{"id":14664,"date":"2022-09-12T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2022\/09\/12\/en-southafrica-igf-2022-overview\/"},"modified":"2022-09-12T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T13:00:00","slug":"en-southafrica-igf-2022-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2022\/09\/12\/en-southafrica-igf-2022-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"South African Internet Governance Forum (ZAIGF) 2022 \u2014 In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest & 3-Line Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 3-Line Summary<\/h2>\n

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  1. On 13\u201314 October 2022 the South African IGF (ZAIGF) met at the University of Limpopo in Mankweng, Limpopo Province, under the theme 'South Africa in the Digital Age', drawing 152 participants, with a Youth IGF on the same campus the day before.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. ZADNA CEO Molehe Wesi delivered welcome remarks and board chairperson Palesa Legoze the keynote; the venue dovetailed with ZADNA's new DNS and internet governance research chairs at the Universities of Limpopo and Johannesburg, staking universities out as hubs of the national debate.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Back in person after the online 2021 edition, the forum chose a provincial campus over a big city \u2014 a university-hosting model that pulled students into the centre of the discussion and carried through to the University of Johannesburg in 2024.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on South African Internet Governance Forum (ZAIGF) 2022<\/strong> draws on official outputs, session records and on-site reporting. In a hurry? The three lines above and the diagrams carry the gist.<\/p>\n

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    📍 The University of Limpopo's main campus is in Mankweng, near Polokwane. ZADNA's 2022\/23 annual report records the dates as 13\u201314 October 2022, pinning down what the series-verification report had left as 'FY2022\/23, dates unconfirmed'<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n

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    Item<\/th>\nDetail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Official name<\/td>\nSouth African Internet Governance Forum (ZAIGF) 2022<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n13\u201314 October 2022<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nUniversity of Limpopo, Mankweng, Limpopo Province, South Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nSouth Africa in the Digital Age<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Participants<\/td>\n152<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Side events<\/td>\nA Youth IGF was convened at the same university on 12 October under the same theme<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\n.zadna (ZA Domain Name Authority) with the ZAIGF Multi-Stakeholder Committee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    (See the source list at the end of this article.)<\/p>\n

    Discussion Digest \u2014 from the Session Records<\/h2>\n

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    Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n

    1. South Africa in the Digital Age \u2014 Returning In-Person, on a Provincial Campus<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Annual meeting (13\u201314 October, University of Limpopo)<\/p>\n