The .ZA Domain Name Authority (Zadna), which regulates the Internet domain-name space in South Africa, including the popular .za country code top-level domain, said on Thursday that it has short-listed five bidders to provide registry services for .co.za, .net.za and org.za second-level domains.

The short-listed bidders are:

ZA Registry consortium (ZARC)
Lexreg and Fevertree Consulting consortium (FTC)
GoDaddy Registry
The Bean App & GMO Internet Group
Catalytic Peter Capital consortium

“In the past six months, Zadna has been engaged in a procurement process of identifying a service provider to be contracted to provide registry services for co.za, web.za, net.za and org.za second-level domains,” the regulator said in a statement. “Zadna has finalised the evaluation process, which was a critical component of identifying a capable service provider.”