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. …

SAFIRE’s Metadata Registration Practice Statement, and the corresponding SAML2 Identity Provider Requirements have been updated to allow for regular expressions in scopes. …

Welcome to Central University of Technology, Free State. CUT have signed the Participation Agreement, as well as completed the technical integration and are now a fully functioning identity provider in SAFIRE.

In terms of section 3.3.2 of the SAFIRE Participation Agreement, TENET — as the Federation Operator — hereby gives notice of a new cost structure with effect from 1 May 2019. …

SAFIRE’s privacy statement has been updated. …

The SAFIRE federation hub (including the transfer notices) is now available in both IsiZulu and isiXhosa in addition to the existing Afrikaans and English. This covers the four most widely spoken home languages according to Stats SA. …

The Tshwane University of Technology have signed the Participation Agreement and joined SAFIRE as a fully functioning identity provider. Welcome TUT!

The Cape Peninsula University of Technology and Rhodes University have signed the Participation Agreement and joined SAFIRE. Both institutions are in the final stages of completing their SAML technical integration, and we would like to welcome them on board as a fully functioning identity providers very soon.