			(011) 476-8583
			(011) 476-8584
			(011) 476-8585
			(011) 476-8587
			(011) 476-8790
			(011) 476-8791
			(011) 476-8792
			(011) 476-8793
			(011) 476-8794
	Diocesan College BBS	Kevin Duff + Michael Bax Andrew Martin	(021) 689-1072	1	ca. 1989	1993
	Domain of WaveWa AH	Blake Turner	(011) 705-2920	1	Sep. 1992
	Doorwars	Unknown	(021) 761-7588	1	Oct. 1990
	Door et al	Evan Brighton	(021) 21-1486	1	Oct. 1990		Related to "Et Al"?
	Double Helix	Richard Hawkins	(051) 21-4776	1	1992
	DriveLine	Gary Naidoo	(011) 883-4500	1	1993
	Dual	Vincent Williams	(021) 448-4150	1		1993
	Dungeon Keep	Graham Downs	(011) ???-????	1		2000	Previously "The Compu'Cafe"
	Dynamic	Duggie Clarke	(011) 680-9143	1	Sep. 1992	1993
E	BBS Name	SysOp/s	Number/s	Nodes	Dates active		Comment/s
	EDIC	Theunis Prinsloo	(012) 342-3771	1	1993
	EDSA BBS	Mark Symons	(011) 807-4420	1	1996
	Educare	Raj Naransamy	(011) 854-2184	1	1993	1995
	Edurek Software AH	Hendrik Bosman	(02823) 2-8788	1	1995
	Eeru BBS	Derek Nigrini	(012) 320-0923	2	1992	1995
			(012) 379-7288
			(012) 379-7271
	Electro	Stean Snyman	(021) 981-5234	1		1993
	ElectroWave AH	Carl Harding	(011) 421-2743	1	1995
	Eliac	Mark Pullin	(0431) 5-7949	1	Sep. 1992	1994
	Enigma	Gavin Lock	(021) 96-9019	1		1992
	Enviro-Base	Dave Du Toit	(0152) 307-5954	1	1995
	E.S.C.	Mike Brand	(031) 72-0231	1	Sep. 1992
	Et Al	Michael Cameron	(021) 419-8418	3		1993
			(021) 419-8419
			(021) 419-8420
			(021) 419-7653
			(021) 419-7654
	Eye of the Storm	Christiaan Keet	(021) 887-9477	1	1993	1994
F	BBS Name	SysOp/s	Number/s	Nodes	Dates active		Comment/s
	Fast!	Graeme Slogrove	(011) 706-1749	2	1992	1996
			(011) 463-4940
	FBI-BBS	Frik Havenga	(016) 81-1706	1	Sep. 1992	1995
	For Your Eye's Only	Che Bond	(031) 29-8493	1	1993	1994
			(031) 28-5318
The	Force	Craig Johnston Kevin Scott	(031) 83-7720	1	Oct. 1990	1995
			(031) 207-3394
			(031) 23-0424
			(031) 23-4868
	Fotocom	Awie Spengler Wayne Borcher	(012) 323-2751	1	Oct. 1990	1993
	Foundation BBS	David Butler	(011) 805-0892	1	1995
	Fox's Lair	Gerhard Goosen	(041) 46-1244	1	1993
	Frequency MODulation AH	Cobus Pretorius	(011) 955-2960	1	1994	1994
	Friendly City	Greg Murrell	(041) 51-1185	2	1993	1999
			(041) 51-2305
	Frisoft	David Kusner	(011) 440-3215	2		1993
			(011) 440-3216
	Furbo AH	Marcel Groenewald	(012) 348-4933	1	1993
	FUSiON	Lloyd Weehuizen	(021) 531-7034	1	1996
	Future	Unknown	(011) 648-8154	1	Oct. 1990
	Future II	Unknown	(011) 52-5841	1	Oct. 1990
	Future Force	Unknown	(011) 753-2336	1	1992
G	BBS Name	SysOp/s	Number/s	Nodes	Dates active		Comment/s
	GameCHIP AH	Unknown	(011) 972-7081	1	1995
	Gamers Online II AH	Peet Gouws	(011) 763-5846	1	1993	1994
The	Games Board	Enrico Cibrario	(011) 622-3518	2	1995
			(011) 615-7758
	Gandalf's	Deon Maartens	(011) 433-1988	1	Sep. 1992	1993	Predecessor of "Mon Ami"
	GemNET!	Craig Hind + Caroline	(011) 964-1440	1	1993	1995
			(011) 425-2380
	Genie Systems	Grant Karstel	(021) 99-3480	1		1992
	Genius AH	Wally Human	(011) 753-1331	1	1995
	Geonet Amiga	Eric Carsten	(021) 592-2686	1	1988	1995
