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Africa: A Draft African Charter On ‘Family Values’ Is On the Cards – Why It’s Flawed and Dangerous

eriinfo.com2 days ago011 mins

A series of conferences held in Entebbe, Uganda, between 2023 and 2025 have resulted in a draft African Charter on Family, Sovereignty and Values. The meetings were organised by the Inter-parliamentary Network on African Sovereignty and Values, which organises continental conferences for African legislators and faith-based advocates. Supported by international conservative groups like Family Watch…

Schreiber publishes draft rules for South Africa’s digital ID system

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago010 mins

Home affairs minister Leon Schreiber has gazetted draft regulations that pave the way for a smartphone-based digital identity system in South Africa, with banks and other private-sector “trusted entities” potentially able to operate enrolment points and receive automatic updates from the national population register. The draft amendments (PDF) to the identification regulations of 1998, gazetted…

Draft regulations set stage for digital identity in SA

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago05 mins

Department of Home Affairs minister Leon Schreiber. South Africa is moving closer to a formal digital identity framework after Department of Home Affairs (DHA) minister Leon Schreiber published draft amendments under the Identification Act 1997 for public comment, with submissions open until 6 June. The proposed regulations set out how a national digital identity system…

Two officials suspended over botched draft AI policy

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago05 mins

Department of Communications and Digital Technologies director-general Nonkqubela Jordan-Dyani. (Photograph by DCDT) The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) has placed two unnamed officials on precautionary suspension with immediate effect, pending the ongoing investigation into the Draft National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy. This, after minister Solly Malatsi recently withdrew the draft policy from public…

Malatsi withdraws SA’s draft national AI policy

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago04 mins

Solly Malatsi, communications and digital technologies minister. Communications minister Solly Malatsi has decided to withdraw South Africa’s draft National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy, citing integrity as the reason behind the move. This, after a News24 report at the weekend uncovered fake and made-up research used to draft the country’s AI framework. The news outlet stated that several…

Dallas Wings Select Azzi Fudd as No. 1 Pick in 2026 WNBA Draft

eriinfo.com1 month ago04 mins

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Businesses invited to comment on release of SA’s draft financial education policy

eriinfo.com1 month ago03 mins

South Africa has released a draft National Consumer Financial Education Policy for public comment, aiming to strengthen financial literacy and protect consumers from exploitation. Source: Pexels. The proposed framework seeks to improve decision-making, support financial well-being and co-ordinate efforts across the ecosystem in an increasingly digital economy while inviting stakeholders to contribute input before finalising…

South Africa’s draft AI policy is a bureaucrat’s dream

eriinfo.com1 month ago010 mins

Communications minister Solly Malatsi. Image: DCDT Communications minister Solly Malatsi has gazetted South Africa’s draft national AI policy for public comment, opening a 60-day window for submissions on an 86-page document that proposes a sweeping new institutional architecture – including seven new oversight bodies – to govern the development and deployment of AI across the…

Cabinet approves draft AI policy for public comment

eriinfo.com2 months ago04 mins

Cabinet has approved the publication of South Africa’s draft national AI policy for public comment, minister in the presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said. Ntshavheni said on Thursday during a press conference that the policy is aimed at ensuring that the benefits and risks of AI are distributed evenly across society and across generations. It seeks to…

Draft AI policy approved for publication for public comment

eriinfo.com2 months ago02 mins

Minister in The Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says Cabinet has approved the publication of the draft South Africa AI policy for public comment. Image source: DC Studio from Freepik The aim of the AI policy is to ensure that both the benefits and risks brought by AI are evenly distributed across society and generations. During a…