South Africa: Energy Committee Calls for More Energy Efficiency Compliance

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The Portfolio Committee on Energy has described the production and trading of electricity appliances by some manufactures without the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) certification as a serious threat to the economy and consumers' lives.

This follows shocking revelations by SABS that there are tons of locally and internationally manufactured products which do not conform to the prescribed quality national standards, thus making it difficult assess their energy efficiency.

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