First call deadline: 05 November 2021 1. INTRODUCTION The technological advances in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, inevitably, have both merits and risks. The extent to which the benefits are maximized and the risks mitigated depends on the quality of governance protocols – policies, regulations, norms, standards, and incentives – that shape the development and deployment of technologies. Governance must be stable, interoperable, predictable, and transparent enough to build confidence among investors, companies, scientists, and the public, but also agile enough to remain relevant in the face of rapid advances in technology. South Africa’s adoption of transformative technologies should be …