Browsing: Policy and regulation

ACT’s Nomvuyiso Batyi says Icasa’s draft Sim rules give the regulator powers it doesn’t have.

Zadna has opened a tender for a 10-year contract to run South Africa’s .co.za domain registry.

Icasa says South Africa’s trade in second-hand network licences isn’t working and wants direct applications instead.

A proposed new South African space law would make it an offence to build a satellite without a licence from…

South Africa’s redrafted AI policy goes to cabinet by March 2027, months later than first promised.

A new policy direction asks Icasa to define essential facilities and sets out a dispute process that could pause roll-outs.

The telecoms group wants one body to coordinate AI rules, with existing sector regulators doing the enforcing.

Sun International has launched a gambling charter and warned government against taxes that favour offshore sites.

A bet doesn’t become unlawful because it’s placed on a cellphone, says gambling lawyer Wayne Lurie.

Here’s how to register a block, what it costs marketers and why the new registry won’t stop spam calls immediately.