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Workers have gone on strike after failing to reach an agreement over wage increases. Offices will be shut down until further notice, putting an indefinite delay on type approval certifications. Contact Testing Partners to find out how this impacts your certification process for this country. Learn more about South Africa's general...

South Africa ICASA Amenda RF Regulations: May 23, 2023, ICASA, South Africa’s regulatory body, published Gazette 48643 entitled “Notice to Amend Annexure B of the Radio Frequency Spectrum Regulations, 2023.” The certification body incorporated the lower 6GHz band (5.925 to 6.425GHz) for Radio Local Access Networks (RLAN / Wi-Fi) Applications. This opens up...

The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) recently announced that, effective November 1, 2022, manufacturers of non-telecommunication electronic and electrical equipment can now apply for a SABS EMC certificate of compliance (CoC) by using any laboratory that has been accredited by the International Laboratories Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC). An EMC CoC...

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA certification) amends the official list of regulated standards for technical equipment and electronic communications facilities regulations published in notice 896 under government Gazette No. 39182 of September 9, 2015. The amendment of ICASA certification inserted Annexure A which replaces the Multimedia Equipment...