{"id":3878,"date":"2026-04-21T11:17:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T11:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itlawco.com\/?page_id=3878"},"modified":"2026-04-21T11:17:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T11:17:33","slug":"sa-national-ai-policy-submission-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/itlawco.com\/fr\/sa-national-ai-policy-submission-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"ITLawCo\u2019s submission on South Africa\u2019s draft National AI Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_6a658b7403914\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div style=\"margin-top: 30px; \" class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-&#091;1.7&#093;\">ITLawCo\u2019s written submission on the Draft South Africa National AI Policy (Notice 3880 of 2026), supported by SATECI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-&#091;1.7&#093;\"><strong>By Nathan-Ross Adams, Managing Director, ITLawCo<\/strong> \u00b7 <strong>Supported by the South African Technology and Economic Competitiveness Initiative (SATECI)<\/strong> \u00b7 \u00a0<strong>Jurisdiction: South Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-&#091;1.125rem&#093; font-bold\">Key points<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"&#091;li_&amp;&#093;:mb-0 &#091;li_&amp;&#093;:mt-1 &#091;li_&amp;&#093;:gap-1 &#091;&amp;:not(:last-child)_ul&#093;:pb-1 &#091;&amp;:not(:last-child)_ol&#093;:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3\">\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">ITLawCo\u2014supported by the South African Technology and Economic Competitiveness Initiative (SATECI)\u2014 will file a written submission with the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies on the <a href=\"https:\/\/itlawco.com\/south-africas-draft-national-ai-policy-open-for-public-comment\/\">Draft South Africa National AI Policy<\/a>, gazetted as Notice 3880 of 2026 in Government Gazette No. 54477 on 10 April 2026.<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">The submission\u2019s master argument: <strong>South Africa needs a grand strategy for AI, not merely a governance framework.<\/strong> A framework without a strategy is a framework for managed decline.<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">Three strategic pillars are proposed:\n<ul class=\"&#091;li_&amp;&#093;:mb-0 &#091;li_&amp;&#093;:mt-1 &#091;li_&amp;&#093;:gap-1 &#091;&amp;:not(:last-child)_ul&#093;:pb-1 &#091;&amp;:not(:last-child)_ol&#093;:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3\">\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"><strong>governance leadership<\/strong> (continental standard-setting),<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"><strong>mineral leverage<\/strong> (converting platinum-group metal reserves into AI-infrastructure equity), and<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"><strong>sectoral concentration<\/strong> (choosing two or three sectors for genuine global excellence).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">Ten specific textual amendments to the Draft Policy are tabled, ranging from statutory binding authority for the National AI Regulatory Forum to a compute-based reporting threshold and minimum terms for hyperscaler investment.<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">The full submission will be published on this page shortly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-&#091;1.125rem&#093; font-bold\">Submission details<\/h2>\n<div class=\"overflow-x-auto w-full px-2 mb-6\">\n<table class=\"min-w-full border-collapse text-sm leading-&#091;1.7&#093; whitespace-normal\">\n<thead class=\"text-left\">\n<tr>\n<th class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/60 py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\" scope=\"col\">Field<\/th>\n<th class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/60 py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\" scope=\"col\">Detail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">Submitter<\/td>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">ITLawCo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">Supported by<\/td>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">South African Technology and Economic Competitiveness Initiative (SATECI)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">Filed with<\/td>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">Filed on<\/td>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">TBC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">Responding to<\/td>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\"><a class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/documents\/government-gazette\">Government Gazette No. 54477, Notice 3880 of 2026<\/a> (10 April 2026)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">Signatory<\/td>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nathan-ross-adams-a5760b9a\/\">Nathan-Ross Adams<\/a>, Managing Director, ITLawCo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">Contact<\/td>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">support@itlawco.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<blockquote><p>\n<strong>Full submission: publishing shortly<\/strong> The complete written submission is being prepared for public release and will be published on this page as soon as it is ready. For advance notice, email <a class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"mailto:support@itlawco.com\">support@itlawco.com<\/a>.