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While the recently published National Data and Cloud policy is comprehensive and says many right things, it comes across as if the government is trying to do too many things with too few resources at its disposal, writes David Monyae.

May 19, 2021 Comments on government’s controversial proposed data policy – the Draft National Policy on Data and Cloud, released on 1 April 2021 – were due yesterday (18 May). The policy, in which the government will become co-owner of all data generated in South Africa (SA), has already attracted widespread debate amongst commentators, with many saying that it raises issues around privacy and has the potential to scare off much needed investment into the sector. But, it may be too soon to label the bill a help or hindrance. Aspects of the policy are encouraging, particularly proposals ...

Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper. Government’s proposed data policy in which the government will become co-owner of all data generated in SA has come under withering fire from local and foreign legal and digital experts. SA’s Draft National Policy on Data and Cloud, released on 1 April 2021, seeks to put government at the heart of data control, ownership and distribution in SA, proposing a data policy that is massively more state-centric than the global norm. The policy is ostensibly designed to secure national data and establish rules associated with what has become one of the world�...

Apr 22, 2021 The Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA) has welcomed the government’s commitment to strengthening its digital capacity and moving the country into the 4th Industrial Revolution – but it has questioned the need for the government to create a new SOE, and the implementation model and costs associated with some of its plans. Responding to the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies’ draft national data and cloud policy, which outlines plans to develop a State Digital Infrastructure Company (SDIC) and High-Performance Computing ...