SANGONeT is a South African organisation, whose acronym stands for The Southern African

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Network. It is a civil society organisation with a focus on ICT, which was founded in 1987, and has a history closely linked to the social and political changes experienced by South Africa during its transition to democracy. In 2006, SANGONeT launched a new joint venture, called www.sangotech.org whose aim is to "meet and respond to the South African NGO sector's connectivity, hardware and e-business infrastructure * requirements."

Central Case Management System

The Central Case Management System (CCMS) is an

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that was developed by SANGONeT for the

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sector in

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. Designed to allow multiple organisations and paralegal offices to access, input and modify a central

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of case records, the CCMS is a web-based thin-client application that eliminates the need to install and maintain

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at each office.

External links

NGO Pulse Website
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