The reason why governance and management disciplines are covered is that data management and governance disciplines have been neglected issues by most organizations, but the POPI Act is set to change this (Davies, 2011). ). Therefore, in preparation for the POPI Bill, governance and management will be covered. The aim of this research is to develop a framework that will address effective and efficient information privacy governance and management holistically. According to the Business Dictionary (2011), a “framework is a general outline, outline or skeleton of related elements, which supports a particular approach to a specific objective and serves as a guide that can be modified as needed in adding or removing. articles". It is important to distinguish between terms, framework and conceptual framework. According to education researcher Smyth (2004), a conceptual framework is a tool for discovering research to enable a researcher to logically subsequent findings He further adds that a conceptual framework is a starting point about the research and its context The framework is a tool intended to help the researcher become aware of and communicate the particular situation being studied (Smyth).,