<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Nonhlanhla,<div><br></div><div>Can I assume you know Mandla and/or NRS well enough to speak on his or their behalf. ?</div><div><br></div><div>He has clearly stated that he is a policy insights contributor at NRS. So if he then contributes policy insights, you can see why it appears that he is doing is assigned job for his employer ? </div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards</div><div>Ben</div><div><br></div><div>Previous message from Mandla…</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Good day,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Mandla,Policy insights contributor at NRS.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards </div></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">_______________________________________________</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">RPD mailing list</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span dir="ltr">RPD@afrinic.net</span></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span dir="ltr">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd</span></span><br><div><br></div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 23 Jul 2026, at 07:36, NP Petronella <NPertuniaPetronella@outlook.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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Mandla’s position is straightforward. AFRINIC’s PDP is open to anyone and imposes no qualification for participation. A contributor does not automatically represent their employer merely because an affiliation is known. </div>
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Unless Mandla expressly states that he is authorised to speak for NRS, his contribution is his own. Employment is context, not a power of attorney.</div>
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Assuming otherwise confuses participation with representation and suggests a misunderstanding of how an open PDP works. Please assess Mandla’s argument as Mandla’s argument.</div>
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