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

eriinfo.com8 hours 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.com4 days 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.com1 week 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 weeks 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…

USAASA withdraws draft manual after it skips a step

eriinfo.com5 months ago03 mins

The draft manual of the Universal Service and Access Fund has been withdrawn. The Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA) has swiftly withdrawn its recently-published draft Universal Service and Access Fund (USAF) manual. The move, according to USAASA, is to align the draft manual with the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies…

UN climate summit drops mention of fossil fuels from draft deal

eriinfo.com5 months ago09 mins

Georgina RannardClimate and science correspondent, in Belém, Brazil Getty Images Members of the Ipereg Ayu movement, representing the indigenous Munduruku group, demoonstrated outside this year’s summit All new mention of fossil fuels, by far the largest contributor to climate change, has been dropped from the draft deal under negotiation as the COP30 UN climate talks…

Zelenskyy receives draft plan from U.S. aimed at ending war

eriinfo.com5 months ago09 mins

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has received a draft plan aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, his office confirmed Thursday. It said in a statement that he had “officially received a draft plan from the American side, which, according to the American side, could activate diplomacy.” The statement went on to say “it was agreed…

Icasa publishes new draft regulations for digital TV

eriinfo.com9 months ago08 mins

Communications regulator Icasa has published new draft digital terrestrial television (DTT) broadcasting regulations for South Africa, setting out which frequencies will be reserved for public service, commercial free-to-air, subscription and community broadcasting. The draft regulations, published in the Government Gazette last week, will, when gazetted, replace the previous regulations, which were introduced more than a…

ICT SMEs slam draft transformation policy direction

eriinfo.com9 months ago010 mins

The ICT SMME Chamber does not support the proposed changes to the country’s black economic empowerment laws. The ICT SMME Chamber, which represents the interests of small businesses in South Africa, has slammed the proposed changes to the country’s black economic empowerment (BEE) laws. This, after in May, communications and digital technologies minister Solly Malatsi…