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Yes. Here it is. As constitutions go, it's pretty decent. Plus, unlike in some other countries, it genuinely is the highest law of the land.

Then, ICANN can tell the root servers to stop accepting updates from them.

And do you think ICANN would be so stupid to do that? I hope they do so we can finally get rid of ICANN once and for all.

All country code TLDs should be under the control of the specific country identified. That seems to be the case with many, and maybe most. I think that the government of South Africa has the right to designate who (be it a government department, a corporation, or even an individual) runs the zone, and even specify the policies under which it operates. The fact that some governments already do have that control just makes the case all that much stronger.

I run a DNS server and I can do anything I want with it. I can add domain names to it that someone else owns, nothing is stopping me. However, only people that use that DNS server will see my mapping. Everyone else will see the correct mapping.

What makes you say that any one name space is the correct one? How do you define correct? Is it correct if it's what you think is right? Is it correct just because ICANN runs it?

If I wanted, I could even setup a root with my own TLDs.

Been there, done that.

My real point is, however, that if it comes down to two different sources of .za TLD zone data, people will demand to use the officially government sanctioned source, as opposed to the one that the current operator runs. If ICANN fails to use the government one, I predict it will be the final stake through the heart of an organization that should have been terminated years ago.

And yes, I will put the South African government sanctioned .za zone delegation in my root zone as soon as they set one up.

Then, ICANN can tell the root servers to stop accepting updates from them.

And do you think ICANN would be so stupid to do that? I hope they do so we can finally get rid of ICANN once and for all.

All country code TLDs should be under the control of the specific country identified. That seems to be the case with many, and maybe most. I think that the government of South Africa has the right to designate who (be it a government department, a corporation, or even an individual) runs the zone, and even specify the policies under which it operates. The fact that some governments already do have that control just makes the case all that much stronger.

I run a DNS server and I can do anything I want with it. I can add domain names to it that someone else owns, nothing is stopping me. However, only people that use that DNS server will see my mapping. Everyone else will see the correct mapping.

What makes you say that any one name space is the correct one? How do you define correct? Is it correct if it's what you think is right? Is it correct just because ICANN runs it?

If I wanted, I could even setup a root with my own TLDs.

Been there, done that.

My real point is, however, that if it comes down to two different sources of .za TLD zone data, people will demand to use the officially government sanctioned source, as opposed to the one that the current operator runs. If ICANN fails to use the government one, I predict it will be the final stake through the heart of an organization that should have been terminated years ago.

And yes, I will put the South African government sanctioned .za zone delegation in my root zone as soon as they set one up.

We have freedoms guaranteed via restrictions on government (theoretically) through the Constituation and the Bill Of Rights, South Africa and your other examples do not

Make that "did not" :) ... (http://www.gov.za/structure/constitution.htm)

Let the South African Government know that you object to their move. Head to their feedback page and share your opinion. I suggest mentioning that you plan to boycott (travel-wise, that is) until they withdraw their claim to the domain southafrica.com.

Some day I hope to have a .plan.

Let the South African Government know that you object to their move. Head to their feedback page and share your opinion. I suggest mentioning that you plan to boycott (travel-wise, that is) until they withdraw their claim to the domain southafrica.com.

Some day I hope to have a .plan.