The Internet Society is a non-profit, non-governmental, membership organisation. The South African chapter of the Internet Society (ISOC-ZA) is inclusive and members represent a broad cross section of the Internet community in South Africa. ISOC-ZA is building the South African Internet society through policy, community and outreach activities. Become a member today
Events
October 8, 2007: 2007 AGMSeptember 6, 2007: Proposed new constitution (download pdf-272kB, odt-32kB, doc-132kB)
April 18, 2007: community: Prof. Lawrence Lessig addressed all members at the SABC on the freeculture.co.za topic. Hear the audio (part 1 - 18.3MB mp3 - streaming, part 2 - 18.3 MB - mp3 streaming and part 3 - 6.4MB mp3 streaming) and see the (28.9MB pdf) presentation that goes with it. February 21, 2007: outreach: 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 November 30, 2006: policy: Response to ICASA Frequency Spectrum Questions June 28, 2006: policy: ISOC-ZA established the African RALO together with ISOC Morrocco and ISOC Sudan at ICANN in Marrakech. May 7, 2006: membership: ISOC-ZA breaks through 400 members mark! March 8, 2006: about: First ISOC-ZA Newsletter - Championing the South African Internet UserJanuary 19, 2006: policy: ISOC-ZA submits comments to ICASA on the draft ADSL regulations. Tuesday November 1, 2005: community: Our Annual General Meeting was held at the Bandwidth Barn, 125 Buitengracht St., Cape Town. A new committee was elected. Oct 10, 2005: policy: As agreed at the July 5 forum, anyone may assist us to a obtain multi-stakeholder support. Please see our short statement for endorsement by as many organisations as possible: First draft for comment.
Sept 15, 2005: policy: What can be done about the high cost of telecoms? Paul Esselaar, Internet Society South African Chapter (ISOC-ZA) talks during the policy day at iweek 2005.
July 5 2005 community: Forum discussion held on; "What can we do about the high costs of telecoms?" A wide range of civil society representatives were present and agreed to establish a multi-stakeholder approach.
June 7, 2005 policy:. We delivered oral presentations (powerpoint , and speech) to the Parliamentary Communications Committee regarding the pending Convergence Bill.
April 22, 2005 outreach: The Belhar Internet Fiesta was a great success. Please see the photos, and report.
April 13, 2005 policy: Oral submission was delivered to ICASA councillors in response to ICASA question document released in January regarding the regulation of adsl.April 8, 2005 policy: Response to the Convergence Bill (as introduced in the National Assembly as a section 75 Bill; explanatory summary of Bill published in Government Gazette No. 27294 of 16 February 2005).
January 7, 2005 membership: ISOC-ZA breaks through 200 members mark!
December 8, 2004 community: ISOC-ZA facilitated a succesful community forum involving Internet leadership and blind leaders involved with the Internet.