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South Africa and African Union

This dossier contains 30 indexed evidence records connected to South Africa and African Union. Use the filters to inspect status, instrument type, and topic coverage—including deepfakes, synthetic media, AI-generated content, detection, and KYC—without treating a summary as a legal conclusion.

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Indexed evidence

Regulation records

Showing 30 of 30 records

Active law, partial

1. Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA)

Law Or Treaty
CitationNot recorded in registry
Covered actors
  • Responsible parties/controllers, operators/processors, information officers, data subjects and the Information Regulator.
Neutral effect or obligation summary

Lawful, minimal, purpose-limited, transparent and secure processing data-subject access, correction, objection and related rights operator contracts and oversight breach notification to the Regulator and affected data subjects where required controls for cross-border transfers and records/governance appropriate to risk.

DatesNot recorded in registry
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary

Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.

Synthetic MediaArtificial IntelligenceIdentity And KycBiometricsPrivacy And Data ProtectionProvenance And Labeling
Official sources
Guidance, partial

2. Information Regulator instruments on special information, prior authorisation and automated decisions

Type not recorded
CitationNot recorded in registry
Covered actors
  • Responsible parties, operators, information officers, data subjects and the Information Regulator.
Neutral effect or obligation summaryNot recorded in registry
DatesNot recorded in registry
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary

Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.

Synthetic MediaArtificial IntelligenceIdentity And KycBiometricsFraud And ImpersonationPrivacy And Data Protection
Official sources
Active, partial

3. 2026 POPIA health-information regulations

Regulation Or Rule
CitationNot recorded in registry
Covered actorsNot recorded in registry
Neutral effect or obligation summaryNot recorded in registry
Enacted or issued
Mar 6, 2026
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary

Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.

Synthetic MediaArtificial IntelligenceBiometricsProvenance And Labeling
Official sources
Proposed, partial

4. Information Regulator gated-access Code of Conduct — draft/consultation status

Proposal
CitationNot recorded in registry
Covered actorsNot recorded in registry
Neutral effect or obligation summaryNot recorded in registry
DatesNot recorded in registry
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary

Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.

Biometrics
Official sources
Voluntary framework, partial

5. Cybercrimes Act 19 of 2020 and implementation materials

Law Or Treaty
CitationNot recorded in registry
Covered actors
  • Any person or entity committing or facilitating an offence
  • SAPS, the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, prosecutors, courts, designated point of contact and specified persons with reporting duties.
Neutral effect or obligation summaryNot recorded in registry
DatesNot recorded in registry
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary

Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.

Synthetic MediaArtificial IntelligenceFraud And ImpersonationCybersecurityProvenance And Labeling
Voluntary framework, partial

6. Films and Publications Act 65 of 1996, Amendment Act 11 of 2019 and 2022 regulations

Regulation Or Rule
CitationNot recorded in registry
Covered actorsNot recorded in registry
Neutral effect or obligation summary

Registration/licensing or accreditation for applicable online distributors classification or self-classification processes complaints and prohibited-content handling cooperation and information duties in specified circumstances child-protection and harmful-content controls.

DatesNot recorded in registry
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary

Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.

Synthetic MediaArtificial IntelligenceChild Safety
Official sources
Proposed, partial

7. Electoral Act 73 of 1998, Electoral Code of Conduct and IEC platform cooperation

Proposal
CitationNot recorded in registry
Covered actorsNot recorded in registry
Neutral effect or obligation summaryNot recorded in registry
DatesNot recorded in registry
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary

Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.

Synthetic MediaArtificial IntelligencePlatform Safety And ContentElections And Political ContentProvenance And Labeling
Proposed, partial

8. Financial Intelligence Centre Act 38 of 2001 (FICA), FIC guidance and HANIS verification

Proposal
CitationNot recorded in registry
Covered actorsNot recorded in registry
Neutral effect or obligation summary

Establish and verify identity understand the business relationship identify beneficial owners and persons acting for clients apply a risk-based approach maintain an RMCP keep records report suspicious/unusual transactions and comply with sanctions and supervisory requests.

DatesNot recorded in registry
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary

Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.

Synthetic MediaArtificial IntelligenceIdentity And KycBiometricsFraud And ImpersonationFinancial Services
Active, partial

9. SARB Directive 1 of 2024 — cybersecurity and cyber-resilience in the National Payment System

Regulation Or Rule
CitationNot recorded in registry
Covered actorsNot recorded in registry
Neutral effect or obligation summary

Maintain proportionate cybersecurity and cyber-resilience frameworks protect confidentiality, integrity and availability identify critical functions/assets use protective controls including access control and encryption detect, respond to and recover from cyber-attacks test resilience report incidents and support supervision.

DatesNot recorded in registry
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary

Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.