			(021) 591-4954
	Giaans BBS	Gawie Myburg	(012) 333-1163	1	Oct. 1990	1995
	Giaans II	Loot Enslin	(012) 331-5088	1	Sep. 1992	1995
The	Gig AH	Shaun Johnston	(0331) 6-3895	1	1995
	Global Africa	Charl Durand	(011) 837-1094	1	1995
	Goblin King	Martin van Staaden	(041) 30-1673	1	1995
	Golden City	Dave Pedler	(011) 403-1756	2	1988
			(011) 403-1757
	Goldfields	Niel Uys	(011) 393-3624	5	1990	1995
			(011) 393-3626
			(011) 393-4236
			(011) 393-4159
			(011) 393-4764
			(0171) 8-4102				BBS relocated
			(0171) 8-1157
			(0171) 8-4278
			(0171) 8-4279
	gote land	Unknown	(031) 44-1115	1	1995
	Graphics	Hein Hurter	(011) 817-1321	3	1992	1995	Advert
			(011) 817-1590
			(011) 817-1592
	Great North BBS	Kobus Myburg	(0152) 296-0742	1	1995
	Green Dragon	Graham Leggett	(011) 475-6637	2	1993	1995
			(011) 679-5969
	Grey High School AH	Unknown	(041) 33-4855	1	1995
	Ground School BBS	Nico Visagie	(021) 930-1909	1	1993	1995
			(021) 930-1301
	Gus BBS	Gus Pereira	(011) 696-1230	1	1992
H	BBS Name	SysOp/s	Number/s	Nodes	Dates active		Comment/s
	HAi WHQ BBS	David Storer	(021) 557-3231	1	1995
	Hercules PC Club	Dudley Marcus	(031) 765-5312	1	1993
	High Tech Net	Unknown	(012) 348-3718	1	Oct. 1990
	High Tide	Francois Verster	(021) 913-6009	1	1993	1995
			(021) 913-2034
	Highlander BBS AH	Steven Hazelden	(024) 852-6914	1	1995
	Highway Software	Unknown	(031) 74-3561	1	1988
	Hints R US BBS AH	Leon Steffens	(012) 542-1845	1	1993
The	HMVH Corporation BBS	Herby Hönigsperger	(011) 942-4208	1	15-12-1994	27-04-2000	ZIP file advert \| Newsgroup advert
			(011) 941-1341
			(011) 768-6153
	HNR "In Touch" BBS	Graeme Adamson Mohan Pokkali	(011) 444-0235	2	1993	1996
			(011) 444-3911
			(011) 444-5793
			(011) 444-3781
	Holistic	Francois Joubert	(012) 808-0888	1		1992	1993
	Holo	Anton Lasich	(021) 788-3224	1		1992
	Honey in the Rock	Melvain Donyes	(031) 463-1709	1	1992
	House of Games AH	Ashley Kleynhans	(011) 864-5787	1		1993	Previously "Depth of Insanity", became "SASA"
	HPS	Marck Norton	(011) 444-9443	1	1993
	HSRC Genealogy	Isabel Groesbeek	(012) 202-2433	1	Sep. 1992	1995
I-K	BBS Name	SysOp/s	Number/s	Nodes	Dates active		Comment/s
	I Spy	Peter Spies	(031) 21-8961	1	1993
	I.D.S.	Gavin Nesbitt	(0331) 45-5710	1	1993	1995
	IBM OS/2 User Group	Simon Snyman Paul Dreyer Andrew Rindel	(011) 320-9201	10	Sep. 1992	1996
			(011) 320-9204
			(011) 320-8461
			(011) 331-5508
			(011) 475-3796
	iCe BrEaKeR AH	Anton de Kock	(021) 99-1622	1	1996
	ICL Personal Systems	Philip van Staaden Mark Mallabone	(011) 314-3582	1	1995	1996
	Ideas BBS	Harry Brindley	(011) 643-3724	1	1983	mid-1988	The first private BBS in the country
The	Igloo	Greg Mahlknecht	(031) 764-3377	1	1994		Successor of "Programs Paradise"
	INFiNiTY	Chris Lines	(011) 781-1961	1	1996
The	Inferno BBS	"Lord_Cyrax"	(012) 543-0317	1	1999
	Infolink	Anthony Walker	(021) 683-2060	3	1993	1996
			(021) 658-7171
			(021) 658-7160
	Infonet	Jonathan Staskun	(011) 646-8316	2	1995
	Information Security BBS	Oliver Steudler	(021) 24-2208	1	1993	1995	Successor of "Virus Resource Centre"
