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Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for South Africa

.za
Introduced7 November 1990
TLD typeCountry code top-level domain
StatusActive
RegistryZA Central Registry[needs update]
SponsorZADNA
Intended useEntities connected withSouth Africa
Actual usePopular in South Africa
Registration restrictionsNone in.co.za; various restrictions in other subdomains
StructureRegistrations are only taken at third level beneath various second-level labels
DocumentsArticles of Association of ZADNA
Dispute policiesAlternative Dispute Resolution (ADR),Additional information
Registry websiteregistry.net.za

.za is theInternetcountry codetop-level domain (ccTLD) forSouth Africa. The .za namespace is managed and regulated by the.za Domain Name Authority (ZADNA).[1] Most domains are registered under thesecond-level domain.co.za.[2]

ZA is an abbreviation of theDutch name for the country of South Africa:Zuid-Afrika.

Origin of the name

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None of theofficial names for South Africa can be abbreviated to ZA, which is an abbreviation of theDutchZuid-Afrika. Dutch was considered an official language in theUnion of South Africa until 1961; it subsequently lost itssynonymous status withAfrikaans in 1983.Suid-Afrika is the standard spelling in Afrikaans, but the.sa domain is used bySaudi Arabia.Zuid-Afrika has a history of usage: theinternational vehicle code for South Africa has been "ZA" since 1936.ZAR serves as theISO 4217 currency code for theSouth African rand. South Africanaircraft registration prefixes also start withZ.

Second-level domains

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.ZA has a Second Level Domain (SLD) Structure.[3]

Approved

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  • .ac.za: South African academic and tertiary societies[4]
  • .co.za: general use by South African and non-South African persons and entities.
  • .edu.za: South African further education training and private colleges.
  • .gov.za: South African government & its departments and entities.
  • .law.za: South African legal firms.
  • .mil.za:South African Department of Defence & its institutions.
  • .net.za: primarily for network & internet infrastructure providers.
  • .nom.za: personal names, not organisations.
  • .org.za: primarily for South African non-commercial entities.
  • .school.za: for schools in South Africa.
  • .web.za: general use by South Africans & non–South Africans.

Dormant

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  • .alt.za: Historical registrants.
  • .ngo.za: for non-governmental organisations. New registrations pending .za DNA public consultation process.
  • .tm.za: fortrademarks. On hold pending establishment of the .ZA DNA.

Private

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  • .agric.za: ARC & Company.
  • .grondar.za: Mark R V Murray.
  • .nis.za: Network Information Systems.

Former (deleted)

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ZADNA removed a number of domains from the .za zone on 7 August 2009:[5]

  • .bourse.za: for all companies which are listed on theJSE Securities Exchange.
  • .city.za: for municipal governments.
  • .cybernet.za: Infront Investments Five cc.
  • .db.za:De Beers.
  • .iaccess.za: Compustat.
  • .imt.za: Institute for Maritime Technology.
  • .inca.za: Internetworking Cape.
  • .landesign.za: Lan Design (no longer exists).
  • .olivetti.za:Olivetti/Mark Elkins.
  • .pix.za: Proxima Information Exchange.

Statistics

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Currently[when?] around 29.39% of the .za internet is served via secured HTTPS protocol, with theLet's Encrypt Authority X3 being the most popular SSL certificate.[6] Apache is the most popular web server, serving 66.56% of the .za domains, followed by Microsoft-IIS serving 11.60% of the total .za domains.[6] The most common 1st character in domain names is "c", with 10.76% of .za domains starting with this character.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^".za Domain Name Authority".www.zadna.org.za. Retrieved2017-06-05.
  2. ^".za Domain Name Authority".www.zadna.org.za. Retrieved2017-10-04.
  3. ^"Policies - .za Domain Name Authority".www.zadna.org.za. Archived fromthe original on 2021-05-16. Retrieved2017-07-14.
  4. ^Eagleeyenaran (2017-07-14),English: AC.ZA is a moderated domain intended for use by higher education institutions, learned societies and associated research and support institutions that are domiciled in the Republic of South Africa., retrieved2017-07-14
  5. ^".za Domain Name Authority"(PDF). Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 2012-01-14. Retrieved2013-03-12.
  6. ^abc"Internet statistics of South African avidom.co.za".www.avidom.co.za. Retrieved2017-02-20.[permanent dead link]

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