The ZA Central Registry (ZACR) says around 15 000 org.za domains it suspended have until next year to reverse their suspensions.
The suspensions were in line with a previous ZA Domain Name Regulatory Authority decision to have all org.za domains transferred from a legacy system to ZACR-accredited registrars. Following this, ZACR suspended all org.za domain names that had not migrated across to new registrars.
"Suspension does not mean deletion and all org.za domain name-holders still have until 1 September 2017 to transfer their domains to ZACR-accredited registrars," explains ZACR CEO Lucky Masilela.
ZACR, which is tasked with administering second-level domains within the greater .za namespace, says it regularly undertakes technical streamlining as part of its efforts to maintain the country's DNS (domain name system) proficiency.
"The ZACR has several times, over the course of a full year, communicated its intent to suspend non-compliant org.za domains from 1 September 2016 and to finally delete them on 1 September 2017. This has been communicated, inter alia, via the ZACR Web site's Registrar Noticeboard as well as via e-mail," it says in a statement.
Apart from e-mail communications, lists of org.za domain names were made available to registrars at their specific request and an independent consultant was also appointed to contact registrants with a view to managing this migration process.
"Any org.za names that have not been transferred to .ZA-accredited registrars by 1 September 2017 will no longer be reachable on the Internet. These domain names will then be deleted and made available for re-registration on a first-come, first-served basis," adds Masilela.
A complete list of domain names that remain on the org.za default registrar is available online and will be updated periodically.
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