Synthetic MediaArtificial IntelligenceIdentity And KycFraud And ImpersonationCybersecurityPlatform Safety And ContentFinancial Services
Official sources
Active, partial

10. Joint Standard 2 of 2024 — cybersecurity and cyber resilience for financial institutions

Framework Or Standard
CitationNot recorded in registry
Covered actorsNot recorded in registry
Neutral effect or obligation summary

Sound governance, risk management, cybersecurity and cyber-resilience processes, tools and technologies prevention, detection, response, recovery, oversight of material dependencies and reporting/assurance expectations.

DatesNot recorded in registry
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary

Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.

Synthetic MediaArtificial IntelligenceIdentity And KycFraud And ImpersonationCybersecurityFinancial Services
Official sources
Guidance, partial

11. FSCA Regulatory Strategy 2025–2028 and AI supervisory work

Guidance
CitationNot recorded in registry
Covered actorsNot recorded in registry
Neutral effect or obligation summary

The strategy itself is not a standalone licence or detailed technical standard. Firms remain subject to existing conduct, governance, prudential, cyber, consumer and privacy requirements, applied in an AI context through supervision and future instruments.

DatesNot recorded in registry
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary

Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.

Synthetic MediaArtificial IntelligenceIdentity And KycFraud And ImpersonationPrivacy And Data ProtectionFinancial Services
Official sources
Proposed, partial

12. SARB Payments Ecosystem Modernisation, Digital Financial Identity and Vision 2030+

Proposal
CitationNot recorded in registry
Covered actorsNot recorded in registry
Neutral effect or obligation summaryNot recorded in registry
DatesNot recorded in registry
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary

Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.

Synthetic MediaArtificial IntelligenceIdentity And KycBiometricsFraud And ImpersonationPrivacy And Data ProtectionFinancial ServicesProvenance And Labeling
Official sources
Repealed or withdrawn, partial

13. South African National AI Policy Framework and withdrawn 2026 draft

Proposal
CitationNot recorded in registry
Covered actorsNot recorded in registry
Neutral effect or obligation summaryNot recorded in registry
DatesNot recorded in registry
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary

Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.

Synthetic MediaArtificial IntelligenceProvenance And Labeling
Official sources
Voluntary framework, partial

14. South African G20/DCDT generative-AI and deepfake issue brief

Guidance
CitationNot recorded in registry
Covered actors
  • Government, platforms, researchers, technology firms, civil society and international partners.
Neutral effect or obligation summaryNot recorded in registry
DatesNot recorded in registry
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary

Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.

Synthetic MediaArtificial IntelligenceIdentity And KycBiometricsFraud And ImpersonationPlatform Safety And ContentElections And Political ContentFinancial ServicesProvenance And Labeling
Official sources
Active, partial

15. AU Convention on Cyber Security and Personal Data Protection (Malabo Convention)

Type not recorded
CitationNot recorded in registry
Covered actors
  • AU Member States that ratify/accede, national data-protection authorities, cybersecurity bodies, public/private data controllers and electronic-transaction actors.
Neutral effect or obligation summary

Establish legal and institutional frameworks for personal data, electronic transactions and cybersecurity protect privacy and fundamental rights provide security and cybercrime measures regulate data processing and cross-border flows in accordance with the Convention’s framework.

DatesNot recorded in registry
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary

Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.

Synthetic MediaArtificial IntelligenceBiometricsFraud And ImpersonationPrivacy And Data ProtectionCybersecurityProvenance And Labeling
Official sources
Voluntary framework, partial

16. AU Data Policy Framework (2022)

Guidance
CitationNot recorded in registry
Covered actorsNot recorded in registry
Neutral effect or obligation summaryNot recorded in registry
DatesNot recorded in registry
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary

Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.

Synthetic MediaArtificial IntelligenceIdentity And KycBiometricsPrivacy And Data ProtectionCybersecurityFinancial ServicesProvenance And Labeling
Official sources
Voluntary framework, partial

17. AU Interoperability Framework for Digital ID

Framework Or Standard
CitationNot recorded in registry
Covered actorsNot recorded in registry
Neutral effect or obligation summaryNot recorded in registry
DatesNot recorded in registry
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary

Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.

Synthetic MediaArtificial IntelligenceIdentity And KycFraud And ImpersonationPrivacy And Data ProtectionCybersecurityFinancial Services
Official sources
Voluntary framework, partial

18. AU Continental Artificial Intelligence Strategy

Guidance
CitationNot recorded in registry
Covered actorsNot recorded in registry
Neutral effect or obligation summaryNot recorded in registry
DatesNot recorded in registry
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary

Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.

Synthetic MediaArtificial IntelligenceProvenance And Labeling
Official sources
Source-only evidence, partial

19. Protocol on Digital Trade under the AfCFTA

Type not recorded
CitationNot recorded in registry
Covered actorsNot recorded in registry
Neutral effect or obligation summaryNot recorded in registry
Enacted or issued
Feb 18, 2024
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary

Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.

Synthetic MediaArtificial IntelligenceIdentity And KycFraud And ImpersonationPrivacy And Data ProtectionCybersecurityPlatform Safety And ContentFinancial Services
Official sources
Voluntary framework, partial

20. AU Child Online Safety and Empowerment Policy

Guidance
CitationNot recorded in registry
Covered actorsNot recorded in registry
Neutral effect or obligation summaryNot recorded in registry
DatesNot recorded in registry
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary

Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.

