The office of the Regulator will consists of 3 Full time members – Chairperson Adv Pansy Tlakula- a former Chief Electoral Officer of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), Adv Cordelia Stroom – who presently manages business processes for Legal, Risk and Compliance at Sasria Ltd., and Mr Johannes Weapond – who is currently Chairperson of the Risk Management Committee Freestate Department of Public Works
Once in office the most immediate actions the Regulator is likely to take are:
- drafting regulations to implement the Act, which will set out compliance obligations under POPI Act; and
- setting a commencement date for POPI, thereby triggering the 12-month period after which the Act will be enforced
The earliest the Act is predicted to be enforced is mid-2017. Organisations will not be liable for non-compliance for a period of twelve months from the commencement date.The nominations are yet to be confirmed by the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services and thereafter finally approved by the President.