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-&#091;1.125rem&#093; font-bold\">The master argument<\/h2>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-&#091;1.7&#093;\">A governance framework without a grand strategy is a framework for managed decline. If South Africa does not act on AI strategically, its mineral wealth will finance another nation&#8217;s intelligence infrastructure, its data will train another nation&#8217;s models, and its citizens will engage with AI systems calibrated to other cultures, other legal systems, and other economic assumptions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-&#091;1.7&#093;\">The window for shaping rather than receiving the AI age is open \u2014 and it is closing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-&#091;1.125rem&#093; font-bold\">What we propose<\/h2>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-&#091;1.7&#093;\">South Africa has the means to be a shaper, not a recipient: the world&#8217;s largest platinum-group metal reserves, the continent&#8217;s highest AI governance ranking, a constitutional democracy with a sophisticated Bill of Rights, and the institutional sophistication of a G20 democracy. What the Draft Policy currently lacks is the intellectual architecture connecting those means to a coherent theory of victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-&#091;1.7&#093;\">The submission advances one master argument and ten specific amendments, built on three strategic pillars.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\">Pillar 1: Governance leadership<\/h3>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-&#091;1.7&#093;\">Translate South Africa&#8217;s institutional advantage into continental standard-setting and global influence \u2014 making the South African approach to AI governance the reference point against which other African nations develop their frameworks, and carrying that influence into the African Union, the United Nations, the OECD, and the ITU. South Africa&#8217;s voluntary dismantling of its nuclear weapons programme gives it a specific, underused credential in the governance of civilisationally dangerous technologies.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\">Pillar 2: Mineral leverage<\/h3>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-&#091;1.7&#093;\">Convert the platinum-group metal endowment into AI-infrastructure equity rather than raw mineral export. PGMs are critical inputs to the semiconductors, fuel cells, and clean-energy systems that power global AI compute. South Africa sits upstream of the most concentrated bottleneck in the global AI supply chain. The policy should treat this as a geopolitical leverage question, not a mining one.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\">Pillar 3: Sectoral concentration<\/h3>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-&#091;1.7&#093;\">Choose two or three sectors where South Africa will pursue genuine global excellence rather than spreading limited resources uniformly. The proposed candidates \u2014 <strong>Mining AI<\/strong>, <strong>Financial Crime AI<\/strong>, and <strong>African-language AI<\/strong> \u2014 are each grounded in a structural advantage no other African state possesses to the same degree.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-&#091;1.125rem&#093; font-bold\">The ten amendments<\/h2>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-&#091;1.7&#093;\">Each amendment is designed as a lever of control \u2014 a structural mechanism that, if activated, changes the system&#8217;s behaviour, not just its stated intentions.<\/p>\n<ol class=\"&#091;li_&amp;&#093;:mb-0 &#091;li_&amp;&#093;:mt-1 &#091;li_&amp;&#093;:gap-1 &#091;&amp;:not(:last-child)_ul&#093;:pb-1 &#091;&amp;:not(:last-child)_ol&#093;:pb-1 list-decimal flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3\">\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"><strong>Regulatory Forum (\u00a74.7).<\/strong> Give the National AI Regulatory Forum statutory binding authority; assign DCDT a casting vote on cross-sector disputes.<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"><strong>ICASA mandate (\u00a74.7).<\/strong> Amend the <a class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/documents\/electronic-communications-act\">Electronic Communications Act 36 of 2005<\/a> within 12 months to extend ICASA&#8217;s mandate to AI governance oversight.<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"><strong>Institutional sequencing (\u00a74.6).<\/strong> Establish the National AI Commission first; require Cabinet approval for each subsequent institution.<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"><strong>AI Ethics Board independence (\u00a74.6).<\/strong> Civil-society majority board, statutory independence, fixed non-renewable terms.<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"><strong>POPIA section 71 gap (\u00a79.3.2, \u00a79.6.2).<\/strong> Extend automated-decision-making protections under the <a class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/documents\/protection-personal-information-act\">Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013<\/a> to decisions where automated processing is a material input, not only those &#8220;based solely&#8221; on it.<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"><strong>LLM watermarking (\u00a79.3.2).<\/strong> Publish a South African watermarking standard within 18 months; require interim plain-language AI disclosure.