By As South Africa navigates an increasingly competitive global marketplace, the South African National Accreditation System (SANAS) is celebrating its 30th anniversary today at the Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg.
Operating under the theme “Celebrating Thirty Years, Shaping the Future,” the milestone event highlights three decades of bolstering the credibility, reliability, and international recognition of the nation’s conformity assessment results.
Deputy Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition John Steenhuisen is set to keynote the celebration, emphasizing accreditation’s critical role in driving innovation, bolstering export competitiveness, and safeguarding public confidence.
Since its inception in 1996, SANAS has served as a foundational pillar for economic infrastructure, ensuring rigorous impartiality across testing and calibration laboratories, inspection bodies, certification agencies, and B-BBEE rating verification.
In an era where global trade demands stringent regulatory compliance and mutual recognition, SANAS’s work underpins the integrity of South African goods and services. By maintaining world-class standards of competence, the institution continues to facilitate seamless cross-border commerce while protecting consumer interests and fostering domestic industrial growth.
