The 18th National Accreditation Focal Points (NAFPs) Annual meeting was held on 21st November 2024 at Premier Hotel OR Tambo, Johannesburg, South Africa. The meeting was attended by twelve (12) NAFPs:
Angola- Carmo dos Santos
Botswana-Edward Mmatli
Eswatini- Sybil Dlamini
Lesotho-Mosito Kanono
Malawi-Masautso Ngamwane
Mozambique-Guilhermina Nhampulo
Namibia- Joseph M. Shokongo/ John M. Chombo
Tanzania- Mbaraka Shekolwa
Zambia- Moses Mwanza
Zimbabwe- Riyana Chibanda/ Eldine Mavhunga
SADCAS delegates included SADCAS CEO, Ms Eve Christine Gadzikwa, Training Administrator- Mr Mogae Molaoa and Communications and Public Relations Officers- Mr Boniface Badubi.
The meeting was fully funded by PTB Germany. The main purpose of the meeting was to discuss challenges affecting NAFP’s effectiveness, to exchange information and ideas to effectively promote accreditation and training courses in their member states and to agree on workable strategies to strengthen working relations between SADCAS and the NAFPs.
A total of thirteen (13) resolutions passed during the meeting which was chaired by the SADCAS CEO, Ms Gadzikwa. The meeting was interactive and productive with NAFPs fully committing to step up their promotion and marketing of SADCAS in their respective member states.
