ZADNA (ZA Domain Name Authority) is a non-profit company established in terms of the ECT Act to regulate, manage and administer ZA – South Africa’s Internet top level domain. ZADNA also oversees the resolution of domain name disputes in the ZA space.
Our mandate includes:
- Administration and management of the .za namespace in compliance with international best practice
- Licensing and regulating registries
- Licensing and regulating registrars for respective registries
- Publishing guidelines on: administration and management of .za domain namespace; requirements and procedures for domain name registration; maintenance of and public access to a repository.