	Integrated Systems	Adam Paster	(021) 448-7439	4	Sep. 1992	1995
			(021) 26-2866
			(021) 26-2868
			(021) 26-2869
			(021) 418-2803
			(021) 448-7442
	Intelligent Systems BBS	Unknown	(011) 315-3291	1			Linked to Western Digital
	Interlink Hub	Mike Cameron	(021) 683-2909	1	Sep. 1992	1994
	Into the aBByS II AH	Lawrence Bowen	(0351) 92-2979	1	1993
	ITS BBS	Theunis Prinsloo	(012) 43-3837	1	Sep. 1992	1993
	Juggernaught	Louis Greef	(011) 949-1024	1		1992
	Junksale	Anthony Spirou	(011) 622-9024	1	1995
	Jury Rigged AH	Neilen Marais	(021) 531-9586	1	1996		Advert
	Kasparov BBS AH	Peet Gouws	(011) 763-5846	1	Sep. 1992	1994
	Keith's Place	Keith Kennedy	(011) 435-1779	2	1993	1995
			(011) 435-9763
	Key-Touch	Unknown	(021) 762-6338	1	Oct. 1990
	Khanya BBS	Steve Hayes	(012) 333-6727	1	1996	2003+
	KLeiN BBS	Unknown	(021) 881-3316	1	2000
L	BBS Name	SysOp/s	Number/s	Nodes	Dates active		Comment/s
	L&R BBS	Michael Nel	(021) 595-2300	1	1993	1994
	LA Technology	Sharon Van Blerck	(011) 807-0077	1	1993	1995
	Laesabeam BBS	Jason Engelbrecht	(011) 907-4728	1	1995	1997	Advert (nudity)
The	Lair	David Herselman	(011) 884-7945	1	1994	2000
The	Lakeside BBS	Mark Stayt	(011) 472-5521	1	Sep. 1992	1995
			(011) 318-2872
	LanDesign BBS	Unknown	(011) 444-1301	1	1994	1995
The	Last Connection	Jason Rudlin	(041) 47-1377	1	1995
	Last Frontier	Izak + Henri Fourie	(011) 463-3874	1	1995
The	Last Resort AH	Paul Wollner	(021) 58-3767	1	1993	1994
	Lattice Support BBS	Andre Lourens	(011) 709-1303	1	1995
	Layout de Marillac	Allan Marillier	(011) 768-2435	1	Sep. 1992	1994
			(011) 886-7540
	Layout Southern Africa	Charles Kerr	(011) 886-0267	1	1996
	Lazer BBS	Shaun Dicker	(012) 386-1161	1	1993
	LeClub	Ina Sonnenmoser	(011) 315-1791	15	1992	1995
			(011) 315-4680
			(011) 315-4681
			(011) 315-4682
			(011) 315-3477
			(011) 805-0578
			(011) 805-0579
			(011) 805-0580
			(011) 805-0581
			(011) 805-0582
			(011) 805-0600
			(011) 805-0601
			(011) 805-0628
			(011) 805-1168
			(011) 805-3799
	Levi's	Unknown	(012) 377-2228	1	1992	1993
	Live Wire	Graeme Geldenhuys	(021) 851-2360	1	1995	1996
			(024) 51-2360
	Logic	Jerry Henriques	(021) 591-4954	1	1993
	Logic System AH	Unknown	(012) 565-6337	1	1995
	Lost Link	Warwick Ward-Cox	(021) 551-3691	1	1993	1995
	Lost Souls AH	Bobby Oswald	(011) 475-0205	1	1995
	Lotus Club International	Christine Masson	(011) 476-6617	1	1993	1995
	Lotus Customer Service & Support	Lawrence Micallef	(011) 884-7018	1	1996
	Luna-Antics	Martin Lorton	(021) 461-2656	1	Sep. 1992	1995
	Lux Africae	John Leuner	(012) 346-4726	1	1995		Successor of "Psychogony"
	Lynch Gate BBS	Unknown	(021) 531-8264
M	BBS Name	SysOp/s	Number/s	Nodes	Dates active		Comment/s
	M. to M. CSS CT	Kirk Kinnear	(021) 557-7785	1	Sep. 1992	1995
			(021) 419-4768
	M. to M. CSS JHB	Kirk Kinnear	(011) 403-1199	1	1993	1995
	M+PD	Aris Stathakis	(011) 887-0084	4	1995
	Mad Dog	Bryan Haefele	(041) 66-2491	1	Oct. 1990	1995
	MAD Hintline	Haneef Tayob	(012) 374-2388	3	1993	1996
			(012) 374-2289
			(012) 374-2774
