{"id":57,"date":"2018-02-07T08:36:41","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T08:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiderman4.ict.ru.ac.za\/Sacla\/?page_id=57"},"modified":"2025-03-24T15:12:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T13:12:08","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.sacla.org.za\/index.php\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"

A History of SACLA<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The main activity of SACLA is the annual conference.\u00a0 The table below gives the details of the conferences since SACLA’s inception.\u00a0 Below that you will find a few old copies of the SACLA newsletter, which make for a very interesting historical perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u00a0<\/td>\nYear<\/b><\/td>\nUniversity\/Dept<\/b><\/td>\nChair(s)<\/b><\/td>\nGuest Speaker(s)<\/b><\/td>\nSponsor(s)<\/b><\/td>\nVenue<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\n1971<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nEwan Page<\/td>\nIBM<\/td>\nJan Smuts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n1972<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nEwan Page<\/td>\nIBM<\/td>\nSenator, Bellville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\n1973<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nEwan Page<\/td>\nIBM<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\n1974<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nR Venter, D Roode<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nIBM<\/td>\nGolden Gate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n1975<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nR Venter, D Roode<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nBurroughs<\/td>\nGolden Gate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\n1976<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nJohn Shochot<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nUnivac<\/td>\nGolden Gate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\n1977<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nJohn Shochot<\/td>\nDavid Barron<\/td>\nICL<\/td>\nHunter’s Rest, Rustenburg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\n1978<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nKen MacGregor<\/td>\nB Mittman<\/td>\nCDC<\/td>\nHunter’s Rest, Rustenburg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\n1979<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nJudy Bishop<\/td>\nDon Cowan<\/td>\nIBM<\/td>\nGordon’s Bay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\n1980<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nJudy Bishop<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nUnivac<\/td>\nGolden Gate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\n1981<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nBurroughs<\/td>\nGordon’s Bay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\n1982<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nDenis Riordan<\/td>\nHenry Lucas<\/td>\nICL<\/td>\nWigwam, Rustenburg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\n1983<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nEdwin Anderssen<\/td>\nC Wogrin<\/td>\nCDC<\/td>\nTranskei Holiday Inn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\n1984<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nAlan Sartori-Angus<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nUnivac<\/td>\nHluhluwe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\n1985<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nStef Postma<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nNCR<\/td>\nKimberley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\n1986<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nSonja Berman<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nPersetel<\/td>\nAmatola Sun, Bisho<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\n1987<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nGavin Finnie<\/td>\nNiklaus Wirth<\/td>\nIBM<\/td>\nPalms, Pretoria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\n1988<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nPeter Warren<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nUnisys<\/td>\nWilderness<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\n1989<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nP J Bruwer<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nNCR<\/td>\nDikhololo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\n1990<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nJ P du Plessis<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nSiltek<\/td>\nThaba Nchu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\n1991<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nMike Linck<\/td>\nEd Koffman<\/td>\nISM<\/td>\nCaledon Hotel, Caledon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\n1992<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nJudy Bishop<\/td>\nVint Cerf, Austin Melton<\/td>\nPersetel<\/td>\nSafari, Rustenburg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>\n1993<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nMartha Pistorius<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nUnidata<\/td>\nHunter’s Rest, Rustenburg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>\n1994<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nHeimie Oosthuizen<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nOlivetti and Digital SA<\/td>\nMagoebaskloof Hotel, Magoebaskloof<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\n1995<\/td>\nRhodes University
Dept of Computer Science<\/td>\n		Peter Clayton,
Peter\u00a0Wentworth<\/td>\n		Tim Fossum<\/td>\nDexel and Digital SA<\/td>\nKatberg Hotel, Eastern Cape<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>\n1996<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nJ D Roode<\/td>\nR Swanson, O Ngwenyama, M de Rijke<\/td>\nIBM, Coopers & Lybrand,
Digital SA and Dexel<\/td>\n		Bakubang, Pilanesberg, North West Province<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>\n1997<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nAndr\u00e9 Calitz<\/td>\nPeter Clayton, Gregory Williams<\/td>\nUPE, Unisys, Intekom,
