South African Local Charge Rates to 087

Howdy,
Can't seem to find anythng specific on the Skype website regarding call rates to 087 numbers in South Africa. I'm in South Africa and just took out a monthly x minute subscription for local landline calls. However, when I call my daugthers school on an 087351xxxx number range I get charged Euro 0.262 per minute - that's almost ZAR 4 a minute - ridiculous! This is a landline number, but is coming up as special services - why is it not included in the landline subscription package, and secondly why is it so expensive? It would literally be cheaper for me to drive to the school as it's only around the corner.
Hope somebody can advice. Many thanks.

I have the same problem - I am phoning a south african landline and being charged the special services rate of 26.2 cents (Euro) per minute. The quoted call rate to SA is 3.3cents per minute so I cant understand why I get charged the special services rate. If I cant resolve it I will have to switch to Rebtel @ 4c per minute.

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