Abstract
The study focuses on Comparative Study of Quality
Infrastructure (QI) between Republic of South Africa (RSA) and
Sweden. QI is important for the reason that it provides technical
support to companies in order to improve their production
processes and ensuring compliance to regulations or
international requirements. QI in this study refers to six foremost
institutions, which are accreditation body, inspection body,
testing laboratory, certification body, metrology institution and
standardization body. The methodology employed was by data
collections through questionnaires and interviews. The result of
the study found that the QI of both South Africa and Sweden is
the same based on the types of institutions. It was also observed
that the employees of both countries are offered long services of
minimum of seven years. A significant difference of 22.6% was
reported between the two countries with respect to agreement
that law mandates compliance with standard. It was further
observed that the QI of both South Africa and Sweden plays a
role in reducing non-compliance and adding value to the
economies of these countries.