	Maelstrom	Demetri + John Yamoyany	(041) 33-2407	1	1995
	MABEL	Unknown	(031) 86-7858	1	1988
The	Magic Island	Gert De Swardt	(011) 974-3929	1	1995
	Magnum BBS	Joe Rinck + Nicky Gilliar	(021) 26-1101	2	Sep. 1992	1995
			(021) 26-1613
	Mail Mecca	Mark Stayt	(012) 450-2070	1	Sep. 1992	1993
	Malone's All Night Diner	F.W. Nolte	(012) 543-0825	1	1993	1994
	Marques Systems	Stefan Schoeman	(057) 396-6122	6	1996
			(057) 396-1918
	Maxfokus	Pierre du Preez	(01722) 2-2665	2	1993	1995
			(01722) 2-3415
			(057) 212-3415
The	MECO BBS	Andrew Martin	(021) 61-8260	1	Oct. 1990
	MED+LINK	Philip Galt	(011) 768-1099	1	1995
	Meg-Data	Ian Meggy	(021) 531-0450	1	Oct. 1990	1995
	Mega/Technetics AH	Gregory Eales	(0331) 96-5834	1	1995
	Megavibe BBS	Justin Bloom	(011) 683-9623	1	1993	1994
	Meltdown	Unknown	(031) 72-7802	1	1995
	Menace II Society	Jonathan Speiger	(01311) 4-9772	1	1994	1994
	Metal Worx	Manual Sardo	(021) 73-6076	1	1993	1995
	MeTaL HeAd	Unknown	(012) 662-0174	1	1995
	Micro Baud	Unknown	(021) 65-1603	1	1988
	Micro Tron	Warren Bird	(031) 77-3687	1	1992	1993
	Microworld	Unknown	(011) 823-5439	1	1995
	MidCity	Jacques Swart	(012) 322-5166	1	1996	1997
	Midnight Caller AH	Wayne Stanley	(031) 266-0547	1	1995
	Mirrored Trap Inc	Warren Ashe	(011) 792-8878	1	1993
	Modem 2 Modem	Gordon Buitendach	(012) 335-4025	1	1995
	Modemania	Unknown	(021) 21-5007	1	Oct. 1990
	Mon Ami	Deon Maartens	(011) 433-1988	1	Apr. 1993	Dec. 1993	Successor of "Gandalf's Garden"
	Moonlight	Steve Phillips	(011) 482-8233	2	1995
			(011) 482-4738
	Mossies BBS AH	Anton Mostert	(012) 77-6811	1	1993
	Mother City MailHUB	James Burns-Howell	(021) 61-8780	1	1995
	Mother One	Ivan Frimmel	(011) 425-3430	1	1992	1995?
	Mr Modem	Johnny Staskun	(011) 646-8316	2	1994	1994
			(011) 646-8317
The	Musketeer	HenkJan Visser	(012) 565-6337	1	1995
	Music and Mail	Paul Clifford	(011) 395-1792	1	1993	1995
	Mutant Pencil's Pad	Santie Vandenplas	(021) 99-1756	1	Sep. 1992	1995
			(021) 919-0300
N	BBS Name	SysOp/s	Number/s	Nodes	Dates active		Comment/s
	Natal Amateur Computer Club	Trevor Horwitz	(031) 21-4957	1	1992	1993
	NCS	Colyn Brookes	(021) 930-2752	1	1993	1995
	Neon BBS	Byron Sorgdrager	(018) 7-1213	1	1993	1994
			(018) 468-7425
The	Net	Kevin Fourie	(0431) 58-9332	1	1992	1993
	Netline Flagship	Ian Gerada David Eborall	(011) 789-6083	6	Sep. 1992	1995
			(011) 789-6084
			(011) 789-6085
			(011) 789-6086
			(011) 789-6087
			(011) 789-6088
			(011) 789-6089
			(011) 789-6195
	Netline KSD	Gustav Karlson	(016) 66-0955	2	Oct. 1990	1994
			(016) 2-6955
			(016) 28-3139
	Netline Magic	Johnny Staskun	(011) 646-8316	2	1993	1994
			(011) 646-8317
	Netline Northcliff	Alan Kanowitz	(011) 477-1225	2	Sep. 1992	1994
			(011) 477-6003
The	Network	Peter Spies	(031) 84-8562	1	Sep. 1992	1993
	NewsLine	Trevor Roberts + Brenda Barralet	(031) 83-4202	1	1995
	NIBS	Unknown	(012) 349-1801	1	1995
	Night Hawk	Barry Williams	(021) 975-2182	1	Sep. 1992	1994
			(021) 96-3734
	Night Owl	Tinus le Roux	(011) 774-4152	1	1992
	Nightcall AH	Alistair Carruthers	(041) 33-3812	1	1993
