BOBS urges firms to establish local standards
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Speaking at the World Standards Day commemoration here last week, Kgabung said if local companies did not have standards in place, government is compelled to source base materials from international bodies like the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS).
Kgabung said as a result most standards used in Botswana were based on South African and other countries’ standards. She, however, said Botswana could get base materials from the SADC region and International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) and said each member country must use ISO to develop its own standards.
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