ZADNA

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.ZA Domain Name Authority (.ZADNA)
.ZADNA
ZA Domain Name Authority logo.png
Agency overview
FormedNovember 1990;34 years ago (1990-11)
Jurisdiction Government of South Africa
Headquarters 72 New Road, Glen Austin AH, Midrand, Gauteng, 1685, South Africa [1] [2]
MottoYour Online Presence is our business
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
Agency executive
Parent department Department of Communications and Digital Technologies
Website www.zadna.org.za
Map
ZADNA
.ZADNA location, Midrand

.ZADNA [3] (.za Domain Name Authority) is a not-for-profit company and statutory regulator and manager of .za, the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for South Africa. [4] [5] It is an agency of South African government under the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies. [6] [7]

Contents

.ZA domain information

.ZADNA is responsible for deciding .ZA second level domain (SLD) structure.

Moderated second-level domains [8]

Unmoderated second-Level domains [13]

.ZA domain name dispute resolution

.za Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) [15] regulations to resolve .za domain name registration disputes.

.ZA domain name disputes types:

  1. Abusive registration [16]
  2. Offensive registration [17]

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) [18] only applicable to un-moderated Second Level Domains (SLDs) [19]

References

  1. "THE ZA DOMAIN NAME AUTHORITY NPC Financial Statements 2022.pdf - 9.1-THE-ZA-DOMAIN-NAME-AUTHORITY-NPC-FINANCIAL-STATEMENTS-2022-APPROVED_signed.pdf" (PDF). za Domain Name Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-02-14. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  2. ".za Domain Delegation Data". Internet Assigned Numbers Authority . Archived from the original on 2023-02-14. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  3. ".ZADNA". www.dtps.gov.za. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
  4. "za-icann-letters-14feb08-en.pdf" (PDF). ICANN . Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-02-14. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  5. "Norid: Domain name registries around the world". www.norid.no. Archived from the original on 2018-09-03. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  6. ".za Domain Delegation Data". Internet Assigned Numbers Authority . Archived from the original on 2023-02-14. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  7. "ZADNA - ICANNWiki". icannwiki.org. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
  8. "Policies - .za Domain Name Authority". www.zadna.org.za. Archived from the original on 2021-05-16. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
  9. "ac.za home — AC.ZA Home Page". www.ac.za. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
  10. "Whois service for edu.za". whois.edu.za. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
  11. "gov.za - Main Page". dnsadmin.gov.za. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
  12. "NomZa". nom.za. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
  13. "Domain information - .za Domain Name Authority". www.zadna.org.za. Archived from the original on 2021-06-25. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
  14. "NET.ZA | ZACR - ZA CENTRAL REGISTRY". www.registry.net.za. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
  15. "Domain Name Dispute Resolution - .za Domain Name Authority". www.zadna.org.za. Archived from the original on 2021-06-25. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
  16. ".ZA Domain Name Dispute - .za Domain Name Authority". www.zadna.org.za. Archived from the original on 2021-06-25. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
  17. ".ZA Domain Name Dispute - .za Domain Name Authority". www.zadna.org.za. Archived from the original on 2021-06-25. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
  18. "CO.ZA PUBLISHED POLICIES AND PROCEDURES | ZACR - ZA CENTRAL REGISTRY". www.registry.net.za. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
  19. "Policies - .za Domain Name Authority". www.zadna.org.za. Archived from the original on 2021-05-16. Retrieved 2017-09-09.