	Noname	Pieter Erasmus	(012) 329-1743	1	1992	1993
	NoT! PoWeR PRoDuCTions AH	Unknown	(021) 931-3896	1	1995
	Novell User Group	Richard Peer	(012) 221-2345	1	Nov. 1989	Oct. 2004	Fidonet Zone 5 (Africa) Coordinator after "The Catalyst" shut down
			(012) 333-1642
The	Nuclear Connection	Johannes Rust	(021) 853-8117	1	1996
	Nuclear Fallout Shelter AH	Anthony Patton	(011) 662-1017	1	1995
	Nut Cracker BBS AH	Philip van Rooyen	(012) 333-8378	1	1993
O	BBS Name	SysOp/s	Number/s	Nodes	Dates active		Comment/s
	Online Direct	Clive Jones	(011) 807-0436	1	1993		Predecessor of "CALM"
	ONline Welcome	John Bannister	(011) 462-1338	13	1993	1996	Advert from Computer Faire CD-ROM
			(011) 462-4565
			(011) 462-1130
			(011) 462-1229
			(011) 462-4590
			(011) 462-4604
			(011) 462-4682
			(011) 462-4686
			(011) 462-4835
			(011) 462-4967
			(011) 462-5014
			(011) 462-5023
			(011) 462-5040
			(011) 880-9191
			(011) 447-2055
			(011) 447-1047
	Oracle AH	Unknown	(012) 73-2297	1	1995
	Orion	Unknown	(051) 47-7746	1	1995
	OS2 User Group	Simon Snyman	(011) 475-3796	1	1993
	Overlord	Jonathan Scott	(011) 682-3658	1	1993
	Ozone Friendly	Mike Davis	(021) 23-4998	1	1995
P	BBS Name	SysOp/s	Number/s	Nodes	Dates active		Comment/s
	P.E. Technikon	Renaldo Rheeder	(041) 53-4278	1	Sep. 1992	1994
	P.I.L.L.S.	Rene Doms	(011) 884-3215	1	1993
	Pactel AH	Errol Walker	(0331) 6-7704	1	1995	1996
	Paradise City	Brad Hendrickse Ivan Hendrickse	(021) 797-2536	1	1994	1995
	Paragon	Jerry Henriques	(021) 591-4954	1	Oct. 1990
	Pat's System	Pat Verner	(012) 333-2049	1	Sep. 1992	1995
			(012) 333-9489
			(012) 667-2416
	Paul's Place	Paul Durrant	(021) 794-4773	1	Sep. 1992
	PBS Support AH	Dawid van Wyngaard	(01781) 9-2772	1	1996
	PC-2-PC	Carl Boshoff	(011) 391-3627	2		1992
			(011) 391-3628
	PC-BBS	Unknown	(011) 943-4405	1	Oct. 1990
	PC-Talk	Andrew Pappas	(011) 475-5499	1	1995
	PC Workshop	Mike Hein	(012) 661-5758	2	1992	1994
			(012) 98-3266
			(012) 998-8995
			(012) 998-8996
	PEEBS/PEREL	Unknown	(041) 30-4573	1	1988
	PE On-Line AH	Robert Meier	(041) 33-6108	1	1995
	Pelican	Unknown	(021) 733-0050	1	1990	1991
	Pete's	Peter Wolters	(011) 415-1560	1	Sep. 1992	1993
	Phantasia	Unknown	(011) 955-3597	1	1995
	Phoenix BBS	Kobus Maritz	(012) 57-3019	1	1989	1990
The	Pirate	Jaco Le Roux	(01471) 2-2318	1	Sep. 1992	1993
	Pirate Parts Inc. AH	Hermann + Charl Botha	(021) 949-0785	1	1995
	Playboy	Unknown	(031) 77-3231	1	1995
	Potties BBS AH	Frikkie Potgieter	(041) 46-3894	1	1993
	PRoBE AH	Stephen Maritz	(021) 99-5154	1	1996
	ProFORUM	Nigel Bakker + Avron Welgemoed	(011) 441-4106	2	1992	1994
			(011) 441-4062
			(011) 339-7525
	PROG-MANIA! AH	Unknown	(031) 78-3460	1	1995
	Programmer's Test	Robert Moody	(021) 72-5317	1	1996
	Programmer's Workshop	Corne Van Dyk	(011) 478-1130	1	1996
	Programs Paradise	Greg Mahlknecht	(031) 764-3377	1	Sep. 1992		Succeeded by "The Igloo"
	Pro-X	Andre Du Toit	(011) 836-4600	1	1995
	PSI Sector	Oliver Galloway	(011) 475-4941	1	1992	1993
	Psychogony BBS AH	John Leuner	(012) 46-1257	2	1993	1994	Predecessor of "Lux Africae"
