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Cybercrime Doesn’t Just Steal Data. It Steals Your Bottom Line!
Why cybersecurity is everyone's business – especially Finance Imagine arriving at work on a Monday morning to discover that your organisation's bank account has been compromised, supplier payments have been redirected, critical systems are inaccessible, and customers...
ZARC Reaches 1.5 Million Domain Registrations, Marking a New Chapter for South Africa’s Digital Identity
Johannesburg, South Africa – 02 October 2026 – The ZA Registry Consortium (ZARC) has reached a significant milestone of 1.5 million domain registrations across South Africa’s commercial .ZA second-level domains, marking a major milestone in the growth and maturation...
How to Transfer a CO.ZA Domain Without Disruption
A domain transfer is an administrative change, but it can have operational consequences if it is handled without preparation. When you transfer a CO.ZA domain, the aim is to move management to a new accredited registrar while preserving the website, email, DNS...
How to Become a CO.ZA Registrar in 6 Steps
A CO.ZA domain may be a customer’s public identity, email route and route to critical online services. That makes becoming a registrar more than a domain resale opportunity. Organisations considering how to become a CO.ZA registrar need the commercial capability,...
Public Incident Review: March 2025 DNS Outage and Degradation
We are publishing this Public Incident Review following the DNS outage and degradation that affected .ZA commercial second-level domains between 6 and 14 March 2025. This report was originally finalised on 20 May 2025 following the DNS outage and degradation...
When the Internet Says Your Domain Does Not Exist- But it Does-Don’t Panic or Create Panic!
Author: Simla Budhu Your website is down. You receive messages like ‘this site cannot be reached’ or ‘domain not found’. You have conducted all the necessary checks: the domain is still registered at the registry-level; the servers are running; and nothing has...
Building Technical Skills Through DNS Training
Author - Kilana Chohan ZARC, in collaboration with ZADNA, recently hosted another successful DNS Training course, bringing together participants from across the industry to deepen their understanding of the technology that powers the internet. Over the course of the...
Understanding the Evolution of the CO.ZA Internet Domain: Growth, Maturity, and Market Sentiment
Author: Neil Dundas (10 May 2026) Recent reporting around ZADNA’s revised long-term forecasting targets has understandably sparked discussion about the future growth trajectory of South Africa’s CO.ZA namespace. As the registry operator for the commercial CO.ZA...
How ZARC and Registrars combat domain name abuse in the .ZA namespace
Author - Kilana Chohan, Simla Budhu & Team Protecting South Africa’s digital namespace DNS abuse is a growing global challenge, and South Africa is no exception. Malicious actors exploit the Domain Name System (DNS) to conduct phishing attacks, distribute...
Influencing Domain Name Policy Development in the .ZA Namespace
Author: Neil Dundas (22 April 2026) The domain name system (DNS) is often described as the “phonebook of the Internet,” but that analogy only scratches the surface. Beneath every domain name lies a complex web of policy, governance, and operational rules that shape...
How ZARC Protects Your .za Domain
At ZARC, we take the security of the .za namespace seriously. We use a combination of advanced technology and strict policies to keep the internet’s address book—the domain name system—safe, stable, and resilient for all South Africans. Protecting your domain is a...
Building Trust Through Data: How .ZA Turned Raw Logs into Insights
At ZARC, the registry operator for South Africa’s .ZA commercial second-level domains, data isn’t just an operational by-product — it’s the foundation of trust, transparency, and accountability in the namespace. A few years ago, our data was scattered across systems,...
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