COVID-19 and the NLA-SA
Dear NLA Community, As you are no doubt aware, President Ramaphosa last night announced a national lockdown for 21 days, in order to contain the spread and ‘flatten the curve’ of the global pandemic – the coronavirus in South Africa. The lockdown is effective from midnight on Thursday 26 March 2020 until Thursday 16 April 2020. The […]
Advancing Measurement Science for Generations to Come
Advancing Measurement Science for Generations to Come Connect to the BIPM’s YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/thebipm) on 16 November, 2018 at 11.00 Paris time (12:00 South Africa), to watch the live open session of the 26th General Conference on Weights and Measures voting on the revision of the SI and redefinition of four of the base units. […]
Revised SI Highlighted at NLA-SA T&M Conference
Revised SI Highlighted at NLA Conference 2018 In just a few months our measurement system, the International System of Units, the SI, will be changing to remove the last physical artifact and redefine the base units with respect to the fixed values of reference constants – thereby improving our knowledge of fundamental constants and in […]
Ensuring collaboration in the SADC region to support the accreditation of laboratories
PRETORIA, 11 October 2018 – Within the framework of its Sustainable Quality Infrastructure Programme for the Southern African Development Community (SADC), SQIS, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), together with the SADC Regional Laboratory Association (SRLA), organized an Expert Group Meeting to explore potential areas of cooperation and collaboration between SRLA members who are […]
SRLA and NAFP Expert Group Meeting
The Southern African Development Community Accreditation Service (SADCAS) is pleased to announce that the Expert Group Meeting (EGM) for SADC Regional Laboratory Association (SRLA) will take place during October 2018 and is intended to promote collaboration with the SADC Regional Laboratory Association (SRLA) and the National Accreditation Focal Points (NAFPs) in order to pave the […]
Call for Laboratory Equipment Seeding
The National Laboratory Association – South Africa is taking the opportunity of informing its membership and all its associates of a very interesting opportunity which is being offered by Seeding Labs. This US based non-govermental organisation seeks to make a difference in the area of scientific research being conducted at universities. Their Laboratory Access program […]
SANS 17025:2018ED.3 Published
The National Laboratory Association – South Africa is very pleased to advise all members that the latest version of ISO/IEC 17025 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories has now been published as a South African National Standard. This version is identical to the ISO/IEC version and can be obtained from SABS […]
Africa Food Safety Workshop
The National Laboratory Association – South Africa is pleased to advise all those who have an interest in Food Testing and related issues that the National Metrology Institute South Africa (NMISA) will be hosting the following workshop. Further details, including registering for the event can be found by clicking on the image below. The updated […]
Pesticides in Fruit – Proficiency Testing Scheme
The National Laboratory Association – South Africa (NLA-SA) is pleased to advise readers that the National Metrology Institute of South Africa (NMISA) will conducting a Pesticides in Fruit Proficiency Scheme during 2018. Should you be interested in participating you can find the protocol as well as all the details, including the costs, by clicking on […]
Symposium – Uncertainty of Measurement
The National Laboratory Association – South Africa was extremely pleased to host a very informative day’s symposium at which some of the world’s experts on measurement uncertainty presented both an update on the direction and development of the GUM, as well as some other very interesting related topics. It is not often that such highly […]