Following a period of consultation, and effective from 1 September 2025, SAFIRE has made several changes to its identity provider & service provider requirements, as well as its metadata registration practice statement.
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Changes have been made to SAFIRE’s attribute release policy and supported attributes to provide support for two additional REFEDS attribute release profiles: Anonymous Access and Pseudonymous Access.
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Following the recommendation of the Participant’s Forum, TENET’s Board of Directors has disestablished SAFIRE’s Steering Committee in favour of the structures already provided for in TENET’s normal contracting.
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The University of Mpumalanga have signed the Participation Agreement, concluded technical integration, and are now a fully functioning identity provider Welcome UMP!
On Thursday 21 September, we’ll be convening a meeting of the SAFIRE Participants Forum. The preliminary agenda for this meeting contains a single item: the future governance of the South African Identity Federation.
Venue: ZA·REN Week ‘23 Conference, Protea Hotel Breakwater Lodge, Cape Town Date: 21 September 2023 Time: 13:00-15:00 …
On Friday 30 June we’ll be performing a major version upgrade of the software that’s at the core of SAFIRE’s federation hub. Although no downtime is expected, you can expect the following:
All users will need to re-authenticate the first time they access a service after the upgrade; There will be cosmetic changes to the user interface, particularly in the information transfer notice. …
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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