Welcome to the South African Identity Federation (SAFIRE) — the national academic identity federation for the South African research and higher education community.
Latest News
T&I Info Sharing Sessions
(2023-03-27)
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TENET’s trust & identity team run regular information sharing sessions covering SAFIRE and other services. A full schedule of forthcoming events is available at events.tenet.ac.za.
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Support for REFEDS MFA
(2022-01-04)
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On the evening of Tuesday 11 January, we will deploy a number of changes to the SAFIRE Federation hub to allow for the bi-directional signalling of REFEDS MFA. No downtime is expected, and we do not anticipate any impact on any service- or identity-provider that does not currently support such signalling.
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UNIVEN joins SAFIRE
(2021-10-05)
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The University of Venda have signed the Participation Agreement and completed the technical integration. UNIVEN are now a fully functioning identity provider. Welcome UNIVEN!
SPU joins SAFIRE
(2021-06-10)
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Sol Plaatje University have signed the Participation Agreement, as well as completed the technical integration and are now a fully functioning identity provider in SAFIRE. Welcome SPU!
South African Identity Federation