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Districts of South Africa

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Districts of South Africa From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Redirected from District municipality (South Africa)) Jump to navigation Jump to search South Africa This article is part of a series on the politics and government of South Africa Constitution Bill of Rights Executive President Cyril Ramaphosa Deputy President David Mabuza Cabinet Shadow Cabinet Legislative National Council of Provinces Chairperson Thandi Modise National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete Leader of the Opposition Mmusi Maimane Judiciary Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng Deputy Chief Justice Ray Zondo Courts Constitutional Court Supreme Court of Appeal President: Mandisa Maya High Court Magistrate's courts Electoral Court Elections General 1910 1915 1920 1921 1924 1929 1933 1938 1943 1948 1953 1958 1961 1966 1970 1974 1977 1981 1984 1987 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 Municipal 2000 2006 2011 2016 Referendums 1960 1983 1992 Political parties Administrative d

If my password was able to be printed on a form sent home from my child's school, does it imply insecure password storage policies?

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155 14 I have a user account for each of my children in our district website, which oversees registration, grades, identification, etc. I was recently sent home a form from both of my children's classrooms asking us to login to our accounts so we could sign a new school year form. Printed on this piece of paper was both the username and the password for our accounts. The security practice of sending home printed passwords is immediately discouraging, but my larger concern is how my password is stored in the district system (and ultimately, what would happen if that system were compromised). I want to contact the webmaster, but I want to make sure I'm correct in any assumptions I make prior to shooting off my email asking that action be taken to avoid this kind of thing. I saw a related question, and want to make sure I don't jump the gun on harassing them over their storage policies. -- Since it's been asked several times, this is a password that I set on t