.zulu
| Status: | Proposed |
| country: | International |
| Type: | Generic |
| Category: | Culture |
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.zulu is a proposed TLD in ICANN's New gTLD Program. It is one of 68 applications that Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd. has filed for on its own behalf.[1]
The application was issued a GAC Early Warning by South Africa. The warning system is noted as a strong recommendation on behalf of national governments to the ICANN Board that a given TLD application should be denied as it stands. Applicants are encouraged to work with objecting GAC members.[2]
The warning states that the applicant claims the support of "King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu and his government", and consequently misunderstands how South African government functions. "His Majesty the King has no Government: Instead, he and the Zulu tribe are represented by the KwaZulu-Natl Province. This provincial government represents and covers not only amaZulu, but also other tribes and races. Therefore this application does not have the "government" support it claims to have." The South Africa warning that there was not broad consultation within the zulu region and with the zulu people and points to numerous errors within how the applicant even uses the term "zulu" in its application. It offers no remediation and asks that the applicant withdraw its application.[3]
References
- ↑ gTLD Application Update 92 applications submitted, TLDH.org
- ↑ GAC Early Warning, NewgTLDS.ICANN.org Retrieved 26 Nov 2012
- ↑ Zulu ZA, GACweb.ICANN.orgRetrieved 26 Nov 2012