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Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT)

Type
Government body
Lieu
Afrique du Sud — South Africa
Dernière vérification
2026-09-22
Prochaine vérification
2027-03-21

Pas encore traduit — affiché en anglais.

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  • AI policy comment submissions · Email address
    Langue(s): en
    Vérifié · 2026-09-22

    draft National AI Policy comments

    VERIFIED — read directly from the Government Gazette PDF. Submissions required the subject line 'Draft South Africa National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy'. The window closed 10 June 2026, so this address may no longer be monitored.

  • Draft National AI Policy, Gazette No. 54477 · Regulatory docket
    Langue(s): en
    Vérifié · 2026-09-22

    draft policy

    VERIFIED fetched.

  • DCDT National AI Policy Framework page · Public consultation
    Langue(s): en
    Non vérifié

    general

    UNVERIFIED — fetch blocked by TLS/robots failure on dcdt.gov.za.

  • Postal submissions · Complaint route
    Langue(s): en
    The Director-General, DCDT, Attn: Mr M. Mashologu (DDG: Digital Society and Economy), Block A, iParioli Office Park, 1166 Park Street, Hatfield, Pretoria / Private Bag X860, Pretoria 0001
    Vérifié · 2026-09-22

    draft policy comments

    VERIFIED — read directly from the Gazette PDF.

  • Homepage · Homepage
    Non contrôlé

Ce qu'il fait

Owns South Africa's AI policy process. Published the Draft South Africa National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy in Government Gazette No. 54477 on 10 April 2026 for a 60-day public comment period closing 10 June 2026 at 16:00. Policy-making body; enforcement of AI-adjacent harms sits with the Information Regulator (POPIA, which has fining power) and sectoral regulators. South Africa chaired the G20 in 2025 and used it to push African AI capacity issues.

Ses pouvoirs

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Évaluation franche

The best-documented open comment process in this entire directory: a gazetted notice, a named official, a working email, a postal address, a 60-day window, all in English, with no stated nationality restriction. That is genuinely usable by a foreigner. The catch is timing — the window closed in June 2026, and the email may be dormant. South African gazette notices do not normally restrict submissions by nationality.

Notes

I checked specifically: the draft policy contains NO mention of frontier AI, existential risk, or catastrophic risk. The framing is developmental — capacity, skills, inclusion, infrastructure. This is typical of African AI policy and worth stating plainly in any global directory.

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