<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"><strong>AI Insurance Superfund (\u00a74.6).<\/strong> Commission an actuarial and legal feasibility study addressing liability scope, funding model, and claims process before establishment.<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"><strong>Professional accountability (\u00a79.3.3).<\/strong> Develop a professional framework within 24 months covering definition, competency standards, accreditation, and whistleblower protections.<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"><strong>Children&#8217;s data (\u00a79.3.1, \u00a79.4.2).<\/strong> Anchor child-protection obligations in POPIA section 11(1)(a), the <a class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/documents\/childrens-act\">Children&#8217;s Act 38 of 2005<\/a>, and section 28 of the <a class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/documents\/constitution-republic-south-africa-1996\">Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996<\/a>; establish a standing child-protection committee in the AI Ethics Board.<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"><strong>Grand strategy (\u00a79.1.2).<\/strong> Link hardware sovereignty to the PGM endowment; set minimum terms for hyperscaler investment exceeding R500 million; introduce a compute-based reporting threshold; designate sectoral AI champions; formalise South Africa&#8217;s continental governance leadership agenda.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-&#091;1.125rem&#093; font-bold\">Who this affects<\/h2>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-&#091;1.7&#093;\">The submission speaks to four overlapping audiences, each with a direct interest in how the final National AI Policy is architected.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-&#091;1.7&#093;\"><strong>Policymakers and regulators.<\/strong> The submission is designed to be actionable: each amendment is drafted in standard markup form (underline for insertion, strikethrough for deletion) so that the DCDT and Cabinet can see precisely what is being proposed against the existing text.<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-&#091;1.7&#093;\"><strong>Sector regulators.<\/strong> ICASA, the Information Regulator, the Competition Commission, SARB, FSCA, CSIR, and the DTIC are each affected by the Regulatory Forum amendment. The submission sets out how coordination can be binding without displacing sector mandates.<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-&#091;1.7&#093;\"><strong>Business, compliance, and legal teams.<\/strong> Organisations deploying AI in financial services, healthcare, mining, telecommunications, and public-sector procurement will be directly affected by the proposed compute reporting threshold, hyperscaler minimum terms, and professional accountability framework.<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-&#091;1.7&#093;\"><strong>Civil society and academia.<\/strong> The Ethics Board independence provisions, children&#8217;s data amendment, and continental leadership agenda depend on sustained civil-society engagement. The submission names specific institutions \u2014 including the University of Pretoria Centre for Child Law \u2014 as consultation partners.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-&#091;1.125rem&#093; font-bold\">About the submitters<\/h2>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-&#091;1.7&#093;\"><strong>ITLawCo<\/strong> is a South African ICT law and public policy company advising businesses, employers, and institutions on data protection, digital regulation, AI governance, and technology transactions. Its work includes direct engagement with AI deployment decisions in financial services, healthcare, and the public sector \u2014 giving it implementation experience, not only doctrinal analysis, of the regulatory environment these amendments address.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-&#091;1.7&#093;\"><strong>The South African Technology and Economic Competitiveness Initiative (SATECI)<\/strong> is an independent, non-partisan strategic body dedicated to South Africa&#8217;s long-term competitiveness in technology, economic power, and national resilience. SATECI bridges government, industry, academia, and civil society around a coherent strategic agenda \u2014 producing rigorous analysis, convening the leaders needed to act on it, and engaging directly with policy processes. Its five focus areas are artificial intelligence and emerging technology; national security and strategic resilience; economic competitiveness and industrial policy; Africa-wide strategy and continental leadership; and critical minerals and supply chain sovereignty. The overlap with this submission&#8217;s three pillars \u2014 governance leadership, mineral leverage, and sectoral concentration \u2014 is what made the partnership a natural one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-&#091;1.7&#093;\">The Draft Policy&#8217;s foundational commitments \u2014 intergenerational equity, human-centred deployment, constitutional alignment, inclusive economic growth \u2014 are sound and must be preserved. What they require is a grand strategy capable of executing them. That is the work this submission is designed to do.