Compustat, SAP,
Maskew\u00a0Miller\u00a0Longman<\/td>\n		Wilderness Hotel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\n1998<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nReg Dodds<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nStellenbosch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>\n1999<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nT McDonald,
P J Blignaut<\/td>\n		Jan Paredaens<\/td>\nSun, ABSA, PQ Africa<\/td>\nGolden Gate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>\n2000<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nStan Shear<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nMicrosoft, Oracle, ABSA<\/td>\nCape Town<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/td>\n2001<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nNicolet Ros<\/td>\nSarah Douglas<\/td>\nMicrosoft, Oracle, ABSA<\/td>\nSizanani, Bronkhorstspruit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\n2002<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nJohn McNeill<\/td>\nL Scott-Williams, W du Plessis,
A Marais<\/td>\n		Microsoft, Oracle, ABSA<\/td>\nFish River Sun, Eastern Cape<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33<\/td>\n2003<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nTom Addison<\/td>\nH. Venter, M. Coppin<\/td>\nMicrosoft, Oracle,
Gentron Computers and
Wits University<\/td>\n		Manyane Camp, Pilanesberg Nature Reserve<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34<\/td>\n2004<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nManoj Maharaj<\/td>\nSimon Turner<\/td>\nMicrosoft, Antalis, CKB,
Sechaba Technology Services,
Pearson Education, Oracle,
Hewlett-Packard,
Wiley Publishers,
Eclipse Networks, Telkom,
ETA Audiovisual,
Sparkport Pharmacy,
Copies Etc.<\/td>\n		Rob Roy Hotel, Botha’s Hill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35<\/td>\n2005<\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nSampson Asare<\/td>\nProf. F. Youngman<\/td>\nUniversity of Botswana,
Botswana Department of IT
(Ministry of Communications,
Science & Technology),
Air Botswana, ICL,
Botswana Technology Centre,
Microsoft, DCDM Consulting,
Botswana Dept of Tourism,<\/td>\n		Kasane, Botswana<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>\n2006<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nJean-Paul Van Belle<\/td>\nViola Manuel<\/td>\nBull, Microsoft, Oracle, DVT
and the NBN<\/td>\n		Somerset West, Western Cape<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>\n2007<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nBayeza Mangena<\/td>\nMichael Luck<\/td>\nMicrosoft<\/td>\nElephant Hills Hotel, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
38<\/td>\n2008<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nUNISA<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nBerg-en-Dal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
39<\/td>\n2009<\/td>\nRhodes University
Depts of Information Systems
and Computer Science<\/td>\n		John McNeill<\/td>\nDerek Smith<\/td>\nABSA, Microsoft, Oracle,
and Masterskill<\/td>\n		Mpekweni Beach Resort, Eastern Cape<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40<\/td>\n2010<\/td>\nUniversity of Pretoria
Information Systems<\/td>\n		Pieter Joubert<\/td>\nHeikki Topi<\/td>\nOracle, Microsoft, and
Cengage Learning<\/td>\n		Zebra Country Lodge, Warmbaths<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
41<\/td>\n2011<\/td>\nUKZN<\/td>\nI. Govender<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nFairmont Zimbali Resort, Ballito<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42<\/td>\n2012<\/a><\/td>\nUFS:CS\/IS<\/td>\nDr Eduan Kotz\u00e9<\/td>\nProf Johannes Cronj\u00e9<\/td>\nMicrosoft
Oracle
Dell
UFS
Masterskills
ACM
SIGCSE<\/td>\n		Black Mountain Leisure & Conference Hotel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n2013<\/td>\nUniversity of Botswana<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nCancelled<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
43<\/td>\n2014<\/a><\/td>\nNMMU: Department of
Computing Sciences<\/td>\n		Prof Andre Calitz
Dr Brenda Scholtz
Mr Clayton Burger<\/td>\n		Prof Steve Burges<\/td>\nMicrosoft
Oracle
SAP
Imbizo- Events
Syspro
BcX
Telkom
Korbitek
Pearson
Wiley<\/td>\n		Summerstrand Inn, Port Elizabeth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
44<\/td>\n2015<\/td>\nWITS: IS<\/td>\nEmma Coleman<\/td>\nProfessor Denise Wood<\/td>\nMicrosoft, SAP University Alliances,
Oracle, KPMG, Deloitte, AOS,
Wits School of Economic and Business Sciences<\/td>\n		The Maboneng Precinct<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
45<\/td>\n2016<\/a><\/td>\nUP:CS<\/td>\nLinda Marshall<\/td>\nMartin Olivier, Bob Travica<\/td>\nIITPSA, Univ. of Pretoria<\/td>\nCullinan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
46<\/td>\n2017<\/a><\/td>\nNWU:CS\/IS<\/td>\nDr. Estelle Taylor<\/td>\nGrandon Gill<\/td>\nAdaptIT, IITPSA, IBM, Oracle and SAP<\/td>\nMagaliesburg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>\n2018<\/a><\/td>\nUCT: CS & IS<\/td>\nLisa Seymour<\/td>\nRichard Baskerville, Mark Horner<\/td>\nOracle, IITPSA and SAP<\/td>\nGordon\u2019s Bay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48<\/td>\n2019<\/a><\/td>\nUNISA<\/td>\nMac van der Merwe<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nIITPSA, AWS Educate, Cambridge University Press, Smart Swot, Unisa<\/td>\nAlpine Heath Resort, Northern Drakensberg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
49<\/td>\n2020<\/a><\/td>\nRhodes University: CS & IS<\/td>\nProf Karen Bradshaw & Dr Ingrid Sieb\u00f6rger<\/td>\nDr Helen Purchase, Prof Charles Young<\/td>\n\u00a0IITPSA, Rhodes University, Pearson<\/td>\nOnline (Zoom)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
50<\/td>\n2021<\/td>\nUJ<\/td>\nProf Marijke Coetzee, Dr Wai Sze Leung<\/td>\nProf Basie von Solms<\/td>\nIITPSA<\/td>\nOnline\/Virtual<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
51<\/td>\n2022<\/td>\nUS<\/td>\nDr Richard Barnett<\/td>\n\n

