Catalogue of Legislation Related to DPI Initiatives
The Legislative Catalogue is an interactive reference table of legislation, regulations and policy instruments relevant to South Africa’s Digital Public Infrastructure agenda. It is intended to support coordination and issue identification, not to provide legal advice. Download the full table to get access to the Excel document, which has multiple spreadsheets mapping legislation to DPI initiatives and identifying conflicts, redundancies and out-of-date provisions.
| Type | Name | Current Status | Functional Area | Redundancies | Conflicts | Outdated Provisions | Suggested Amendments/Repeal | Link to Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Current Status | Functional Area | Redundancies | Conflicts | Outdated Provisions | Suggested Amendments/Repeal | Link to Document |
| Act | Identification Act 68 of 1997 | Subject to Repeal | Digital ID | FALSE | FALSE | TRUE | Will be repealed by the National Identification and Registration Bill ; Makes no provision for a system of digital identity | |
| Bill | National Identification and Registration Bill 2022 | Gazzeted | Digital ID | FALSE | FALSE | TRUE | Makes no provision for a system of digital Identity | |
| Act | Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002 | In force | Digital ID, Digital Payments | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | Electonric Signatures | |
| Act | Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 | In force | Digital ID, Digital Payments | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | ||
| Act | Cybercrimes Act 19 of 2020 | In force | Digital ID, Digital Payments , Data | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | ||
| Act | National Payment System Act 78 of 1998 | In force | Digital Payments | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | ||
| Act | Postbank Amendment Act 10 of 2023 | Digital Payments | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | |||
| Act | Public Finance Management Act 1 of 1999 | Digital Payments | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | |||
| Act | Social Assistance Act 13 of 2004 | In force | Digital Payments | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | ||
| Act | South African Postbank Limited Act 9 of 2010 | Digital Payments | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | |||
| Act | South African Social Security Agency Act 9 of 2004 | In force | Digital Payments | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | ||
| Act | State Information Technology Agency Act 88 of 1998 | In force | Interoperability & data sharing | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | ||
| Act | Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 | In force | Digital ID , Digital Payments , Interoperability & data sharing | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | ||
| Act | Public Administration Management Act 11 of 2014 | In force | Interoperability & data sharing | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE |
