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…

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.