Keynote: Joe Newbert and Johann Mouton<\/p>\n

Guest: Dan Wells from EskomSePush<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

IITPSA<\/td>\nCape Town, Waterfront Breakwater Lodge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
52<\/td>\n2023<\/td>\nNWU<\/td>\nProf Lynette Drevin<\/td>\nJacob Spoelstra, Microsoft<\/td>\nIITPSA, UiPATH and the School of Computer Science & Information Systems, NWU<\/td>\n26 Degrees South Bush Boho Hotel, Mulderdrift<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
53<\/td>\n2024<\/td>\nNMU<\/td>\nProf Lynn Futcher<\/td>\nMr Cinga Nyangintsimbi (BATSAMAYI), Mr Tony Parry (IITPSA) & Mr Nico Claassen (WiRK\/DSA)<\/td>\nWiRK, DSA, BATSAMAYI, AWS, VSC, AvoChoc, Mercedes Benz, Tangible Africa and IITPSA<\/td>\nBoardwalk Casino Complex, Port Elizabeth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
54<\/td>\n2025<\/td>\nUFS<\/td>\nBennie Botha<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
55<\/td>\n2026<\/td>\nUCT<\/td>\nDirk Snyman<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
56<\/td>\n2027<\/td>\nWits<\/td>\nProf Richard Klein<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
57<\/td>\n2028<\/td>\nUKZN<\/td>\nDr Upasana Singh<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

If anyone can fill in any of the gaps in this history, or correct any errors,
please let us know<\/a>.<\/p>\n

SACLA Newsletters<\/h2>\n