The Authority follows an inclusive policy development process which includes a public consultation process.

In late 2005, a draft discussion document was released and feedback was used to compile draft .za policies and proceduresin 2007. Feedback from the public and stakeholder consultation process was used to draft registrar and registry licensing regulations. These will be released for public comment in the course of 2009.

New domains

The .za DNA constitution contains the policy and procedure for new domain applications. However, for the last 4 years the Authority put a moratorium on accepting new domain applications pending introducing the .za domain policy and the licensing of registries and registrars

Dormant domain deletions

In early 2009, the Authority decided to delete all the domains that were inactive. For future reference, the Authority has developed a domain deletion policy and procedure. As a policy directive the Authority does not intend to delete a domain as long as it is active (i.e. it has at least a single active registration and/or its name servers are operational).