			(012) 46-8551
	Pure Logic	Oskar Pearson	(0351) 3-2526	1	1992
	Pure Surf	Nathan Stevenson	(031) 561-5943	1	1995
	Pygmy	Jack Basson	(021) 887-1868	2	1995	1996
			(021) 887-3455
	Pyramid	Shane Greyvenstein	(012) 662-1720	1	Sep. 1992	1993
	Pyro Tech	Kobus Maritz	(012) 57-3019	1	1990	1992	Previously as "Phoenix BBS"
	Pyro Tech IV	Jan van Eeden	(012) 63-1848	1	Sep. 1992	1993
	Pyroto Mountain	Unknown	(011) 407-5327	1	1988
Q-R	BBS Name	SysOp/s	Number/s	Nodes	Dates active		Comment/s
	Quantum BBS	Tiaan Van Aardt	(0148) 6469	1	Sep. 1992	1995
			(0148) 294-6469
	Quasimodo's	Lincoln Solomon	(051) 446-3662	1	1996
	R&G Board	Ron Stynes	(021) 975-1928	1	1993	1994
	Radio Shack	Arno Diemer	(021) 462-4605	1	1996
	Radon BBS	Gert Lombard	(012) 661-1257	1	1993	1994
	RAMS	Unknown	(011) 880-3510	1	1995
	Rand Data Systems	Richard Kruger	(011) 412-2540	1	1993?	1994	Preceded by "Soft-Mail"
	Randburg Ultra	Malcolm Kleu	(011) 476-4735	1	Sep. 1992	1994
	Rascal	Calvin Browne	(011) 886-5353	1	1995
	Red Hot Chili Pepper	Faan Pretorius	(0136) 31-3230	1	1995		Advert
The	Red Scorpion	Sergio Barata	(012) 73-5788	1	1992
	Reflections Adult	Andre Melcher	(017) 631-2106	1	1996
	Remote Computer Service	Unknown	(011) 318-1616	1	1992
	RF BBS AH	Patrick Kirby	(011) 902-3919	1	1996	1997	Advert
	RGN/HSRC	David Butler + Diederick de Roos	(012) 28-3124	1	1992	1994
	Rob's BBS AH	Robert Derot	(031) 21-2457	1		May 1993	Predecessor of "Datalink"
	Rodney's BBS	Alessandro Mion	(021) 975-1928	1	1994	1995
	RSA-BBS	Johann van Vuuren	(011) 477-9782	2	1992		Registration letter from 1992
			(011) 477-9786
	Running Wild	Wikkie Van Zyl	(0441) 74-1204	1	1994	1995
S	BBS Name	SysOp/s	Number/s	Nodes	Dates active		Comment/s
	SACEC	Deon Loretan	(012) 349-1095	1	1993	1994
	SASA AH	Ashley Kleynhans	(011) 864-5787	1	1993	1994	Previously "House of Games AH"
	Scumsoft BBS	Unknown	(011) 646-2456	1	1992	1993
	Secret City Adult BBS	Unknown	(021) 434-1401	4	1995	1996	Advert 1 \| Advert 2 (NSFW)
			(021) 434-1402
			(021) 434-1439
			(021) 434-1440
The	Sentinel AH	Hans Huberland	(011) 704-3762	1	1995
The	Servutron Connection	Johan Coetser	(0136) 2-2891	1	1995
	Shadow BBS AH	Unknown	(011) 855-2383	1	1995
	ShadowLand BBS	Will Steffen	(021) 705-6355	1	1993
	Sharelink	Pieter Joubert	(041) 38-3611	1	1993	1995
	SHE BBS	"Cassie Wright"	(011) 482-6904	1	1994	1995
			(011) 726-3797
	Sheldon's Fido	Peter Sheldon	(021) 683-2909	1	Oct. 1990
	Sherwood Forest AH	Johan Du Toit	(012) 543-1315	1	1993
	Shockwave	Andrew Murray	(011) 888-6345	1	01-07-1994	31-12-1996
			(011) 888-3791
	Siak Zerra's BBS	Uri Margalit	(011) 442-8136	1	Oct. 1990
	Siemens Telebox	Peter Klimt	(012) 836-2417	1	Oct. 1990
	Silicon Assault AH	Philip Malan	(041) 33-7268	1	1995
	Silicon Brain Implant	Rory + Warren Barton	(011) 792-0973	1	1995	1996
			(011) 793-2527
	Skynet	Martin Orton	(057) 217-2159	1	1995
	SnarfQuest AH	Steven Wishart	(011) 892-3374	1	ca. 1989	ca. 1994
	Soft-Mail	Richard Kruger	(011) 412-2540	1	1992	1993?	Predecessor of "Rand Data Systems"
