A History of SACLA
The main activity of SACLA is the annual conference. The table below gives the details of the conferences since SACLA’s inception. Below that you will find a few old copies of the SACLA newsletter, which make for a very interesting historical perspective.
| Year | University/Dept | Chair(s) | Guest Speaker(s) | Sponsor(s) | Venue | |
| 1 | 1971 | Ewan Page | IBM | Jan Smuts | ||
| 2 | 1972 | Ewan Page | IBM | Senator, Bellville | ||
| 3 | 1973 | Ewan Page | IBM | |||
| 4 | 1974 | R Venter, D Roode | IBM | Golden Gate | ||
| 5 | 1975 | R Venter, D Roode | Burroughs | Golden Gate | ||
| 6 | 1976 | John Shochot | Univac | Golden Gate | ||
| 7 | 1977 | John Shochot | David Barron | ICL | Hunter’s Rest, Rustenburg | |
| 8 | 1978 | Ken MacGregor | B Mittman | CDC | Hunter’s Rest, Rustenburg | |
| 9 | 1979 | Judy Bishop | Don Cowan | IBM | Gordon’s Bay | |
| 10 | 1980 | Judy Bishop | Univac | Golden Gate | ||
| 11 | 1981 | Burroughs | Gordon’s Bay | |||
| 12 | 1982 | Denis Riordan | Henry Lucas | ICL | Wigwam, Rustenburg | |
| 13 | 1983 | Edwin Anderssen | C Wogrin | CDC | Transkei Holiday Inn | |
| 14 | 1984 | Alan Sartori-Angus | Univac | Hluhluwe | ||
| 15 | 1985 | Stef Postma | NCR | Kimberley | ||
| 16 | 1986 | Sonja Berman | Persetel | Amatola Sun, Bisho | ||
| 17 | 1987 | Gavin Finnie | Niklaus Wirth | IBM | Palms, Pretoria | |
| 18 | 1988 | Peter Warren | Unisys | Wilderness | ||
| 19 | 1989 | P J Bruwer | NCR | Dikhololo | ||
| 20 | 1990 | J P du Plessis | Siltek | Thaba Nchu | ||
| 21 | 1991 | Mike Linck | Ed Koffman | ISM | Caledon Hotel, Caledon | |
| 22 | 1992 | Judy Bishop | Vint Cerf, Austin Melton | Persetel | Safari, Rustenburg | |
| 23 | 1993 | Martha Pistorius | Unidata | Hunter’s Rest, Rustenburg | ||
| 24 | 1994 | Heimie Oosthuizen | Olivetti and Digital SA | Magoebaskloof Hotel, Magoebaskloof | ||
| 25 | 1995 | Rhodes University Dept of Computer Science | Peter Clayton, Peter Wentworth | Tim Fossum | Dexel and Digital SA | Katberg Hotel, Eastern Cape |
| 26 | 1996 | J D Roode | R Swanson, O Ngwenyama, M de Rijke | IBM, Coopers & Lybrand, Digital SA and Dexel | Bakubang, Pilanesberg, North West Province | |
| 27 | 1997 | André Calitz | Peter Clayton, Gregory Williams | UPE, Unisys, Intekom, Compustat, SAP, Maskew Miller Longman | Wilderness Hotel | |
| 28 | 1998 | Reg Dodds | Stellenbosch | |||
| 29 | 1999 | T McDonald, P J Blignaut | Jan Paredaens | Sun, ABSA, PQ Africa | Golden Gate | |
| 30 | 2000 | Stan Shear | Microsoft, Oracle, ABSA | Cape Town | ||
| 31 | 2001 | Nicolet Ros | Sarah Douglas | Microsoft, Oracle, ABSA | Sizanani, Bronkhorstspruit | |
| 32 | 2002 | John McNeill | L Scott-Williams, W du Plessis, A Marais | Microsoft, Oracle, ABSA | Fish River Sun, Eastern Cape | |
| 33 | 2003 | Tom Addison | H. Venter, M. Coppin | Microsoft, Oracle, Gentron Computers and Wits University | Manyane Camp, Pilanesberg Nature Reserve | |
| 34 | 2004 | Manoj Maharaj | Simon Turner | Microsoft, Antalis, CKB, Sechaba Technology Services, Pearson Education, Oracle, Hewlett-Packard, Wiley Publishers, Eclipse Networks, Telkom, ETA Audiovisual, Sparkport Pharmacy, Copies Etc. | Rob Roy Hotel, Botha’s Hill | |
