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34,000 local jobs threatened by Shein and Temu’s growth in SA

Retail

34,000 local jobs threatened by Shein and Temu’s growth in SA

6 Aug 2025

End of tax loophole for Shein and Temu starting to have impact, say local retailers

E-commerce

End of tax loophole for Shein and Temu starting to have impact, say local retailers

Nqobile Dludla 9 Jun 2025

Fashion & Homeware

How used clothes became part of Africa's creative economy - and fashion sense

Karen Tranberg Hansen 12 Aug 2022

Credit: Carsten Vollrath from Pexels

Supply Chain

The human cost of Chinese cotton: how does it impact SA?

2 Mar 2021

Footwear giants call tariffs 'catastrophic' in open letter to Trump

Fashion & Homeware

Footwear giants call tariffs 'catastrophic' in open letter to Trump

22 May 2019

Brands should help combat smuggling in clothing and textile manufacturing sector

Fashion & Homeware

Brands should help combat smuggling in clothing and textile manufacturing sector

25 Jul 2018

SARS cracks down on counterfeit clothing

Fashion & Homeware

SARS cracks down on counterfeit clothing

21 Dec 2017

Material hurdles remain

Design & Manufacturing

Material hurdles remain

20 Nov 2017

SARS unravels SA clothing industry: Tax leakages, job losses blamed on illegal imports

Fashion & Homeware

SARS unravels SA clothing industry: Tax leakages, job losses blamed on illegal imports

Marianne Thamm 10 Mar 2017

Popular fabric shop forced to shut

Fashion & Homeware

Popular fabric shop forced to shut

9 Dec 2015

HR & Management

Local clothing manufacturer grows from strength to strength

29 Nov 2012

Import/Export

Jockey underwear fakes 'harming SA manufacturer'

Edward West 17 Oct 2012

Manufacturing

Jockey underwear fakes 'harming SA manufacturer'

17 Oct 2012

Fashion & Homeware

Strain by illegal clothing imports

10 Sep 2012

Fashion & Homeware

Crunch for clothes makers

Mamello Masote 9 Jul 2012

Clothing employers dismiss productivity report

Administration

Clothing employers dismiss productivity report

4 May 2012

Clothing employers dismiss 'invalid' productivity report

Manufacturing

Clothing employers dismiss 'invalid' productivity report

4 May 2012

Fashion & Homeware

Clothing employers dismiss productivity report

Bekezela Phakathi 2 May 2012

Informal Retailing

Chinese clothing shops hit formal retail sector

2 Dec 2011

Fashion & Homeware

A bold new look in clothing industry

10 Oct 2011

Manufacturing

Newcastle Chinese factories shutdown

10 Oct 2011

Factories shut over minimum pay row

Fashion & Homeware

Factories shut over minimum pay row

Edward West 4 May 2011

Fashion & Homeware

Clothing industry too sensitive by half

Claire Bisseker 22 Mar 2011

Time to stop clothing industry decline

Fashion & Homeware

Time to stop clothing industry decline

9 Jul 2010

Import/Export

SARS clamps down on illegal imports

Bekezela Phakathi 29 Jun 2010

Fashion & Homeware

State slow on clothing quota

Kgomotso Mathe 3 Mar 2010

Textile companies continuing to fail

Fashion & Homeware

Textile companies continuing to fail

Charlotte Mathews 27 Jan 2010

Import/Export

China textile remains constant

21 Sep 2009

Import/Export

Customs bid won't stem imports

Claire Bisseker 17 Jul 2009

SA apparel industry needs to work with govt

Design & Manufacturing

SA apparel industry needs to work with govt

Renato Palmi 1 Jul 2009

Import/Export

Import curbs 'must not hit only China'

Mathabo le Roux 19 Sep 2008

SA clothing industry grows in the face of challenge

Supply Chain

SA clothing industry grows in the face of challenge

13 May 2008

Supply Chain

Govt plans to invigorate textile sector

Zama Feni 30 Aug 2007

Retail

Clothing quota raising more questions than answers

Chris Moerdyk 7 Sep 2006

Branding

Activists take on global brands

Mike Freedman 11 Jan 2005

The Loeries Festival

Cause Related Marketing - who cares wins

Louise Marsland 2 Oct 2004