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-&#091;1.125rem&#093; font-bold\">Primary sources<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"&#091;li_&amp;&#093;:mb-0 &#091;li_&amp;&#093;:mt-1 &#091;li_&amp;&#093;:gap-1 &#091;&amp;:not(:last-child)_ul&#093;:pb-1 &#091;&amp;:not(:last-child)_ol&#093;:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3\">\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"><a class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/documents\/government-gazette\">Draft National Artificial Intelligence Policy (Notice 3880 of 2026)<\/a> \u2014 Government Gazette No. 54477, 10 April 2026<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"><a class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/documents\/constitution-republic-south-africa-1996\">Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996<\/a> \u2014 sections 16, 19, 28, 33<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"><a class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/documents\/protection-personal-information-act\">Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013<\/a> \u2014 section 71 on automated decision-making<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"><a class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/documents\/childrens-act\">Children&#8217;s Act 38 of 2005<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"><a class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/documents\/electronic-communications-act\">Electronic Communications Act 36 of 2005<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"><a class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/au.int\/en\/documents\/20240809\/continental-artificial-intelligence-strategy\">African Union Continental AI Strategy (2024)<\/a> \u2014 Phase I (2025\u20132026)<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"><a class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unesco.org\/en\/artificial-intelligence\/recommendation-ethics\">UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (2021)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h2>FAQs<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"toggles \" data-br=\"none\" data-starting=\"default\" data-style=\"default\"><div class=\"toggle default\" data-inner-wrap=\"true\"><h3 class=\"toggle-title\"><a href=\"#\" id=\"toggle-button-6a658b7406624\" role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"toggle-panel-6a658b7406624\" class=\"toggle-heading\"><i role=\"presentation\" class=\"fa fa-plus\"><\/i>What is South Africa's Draft National AI Policy?<\/a><\/h3><div id=\"toggle-panel-6a658b7406624\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"toggle-button-6a658b7406624\"><div class=\"inner-toggle-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>The Draft South Africa National Artificial Intelligence Policy is a policy instrument published by the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies on 10 April 2026 as Notice 3880 of 2026 in Government Gazette No. 54477. It sets out South Africa&#8217;s proposed governance approach to artificial intelligence, including institutional architecture, regulatory mechanisms, and sectoral priorities. Written submissions were invited from the public.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"toggle default\" data-inner-wrap=\"true\"><h3 class=\"toggle-title\"><a href=\"#\" id=\"toggle-button-6a658b7406baa\" role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"toggle-panel-6a658b7406baa\" class=\"toggle-heading\"><i role=\"presentation\" class=\"fa fa-plus\"><\/i>Who prepared the submission?<\/a><\/h3><div id=\"toggle-panel-6a658b7406baa\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"toggle-button-6a658b7406baa\"><div class=\"inner-toggle-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>The submission was prepared and filed by ITLawCo, a South African ICT law and public policy company, with the support of the South African Technology and Economic Competitiveness Initiative (SATECI), an independent non-partisan strategic body focused on South Africa&#8217;s long-term competitiveness in technology, economic power, and national resilience. Nathan-Ross Adams, Managing Director of ITLawCo, is the named signatory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"toggle default\" data-inner-wrap=\"true\"><h3 class=\"toggle-title\"><a href=\"#\" id=\"toggle-button-6a658b7406fd1\" role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"toggle-panel-6a658b7406fd1\" class=\"toggle-heading\"><i role=\"presentation\" class=\"fa fa-plus\"><\/i>What is the main argument of the submission?<\/a><\/h3><div id=\"toggle-panel-6a658b7406fd1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"toggle-button-6a658b7406fd1\"><div class=\"inner-toggle-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>The central argument is that South Africa needs a grand strategy for AI, not merely a governance framework. A grand strategy \u2014 in the academic sense \u2014 is a state&#8217;s theory of how it will use its means to achieve its ends. The submission argues that South Africa possesses the means (PGM reserves, institutional sophistication, constitutional democracy, G20 standing) but that the Draft Policy does not yet supply the intellectual architecture to deploy them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"toggle default\" data-inner-wrap=\"true\"><h3 class=\"toggle-title\"><a href=\"#\" id=\"toggle-button-6a658b74073b3\" role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"toggle-panel-6a658b74073b3\" class=\"toggle-heading\"><i role=\"presentation\" class=\"fa fa-plus\"><\/i>What does the submission propose for the National AI Regulatory Forum?