--- title: South Africa’s AI policy team is racing a 30 November... description: South Africa's redrafted national AI policy is due before cabinet by March 2027, four months later than the department told parliament in May. Officials have... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/south-africa-s-ai-policy-team-is-racing-a-30-november-deadline-mtlipuokj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: South Africa’s AI policy team is racing a 30 November deadline | daily.dev og:description: South Africa's redrafted national AI policy is due before cabinet by March 2027, four months later than the department told parliament in May. Officials have... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/south-africa-s-ai-policy-team-is-racing-a-30-november-deadline-mtlipuokj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/mTliPuoKJ.png og:image:alt: South Africa’s AI policy team is racing a 30 November deadline og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # South Africa’s AI policy team is racing a 30 November deadline **[TechCentral](https://daily.dev/sources/techcentral)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary South Africa's redrafted national AI policy is due before cabinet by March 2027, four months later than the department told parliament in May. Officials have until 30 November to finish the draft and a discussion document, with internal consultations running December through February. The public won't see the policy until after cabinet approves it for comment. The first draft was withdrawn in April after fictitious sources were found in its reference list. A seven-member expert panel chaired by Benjamin Rosman is now advising a government drafting team focused on compute, data, and 'model sovereignty' for local languages. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### When will South Africa's national AI policy go before cabinet? South Africa's redrafted national AI policy is due before cabinet by March 2027. That is four months later than the department told parliament in May 2026, when it targeted cabinet approval by November and public comment by January 2027. Officials have until 30 November to finish the draft and a discussion document, with internal government consultations running from December through February. _Those tracking AI governance timelines can follow policy shifts like this one on daily.dev._ ### Why was South Africa's first national AI policy draft withdrawn? Communications minister Solly Malatsi withdrew South Africa's first AI policy draft on 26 April after it emerged that its reference list contained fictitious sources. He called it 'not a mere technical issue.' The draft had been gazetted for comment on 10 April. Malatsi then appointed a seven-member independent expert panel chaired by Wits University AI researcher Benjamin Rosman to help rewrite it. _Anyone weighing how AI hallucinations affect real institutions can follow stories like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [South Africa’s draft AI policy headed to cabinet](https://daily.dev/posts/south-africa-s-draft-ai-policy-headed-to-cabinet-e24bbyqen) · TechCentral · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Hallucination-hit AI policy delayed to January 2027](https://daily.dev/posts/hallucination-hit-ai-policy-delayed-to-january-2027-me64hrt8y) · TechCentral · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Radical rethink for South Africa’s national AI policy](https://daily.dev/posts/radical-rethink-for-south-africa-s-national-ai-policy-mfjkbwimu) · TechCentral · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [South Africa’s draft AI policy is a bureaucrat’s dream](https://daily.dev/posts/south-africa-s-draft-ai-policy-is-a-bureaucrat-s-dream-ygp8qee4f) · TechCentral · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm), [#ai-governance](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-governance), [#regulation](https://daily.dev/tags/regulation) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/south-africa-s-ai-policy-team-is-racing-a-30-november-deadline-mtlipuokj) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"South Africa’s AI policy team is racing a 30 November deadline","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/south-africa-s-ai-policy-team-is-racing-a-30-november-deadline-mtlipuokj","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/south-africa-s-ai-policy-team-is-racing-a-30-november-deadline-mtlipuokj"},"datePublished":"2026-10-29T12:37:51.446Z","dateModified":"2026-10-29T12:38:19.257Z","description":"South Africa's redrafted national AI policy is due before cabinet by March 2027, four months later than the department told parliament in May. 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