	SOFTEL Online Systems	Chris Kenward	(031) 765-5002	8	1984	1993
			(031) 765-5045
			(031) 765-5508
			(031) 765-5513
			(031) 765-5514
			(031) 75-3554
			(031) 765-5308
			(031) 765-5322
	SOFTEX	Petrus Van Breda	(011) 975-9073	1	1990	1995
	Softpack Software	Tomek Stochmal	(011) 54-3980	1	1993	1994
			(011) 421-3980
	SoftSpot AH	Unknown	(021) 460-3492	1	1995
	Software Connection	Nicholas Wessels	(011) 782-6810	6	1995
			(011) 782-7129
			(011) 782-8138
			(011) 782-8159
			(011) 888-7435
			(011) 888-7436
	Software People	Various SysOps	(012) 73-3104	1	1993	1994
	Sounds Waves	Stephen Clarke	(021) 762-9032	1	1994
The	Source Code	John Farrington	(011) 892-3374	1		1993
	Specifix	Etien Plekker	(024) 55-4113	1	Sep. 1992	1994
	Spectrum	Andre van Heerden	(012) 348-5425	1	1994	1995
			(012) 998-9141
	Spiral Helix	Kobus Myburgh	(051) 30-0434	1	1993	1994
	Sports Electronic	David Theron	(011) 435-2181	1	1996
	Spy	Michael Nel	(021) 92-3182	1	1993	1995
			(021) 919-0267
	SSSBBS	Unknown	(021) 587-1918	1	1988
	Stalkers I	David Herselman	(011) 884-7945	1	1993	1994	Became "The Lair" \| Advert
	Stalkers II	Matthew Green	(011) 442-7902	1	1993
	Standard Systems	Unknown	(012) 21-5164	1	Oct. 1990
	Star	Trevor Angus	(0431) 37-2553	1	Oct. 1992	1995
The	Star City	Edwin Peer	(012) 333-2246	1	1993	1995
	Starlight BBS	Rodney Shaw	(031) 701-5608	1	1993
	State of the Ark	Justin Lipman	(011) 834-2199	1	Oct. 1990
	Stax BBS	Unknown	(011) 907-1009	1	1992
	Stealth BBS AH	Keith Clegg	(011) 768-3498	1	1994	1994
	Steel Fury	Richard Volpe	(041) 51-1389	1	1995
	Stock Data Cafe	Johann Sieberhagen	(011) 393-2680	1	1996
	StuSoft Data System	Andrew Stubbs	(011) 886-5840	1	Oct. 1990
	Super Diamond	Jan Botha	(011) 887-1949	1	1995
T	BBS Name	SysOp/s	Number/s	Nodes	Dates active		Comment/s
	Tech Air	William Sussman	(011) 884-6836	1	1988	1994
			(011) 642-9919
	Technique BBS	Andre Smit	(011) 849-2037	1	Oct. 1990
	TechnoSystems	Avi Miller	(021) 794-4762	1	Oct. 1990	1994
	Teddy	Mike O'Nay	(011) 683-7541	1	Oct. 1990	1994
			(011) 683-4330
	Tele-Soft	Christoff Joubert	(012) 807-2005	1	Sep. 1992	1995
			(012) 348-3786
	Tinderbox Online	Mike Goode	(021) 22-2440	3	1996
			(021) 22-2441
			(021) 22-2442
	Toady's Palace	Jacques Slabbert	(0444) 93-1168	1	1993	1995
	Top Byte	Neal Blount	(012) 660-2410	1	Sep. 1990	Jan. 1996	Demo screenshot \| topdemo.zip
			(012) 64-8134
	Top Line	Mac Anamourlis	(011) 828-9315	1	Oct. 1990	1995
			(011) 58-93155
	Top System BBS	Eugene Rudman	(021) 96-9016	1	Oct. 1990
	Total Chaos AH	Nir Oren	(011) 882-5314	1	1993	1994
	Treasure Trove	Dale Pinn	(031) 83-2517	1	1993	1995
	TriTECH BBS	Heinrich Steenberg	(041) 933-5952	1	1994	1995
	Twilight Zone	Graeme Ross	(031) 77-3357	1	1993	1995
U-V	BBS Name	SysOp/s	Number/s	Nodes	Dates active		Comment/s
	Ultimate	Gavin Siller	(011) 864-6238	1	1992
	Umtata	Roy Muller	(0471) 2-3668	1		1992
	Uninet	Unknown	(011) 476-4519	16	1988
	Unisa Editorial	Steve Hayes	(012) 429-2882	1	Sep. 1992	2000
			(012) 429-8641
	University of Natal	Unknown	(031) 816-2103	1	Oct. 1990