<\/a><\/h3><div id=\"toggle-panel-6a658b74073b3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"toggle-button-6a658b74073b3\"><div class=\"inner-toggle-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>The submission proposes that the Forum be established by statute with binding cross-sector guidance powers, rather than as a consultative body convened by the DCDT. Where two or more regulators cannot agree on a cross-sector AI governance matter, the DCDT would issue a binding determination by way of a casting vote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"toggle default\" data-inner-wrap=\"true\"><h3 class=\"toggle-title\"><a href=\"#\" id=\"toggle-button-6a658b7407878\" role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"toggle-panel-6a658b7407878\" class=\"toggle-heading\"><i role=\"presentation\" class=\"fa fa-plus\"><\/i>How does the submission address POPIA section 71?<\/a><\/h3><div id=\"toggle-panel-6a658b7407878\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"toggle-button-6a658b7407878\"><div class=\"inner-toggle-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>ITLawCo recommends that the DCDT initiate an amendment to section 71 of the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 to extend automated-decision-making protections to decisions where automated processing is a material input, whether or not the final decision is made by a human. The current &#8220;based solely on automated processing&#8221; trigger excludes most real-world AI-assisted decision-making.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"toggle default\" data-inner-wrap=\"true\"><h3 class=\"toggle-title\"><a href=\"#\" id=\"toggle-button-6a658b7407daa\" role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"toggle-panel-6a658b7407daa\" class=\"toggle-heading\"><i role=\"presentation\" class=\"fa fa-plus\"><\/i>When will the full submission be published?<\/a><\/h3><div id=\"toggle-panel-6a658b7407daa\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"toggle-button-6a658b7407daa\"><div class=\"inner-toggle-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>The complete written submission will be published on this page as soon as it has been prepared for public release following filing with the DCDT. Readers can register for notification by emailing <a class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"mailto:support@itlawco.com\">support@itlawco.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"toggle default\" data-inner-wrap=\"true\"><h3 class=\"toggle-title\"><a href=\"#\" id=\"toggle-button-6a658b74082a9\" role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"toggle-panel-6a658b74082a9\" class=\"toggle-heading\"><i role=\"presentation\" class=\"fa fa-plus\"><\/i>How does the submission relate to the African Union Continental AI Strategy?<\/a><\/h3><div id=\"toggle-panel-6a658b74082a9\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"toggle-button-6a658b74082a9\"><div class=\"inner-toggle-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>The African Union Executive Council endorsed the Continental AI Strategy in Accra in July 2024. Phase I (2025\u20132026) is focused on governance frameworks, national AI strategies, resource mobilisation, and capacity building. South Africa&#8217;s Draft National AI Policy is a direct response to this Phase I obligation, and the submission argues that the final policy should be framed explicitly as a contribution to the continental architecture, not as a standalone national exercise.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"toggle default\" data-inner-wrap=\"true\"><h3 class=\"toggle-title\"><a href=\"#\" id=\"toggle-button-6a658b7408776\" role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"toggle-panel-6a658b7408776\" class=\"toggle-heading\"><i role=\"presentation\" class=\"fa fa-plus\"><\/i>Who can cite or quote this submission?<\/a><\/h3><div id=\"toggle-panel-6a658b7408776\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"toggle-button-6a658b7408776\"><div class=\"inner-toggle-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>The submission is a public document filed with the DCDT. Policymakers, academics, journalists, and practitioners are welcome to cite and quote it. A suggested citation will be published alongside the full document.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-&#091;1.125rem&#093; font-bold\">Publication and next steps<\/h2>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-&#091;1.7&#093;\">We have requested that the DCDT acknowledge the submission, place it on the public record, and address it in its published summary of submissions before the final policy is submitted to Cabinet. ITLawCo and SATECI have committed to publishing a first post-implementation assessment within 12 months of the final policy&#8217;s adoption.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-&#091;1.7&#093;\">The Draft National AI Policy will shape how South African citizens and institutions encounter artificial intelligence for a generation. Whether that encounter strengthens the constitutional order, or erodes it, will be determined by the architecture adopted over the coming months. This submission is our contribution to getting that architecture right.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-&#091;1.7&#093;\"><em>For media enquiries or questions about the submission, contact ITLawCo at support@itlawco.com.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-&#091;1.7&#093;\"><em>This page summarises a written submission filed with a government department. It is not legal advice. 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