Abstract
The Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is the South African blueprint for national infrastructure development. The plan promotes labour-intensive industralisation that broadens participation and raises competitiveness .This policy is aligned with the National Development plan launched in 2012 with the ultimate goal to eliminate poverty and reduce employment by 2030 [1]. According to these plans, efforts are to be deployed to support small and medium enterprises that have the potential to create jobs while supplying goods for the much needed infrastructure development of the country in terms of road, energy, water and telecommunications. One of these small and medium enterprises sector is the foundry industry responsible for producing castings with engineering, mining and automotive applications...