Synthetic MediaArtificial IntelligenceFraud And ImpersonationPrivacy And Data ProtectionPlatform Safety And ContentChild Safety
Official sources
Voluntary framework, partial

21. African Digital Compact

Law Or Treaty
CitationNot recorded in registry
Covered actorsNot recorded in registry
Neutral effect or obligation summaryNot recorded in registry
DatesNot recorded in registry
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary

Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.

Synthetic MediaArtificial IntelligenceIdentity And KycCybersecurityPlatform Safety And ContentChild Safety
Official sources
Voluntary framework, partial

22. African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance and ACHPR digital-election instruments

Framework Or Standard
CitationNot recorded in registry
Covered actorsNot recorded in registry
Neutral effect or obligation summaryNot recorded in registry
DatesNot recorded in registry
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary

Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.

Synthetic MediaArtificial IntelligencePlatform Safety And ContentElections And Political ContentProvenance And Labeling
Voluntary framework, partial

23. SADC Harmonised Cybersecurity Legal and Regulatory Framework

Framework Or Standard
CitationNot recorded in registry
Covered actorsNot recorded in registry
Neutral effect or obligation summaryNot recorded in registry
DatesNot recorded in registry
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary

Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.

Synthetic MediaArtificial IntelligenceIdentity And KycFraud And ImpersonationPrivacy And Data ProtectionCybersecurity
Official sources
Proposed, partial

24. ECOWAS digital/data/cyber instruments

Proposal
CitationNot recorded in registry
Covered actorsNot recorded in registry
Neutral effect or obligation summaryNot recorded in registry
DatesNot recorded in registry
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary

Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.

Synthetic MediaArtificial IntelligenceIdentity And KycFraud And ImpersonationPrivacy And Data ProtectionCybersecurity
Official sources
Guidance, partial

25. Nigeria — NDPA, election integrity, identity and cyber-enabled fraud

Type not recorded
CitationNot recorded in registry
Covered actorsNot recorded in registry
Neutral effect or obligation summaryNot recorded in registry
DatesNot recorded in registry
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary

Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.

Synthetic MediaArtificial IntelligenceIdentity And KycBiometricsFraud And ImpersonationPrivacy And Data ProtectionCybersecurityPlatform Safety And ContentElections And Political ContentFinancial ServicesProvenance And Labeling
Guidance, partial

26. Kenya — data protection, biometric elections, cybercrime and AML

Type not recorded
CitationNot recorded in registry
Covered actorsNot recorded in registry
Neutral effect or obligation summaryNot recorded in registry
DatesNot recorded in registry
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary

Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.

Synthetic MediaArtificial IntelligenceIdentity And KycBiometricsFraud And ImpersonationPrivacy And Data ProtectionCybersecurityPlatform Safety And ContentElections And Political ContentFinancial ServicesProvenance And Labeling
Proposed, partial

27. Ghana — DPA, CSA election response and accountable-entity controls

Proposal
CitationNot recorded in registry
Covered actorsNot recorded in registry
Neutral effect or obligation summaryNot recorded in registry
DatesNot recorded in registry
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary

Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.

Synthetic MediaArtificial IntelligenceIdentity And KycBiometricsFraud And ImpersonationPrivacy And Data ProtectionCybersecurityPlatform Safety And ContentElections And Political ContentFinancial ServicesProvenance And Labeling
Voluntary framework, partial

28. Rwanda — privacy, cybercrime, elections and regulated payments

Type not recorded
CitationNot recorded in registry
Covered actorsNot recorded in registry
Neutral effect or obligation summaryNot recorded in registry
DatesNot recorded in registry
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary

Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.

Synthetic MediaArtificial IntelligenceIdentity And KycBiometricsPrivacy And Data ProtectionCybersecurityPlatform Safety And ContentElections And Political ContentFinancial ServicesProvenance And Labeling
Voluntary framework, partial

29. Egypt — data protection, national AI policy, elections and financial-sector controls

Guidance
CitationNot recorded in registry
Covered actorsNot recorded in registry
Neutral effect or obligation summaryNot recorded in registry
DatesNot recorded in registry
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary

Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.

Synthetic MediaArtificial IntelligenceIdentity And KycBiometricsPrivacy And Data ProtectionCybersecurityPlatform Safety And ContentElections And Political ContentFinancial ServicesProvenance And Labeling
Guidance, partial

30. Morocco — CNDP privacy, cybersecurity, digital trust and AML/KYC

Type not recorded
CitationNot recorded in registry
Covered actorsNot recorded in registry
Neutral effect or obligation summaryNot recorded in registry
DatesNot recorded in registry
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary

Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.

Synthetic MediaArtificial IntelligenceIdentity And KycBiometricsPrivacy And Data ProtectionCybersecurityPlatform Safety And ContentElections And Political ContentChild SafetyFinancial ServicesProvenance And Labeling