The University of the Free State have signed the Participation Agreement and completed the technical integration. UFS are now a fully functioning identity provider. Welcome UFS!

Yesterday President Cyril Ramaphosa proclaimed the commencement of the bulk of the remainder of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) from 1 July 2020. This sets in motion a number of things, including a requirement for compliance within one year of commencement. POPIA has profound implications for the way South Africans handle personal information, and particularly for services like identity federation. …

In April 2020, SAFIRE was approached by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) who expressed interest in joining SAFIRE as a Service Provider. …

While Kortex have temporarily made limited free access available under their Free Student eTextbook Programme FSTP, federated authentication using institutional credentials is also now possible. …

The international science community has asked for help in connecting researchers and scientists to collaborations that are rapidly forming in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. …

The University of Fort Hare have signed the Participation Agreement and joined SAFIRE as a fully functioning identity provider. Welcome UFH!

This Day of Reconciliation we’re pleased to announce that key parts of SAFIRE federation hub (including the transfer notices) are now available in Sesotho. This brings the number of South African official languages supported by the federation to five. …

Support for the employeeNumber and o attributes was deprecated on 15 October 2019 …

The South African Theological Seminary has signed the Participation Agreement, completed their SAML technical integration and are the first privately owned institution in South Africa to join SAFIRE. We would like to welcome SATS on board as a fully functioning identity provider.

Under the auspices of the RCCPii capacity development project, we recently concluded a successfull workshop on identity management & federation. …