| 35 | 2005 | Sampson Asare | Prof. F. Youngman | University of Botswana, Botswana Department of IT (Ministry of Communications, Science & Technology), Air Botswana, ICL, Botswana Technology Centre, Microsoft, DCDM Consulting, Botswana Dept of Tourism, | Kasane, Botswana | |
| 36 | 2006 | Jean-Paul Van Belle | Viola Manuel | Bull, Microsoft, Oracle, DVT and the NBN | Somerset West, Western Cape | |
| 37 | 2007 | Bayeza Mangena | Michael Luck | Microsoft | Elephant Hills Hotel, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe | |
| 38 | 2008 | UNISA | Berg-en-Dal | |||
| 39 | 2009 | Rhodes University Depts of Information Systems and Computer Science | John McNeill | Derek Smith | ABSA, Microsoft, Oracle, and Masterskill | Mpekweni Beach Resort, Eastern Cape |
| 40 | 2010 | University of Pretoria Information Systems | Pieter Joubert | Heikki Topi | Oracle, Microsoft, and Cengage Learning | Zebra Country Lodge, Warmbaths |
| 41 | 2011 | UKZN | I. Govender | Fairmont Zimbali Resort, Ballito | ||
| 42 | 2012 | UFS:CS/IS | Dr Eduan Kotzé | Prof Johannes Cronjé | Microsoft Oracle Dell UFS Masterskills ACM SIGCSE | Black Mountain Leisure & Conference Hotel |
| 2013 | University of Botswana | Cancelled | ||||
| 43 | 2014 | NMMU: Department of Computing Sciences | Prof Andre Calitz Dr Brenda Scholtz Mr Clayton Burger | Prof Steve Burges | Microsoft Oracle SAP Imbizo- Events Syspro BcX Telkom Korbitek Pearson Wiley | Summerstrand Inn, Port Elizabeth |
| 44 | 2015 | WITS: IS | Emma Coleman | Professor Denise Wood | Microsoft, SAP University Alliances, Oracle, KPMG, Deloitte, AOS, Wits School of Economic and Business Sciences | The Maboneng Precinct |
| 45 | 2016 | UP:CS | Linda Marshall | Martin Olivier, Bob Travica | IITPSA, Univ. of Pretoria | Cullinan |
| 46 | 2017 | NWU:CS/IS | Dr. Estelle Taylor | Grandon Gill | AdaptIT, IITPSA, IBM, Oracle and SAP | Magaliesburg |
| 47 | 2018 | UCT: CS & IS | Lisa Seymour | Richard Baskerville, Mark Horner | Oracle, IITPSA and SAP | Gordon’s Bay |
| 48 | 2019 | UNISA | Mac van der Merwe | IITPSA, AWS Educate, Cambridge University Press, Smart Swot, Unisa | Alpine Heath Resort, Northern Drakensberg | |
| 49 | 2020 | Rhodes University: CS & IS | Prof Karen Bradshaw & Dr Ingrid Siebörger | Dr Helen Purchase, Prof Charles Young | IITPSA, Rhodes University, Pearson | Online (Zoom) |
| 50 | 2021 | UJ | Prof Marijke Coetzee, Dr Wai Sze Leung | Prof Basie von Solms | IITPSA | Online/Virtual |
| 51 | 2022 | US | Dr Richard Barnett | Keynote: Joe Newbert and Johann Mouton Guest: Dan Wells from EskomSePush | IITPSA | Cape Town, Waterfront Breakwater Lodge |
| 52 | 2023 | NWU | Prof Lynette Drevin | Jacob Spoelstra, Microsoft | IITPSA, UiPATH and the School of Computer Science & Information Systems, NWU | 26 Degrees South Bush Boho Hotel, Mulderdrift |
| 53 | 2024 | NMU | Prof Lynn Futcher | Mr Cinga Nyangintsimbi (BATSAMAYI), Mr Tony Parry (IITPSA) & Mr Nico Claassen (WiRK/DSA) | WiRK, DSA, BATSAMAYI, AWS, VSC, AvoChoc, Mercedes Benz, Tangible Africa and IITPSA | Boardwalk Casino Complex, Port Elizabeth |
| 54 | 2025 | UFS | Bennie Botha | |||
| 55 | 2026 | UCT | Dirk Snyman | |||
| 56 | 2027 | Wits | Prof Richard Klein | |||
| 57 | 2028 | UKZN | Dr Upasana Singh |
If anyone can fill in any of the gaps in this history, or correct any errors,
please let us know.