Following from the success of last years AfriNIC training we’re hosting “how to plan and implement IPv6 networks as well as manage Internet resources” delivered by AfriNIC on May 3 – May 6 at 125 Buitengracht St., Cape Town. Register directly with AfriNIC here

The Internet Soiety presents AfPIF 2012 from 22 – 24 August 2012, register here. The African Peering and Interconnection Forum addresses the key interconnection, peering, and traffic exchange opportunities and challenges on the continent and provides participants with global and regional insights for maximising opportunities that will help grow Internet infrastructure and services in Africa. […]

Finally we’re hosting the IPv6 AfriNIC training in Cape Town on 18 – 21 June 2012. Limited space sold out 30 spots in 2 days. IPv6 Training by AfriNIC hosted in Cape Town by ISOC-ZA We expect that at the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: Create an IPv6 address plan and […]

Recent infographic by Mybroadband shows some improvement, we believe that now is the time that we will start to see major changes in the South African telecoms environment.

Video recordings of the sessions – http://bambuser.com/channel/isoc-za/broadcast IRC – for chat and questions – server: atlantis.zanet.org.za (port 6667) – channel: #isoc Twitter – http://twitter.com/isocza tweet #inetct Agenda – http://wiki.isoc.org.za/INET All welcome! Presentations: Jon McNerney – ISOC welcome Chris Smith – ISOC access development Alan Levin – What next? Stefan Doeblin – Lessons learned Steve Song […]

We’ve been working on a adding a content management system for our website over the past few years, finally we’ve migrated all old content and moved the new site onto our primary URL – http://www.isoc.org.za. Please send us any feedback and do please leave a comment on any posts you wish to.

From Lessig From Lessig Prof. Lawrence Lessig addressed all members at the SABC auditorium on the freeculture.co.za topic. It was a super opportunity to be part of the world and hear Prof. Lessig first hand. He delivered a superb life changing presentation. From Lessig Hear the audio (part 1 – 18.3MB mp3 – streaming, part […]

Launched the ISOC-ZA Spammer Bounty Hunter programme. See the press release but most importantly, join the programme and contribute to the website/wiki at http://wiki.isoc.org.za

Welcome to the new, quarterly ISOC-ZA newsletter! With it we aim to keep you up to speed with issues we think are important for Internet users in South Africa, report back regularly on our progress as a society, and offer you the chance to have your say. Any feedback you have on the newsletter would […]

The first Internet Fiesta was held by ISOC-ZA at Belhar Community Centre (Adam Tas Ave) on Saturday-Sunday (March 19-20, through the night) from 11am to 3pm. In order to share our experiences we have created and share the following useful documentations for others to follow: The report Neil Blakeley-Milner’s Blog The initial project plan (.pdf, […]