Domain name policy welcomed

"This announcement came as a surprise to me and it is very exciting as it will bring the country in line with practices around the world," says ISOC-ZA chairman Alan Levin. In her budget speech, Matsepe-Casaburri said a single registry model would be adopted and role players would be invited to apply for licences as registry operators and registrars.

Levin says several organisations are administrating the various .za domain names. For instance, .co.za was administered by UniForum and Internet Solutions administered the .org.za suffix. Other domain names such as .alt.za, .mil.za, and .gov.za were administered by other organisations, such as the SA National Defence Force and the State IT Agency.