This is outdated in some ways: South Africa formally adopted IEC 60906-1 (Type N) years ago as SANS 164-2 to replace its use of Type M (SANS 164-1). It was adop

This is outdated in some ways: South Africa formally adopted IEC 60906-1 (Type N) years ago as SANS 164-2 to replace its use of Type M (SANS 164-1). It was adopted as an optional local standard in 1992, the preferred standard in 2013, and mandatory for new installations in 2015. IEC 60906-1 was developed to be the standardised global standard, with the intention of rolling it out across the EU first. However that didn't happen and so far South Africa is the only country that has chosen to adopt it. Brazil and Switzerland have closely-related local forms of IEC 60906-1, but neither is fully compatible.