# Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies Solly Malatsi requested time to complete an internal investigation after Parliament’s Communications Committee called him to account following the withdrawal of the draft National Artificial Intelligence Policy. Malatsi withdrew the document after it was revealed the framework had AI-generated fictitious sources in the 67 references cited in the policy. Malatsi has assured the committee consequence management will be implemented against officials found to have failed in their duties.
Malatsi requests time to appear in Parliament to account on draft national AI policy