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Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for South Africa March 2017 .za 7 November 1990 Country code top-level domain Active ZA Central RegistryOctober 2022 ZA Registry Consortium (ZARC) is contracted Registry Operator for .co.za, net.za, org.za and web.za as of October 2022 ZADNA Entities connected with South Africa Popular in South Africa None in .co.za; various restrictions in other subdomains Registrations are only taken at third level beneath various second-level labels Articles of Association of ZADNA Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Additional information https://registry.net.za .za is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for South Africa. The .za namespace is managed and regulated by the .za Domain Name Authority (ZADNA).https://www.zadna.org.za/ .za Domain Name Authority www.zadna.org.za en 2017-06-05 2021-05-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20210516055143/https://www.zadna.org.za/ dead Most domains are registered under the second-level domain .co.za.https://www.zadna.org.za/ .za Domain Name Authority www.zadna.org.za en 2017-10-04 2021-05-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20210516055143/https://www.zadna.org.za/ dead ZA is an abbreviation of the Dutch name for the country of South Africa: Zuid-Afrika. Origin of the name None of the official names for South Africa can be abbreviated to ZA, which is an abbreviation of the Dutch Zuid-Afrika. Dutch was considered an official language in the Union of South Africa until 1961; it subsequently lost its synonymous status with Afrikaans in 1983. Suid-Afrika is the standard spelling in Afrikaans, but the .sa domain is used by Saudi Arabia. Zuid-Afrika has a history of usage: the international vehicle code for South Africa has been "ZA" since 1936. ZAR serves as the ISO 4217 currency code for the South African rand. South African aircraft registration prefixes also start with Z. .ZA Second Level Domains (SLDs) Second-level domains .ZA has a Second Level Domain (SLD) Structure.https://www.zadna.org.za/content/page/policies/ Policies - .za Domain Name Authority www.zadna.org.za en 2017-07-14 2021-05-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20210516055156/https://www.zadna.org.za/content/page/policies/ dead Approved .ac.za: South African academic and tertiary societiesEagleeyenaran 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. 2017-07-14 https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Approved_AC_ZA_Charter_20Nov2015.pdf&oldid=251755358 2017-07-14 .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. .ecape.school.za: Eastern Cape. .fs.school.za: Free State. .gp.school.za: Gauteng. .kzn.school.za: Kwazulu-Natal. .mpm.school.za: Mpumalanga. .ncape.school.za: Northern Cape. .lp.school.za: Limpopo. .nw.school.za: North West. .wcape.school.za: Western Cape. .web.za: general use by South Africans & non–South Africans. Dormant .alt.za: Historical registrants. .ngo.za: for non-governmental organisations. New registrations pending .za DNA public consultation process. .tm.za: for trademarks. On hold pending establishment of the .ZA DNA. Private .agric.za: ARC & Company. .grondar.za: Mark R V Murray. .nis.za: Network Information Systems. Former (deleted) ZADNA removed a number of domains from the .za zone on 7 August 2009:http://www.zadna.org.za/documents/Announcement_of_removal_of_listed_dormant_domains_from_za_zonefile.pdf .za Domain Name Authority 2013-03-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20120114033647/http://www.zadna.org.za/documents/Announcement_of_removal_of_listed_dormant_domains_from_za_zonefile.pdf 2012-01-14 dead .bourse.za: for all companies which are listed on the JSE 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 CurrentlyOctober 2024 around 29.39% of the .za internet is served via secured HTTPS protocol, with the Let's Encrypt Authority X3 being the most popular SSL certificate.https://www.avidom.co.za/internet-statistics-of-south-african Internet statistics of South African avidom.co.za www.avidom.co.za en-alternative 2017-02-20November 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes 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. The most common 1st character in domain names is "c", with 10.76% of .za domains starting with this character. See also .africa the officially designated top-level domain (TLD) for the African and Pan African domains References External links no Category:.za y no no no no no no no no no ZADNA website IANA .za whois information expanded Category:Country code top-level domains Category:Internet in South Africa Category:Internet properties established in 1990 sv:Toppdomän#Z