	Valtronics	Unknown	(031) 42-1923	1	1988
	VC BBS	George Inacio	(011) 435-1345	5	1992	1995	Advert
			(011) 435-3922
			(011) 435-1431
			(011) 435-3927
			(011) 435-1446
			(011) 435-1454
			(011) 435-9946
	VideoNet	Unknown	(021) 417-4150	1	Oct. 1990
	VeTech	Leon Gerber	(012) 64-3939	1	1995
	Virtual Reality	Dan Wagner	(011) 880-6830	1	1993
	Virus Resource Centre	Oliver Steudler	(021) 24-2208	1	Sep. 1992		Became "Information Security BBS"
	Visions AH	Onno Vrijburg	(041) 31-1879	1	1995
The	Vulcan AH	Jack Peters	(011) 768-3452	1	1993	1994
W-Z	BBS Name	SysOp/s	Number/s	Nodes	Dates active		Comment/s
	WarZone	Ryan Vietri	(021) 61-2428	1	1994	1995
	West Rand Clan	Ian Macintosh	(011) 412-3130	1	Oct. 1990
	WILDCAT! World AH	Duggie Clarke	(011) 485-3085	1	1995
	Windows Connection	Van Gils Bros.	(011) 794-2569	1	1993
	WizzarD's RealM AH	Unknown	(011) 673-8733	1	1995
The	Wolf's Den AH	Zdzisiu Wapiennik	(012) 87-1274	1	1995
	Wolfenstein	Michael Steyn	(012) 326-1332	1	1993	1995
			(012) 64-5823
			(012) 341-5642
	World of Windows	Bradley Patton	(011) 468-1979	1	1993	1994
	WOW International	Wilhelm Lehman	(012) 73-9069	2	Sep. 1992	1994
			(012) 333-9069
	XYZ BBS	Andre Neuwenhuys	(021) 762-5891	1	1993	1995
	Zero BBS	Lee Martin	(011) 834-6885	1	1992	1997	Advert
	ZYMoTiC AH	Louis de Jager	(021) 887-1410	1	1996

Explanation of the table fields:

BBS Name: Because sometimes it changed.

SysOp/s: The name of the guy who ran the show (it was usually guys).
If two names (joined by a +) are listed, we are given to understand it as a collaborative effort while some BBSes, it seems, were eventually placed in the care of another person (listed underneath). Commercial/support BBSes often had a rotating roster of SysOps.

Number/s: All dial-in/phone numbers ever associated with the BBS. Telnet addresses were excluded.

Nodes: Although there may have been several phone numbers associated with a BBS, it doesn't mean that all were active at the same time.
For instance, if a board had two numbers associated with it but the "Nodes" field only shows "1", then it's clear that the phone number changed at least once -- which would be typical for a BBS that started as an after-hours (AH) board and later got its own dedicated line. Or the SysOp simply moved house. Conversely, some BBSes may have started with one number only, then gradually added nodes until they either scaled down, or closed down. The number indicates the known maximum number of simultaneous nodes of a given BBS -- ever.

Dates active: Again, these dates are based on any date stamping of the original available lists and a little bit of sleuthing.
A date range of "Oct. 1993 to 1995" means that we know the BBS was active in October 1993 and that it was still active in the year 1995 -- but for all we know it could've been launched as early as 1991 and shut down in 1998 only. We simply do not have that data.

If you have any additional information, please contact me via this page.

This page last updated: 24-12-2022