The document summarizes Thato Mfikwe's presentation at the ION Conference 2017 in Durban about the ISOC South Africa Gauteng Chapter. It provides details about the chapter's establishment, vision, pillars, membership reach across Africa and Europe, and projects from 2014-2016 and planned for 2017 focusing on community networks, policy engagement, outreach, and training. It also discusses ICT, internet governance landscape, topics at the ION conference including DNS, IPv6, cyber threats, and secure routing.

1. ION Conference 2017 - Durban
Thato Mfikwe
ISOC Gauteng Chapter
Chairperson of the Chapter

2. ISOC South Africa Gauteng Chapter
Establishment (2013), 1st AGM 6 December 2014 and 2nd AGM 3 February 2017
Vision (open, accessible and affordable internet)
Pillars (Policy and advocacy, Technical, capacity building, marketing and communications)
Membership (188 members) from:
- 6 provinces in the country
- 9 countries in Africa
- 1 country in Latin America
- 1 country in the Middle East
- 2 countries if Europe

3. Our Projects
2014 – 2016
- Community networks in Soweto & the Eastern Cape
- Policy engagement (ICANN, global, regional and local IGFs)
- Outreach in communities for youth, women and entrepreneurs
- DNSSEC training:2014, iWeek events & 1st CN Summit
2017 moving forward
- March 2017: Domain reseller training (ZADNA)
- May 2017: RIDD in Rwanda and AIS and 2nd CN summit in Nairobi (ISOC)
- June 2017: coordinated NCUC outreach before ICANN 59 (ICANN)
- 19 Sept 2017: ISOC 25th anniversary celebrations in Johannesburg & launch of online magazine
- Oct 2017: content development project in schools(ISOC & WiKi Foundation)
- Nov 2017: Xhosa & Ndebele translation with universities and schools (ZACR & ICANN WiKi)

4. ICT and IG landscape
• Furthering goals of the EITF
• Digital trust
• Governance models

5. ION conference
• Information on internet standards and technologies
• DNS
• IPV6 importance in internet growth
• Cyber threats
• Secure routing and MANRS

6. Thank you!!! Merci Beaucoup!!! Obrigado!!!