Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel has failed to intervene at the South African National Accreditation System since being made aware of alleged board inteference last November
South Africa has come a long way since the formal introduction of measurement and verification (M&V) to energy efficiency, in 2000.
Sanas is one of many globally recognised bodies that serve to accredit conformity assessment bodies in their respective countries.
Sanas has grown from a body that accredited laboratories into an organisation that works across multiple sectors.
But industry players claim government is inconsistent in its censure of nonconformance.