The South African Bureau of Standards, which is under administration, is addressing critical challenges, one of the co-administrators, Jodi Scholtz, said in parliament on Wednesday. Scholtz, acting CEO Garth Strachan and the other administrator, Tshenge Demana, were appointed to take over the agency after the board and former CEO Boni Mehlomakulu were dismissed by trade and industry minister Rob Davies last month. Former members of the board and Mehlomakulu have launched court applications over their dismissal, which the minister, the department of trade and industry, and the SABS are opposing. The co-administrators have been mandated to undertake a diagnostic analysis of SABS and develop a turnaround strategy for the institution, which is critical for certifying the quality and safety standards of products. Immediate issues being addressed, Scholtz said, were the permit backlog, customer complaints, and the moratorium that the previous administration placed on partial testing. "The...
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