The ZA Central Registry (ZACR), which manages the .co.za. Internet domain space, has a new CEO. Lucky Masilela is taking the reins from Neil Dundas, who becomes the organisation’s chief operating officer. Masilela will work closely with Dundas.
Under Dundas, the ZACR has become a fully fledged registry operator responsible for the administration, growth and development of domains that now also include .joburg, .capetown, .durban and .africa. There are over 900 000 .co.za domains under management.
Masilela is already chair of the South African Communications Forum and a director of the Media, Information and Communication Technologies Sector Education and Training Authority. He is also a board member of the ZA Domain Name Authority and was also a member of the team tasked with reassessing South African technology policy.
According to Masilela, the ZACR needs to “transform into an agent of change” by offering domain name system training to black registrars, in particular.
“In this way we will be able to attract the skills we need while accelerating the transformation of the industry, which will be good for all stakeholders. By enabling more promising individuals interested in the DNS industry to access our accredited training courses, the ZACR will be able to boost black ownership of registrars.” — (c) 2014 NewsCentral Media