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Circular Economy & Waste Management

#AfricaTextileTalks: Developing EPR for fashion and textiles

Maroefah Smith 4 Aug 2025

Cape Town is stitching together a thriving clothing industry

Design & Manufacturing

Cape Town is stitching together a thriving clothing industry

Alderman James Vos 15 Jul 2025

Sars increases customs duties: What it means for your online retail orders

Regulatory

Sars increases customs duties: What it means for your online retail orders

Chetan Vanmali, Yael Shafrir, Emily Gammon, Sidrah Suliman, Lauren Jimmy & Danica Jonker 17 Sep 2024

Revolutionising retail store planning in SA’s clothing industry

Retail

Revolutionising retail store planning in SA’s clothing industry

Craig Schwabe 18 Dec 2023

New factory opened to boost Cape Town's clothing and textile industry

Design & Manufacturing

New factory opened to boost Cape Town's clothing and textile industry

2 Oct 2023

Judah Zunze's workshop is located in Harare's Warren Park township. Source: Reuters.

Fashion & Homeware

Zimbabwean tailors cash in on party apparel demand as vote nears

7 Aug 2023

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Consumer Law

Court reaffirms non-compliant imported goods not allowed to enter SA

6 Jul 2023

Pick n Pay Futurewear: Accessible designer fashion made in SA

Fashion & Homeware

Pick n Pay Futurewear: Accessible designer fashion made in SA

Lauren Hartzenberg 18 Nov 2022

SA Fashion Week and Fashion Revolution partner to advocate sustainable design

Exhibitions & Events

SA Fashion Week and Fashion Revolution partner to advocate sustainable design

21 Oct 2022

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Julia Buchanan with Hazel Pillay from Pick n Pay Clothing and Gavin Rajah

Fashion & Homeware

Pick n Pay Futurewear cultivates new fashion talent

19 Sep 2022

Pick n Pay Clothing to boost local sourcing

Fashion & Homeware

Pick n Pay Clothing to boost local sourcing

5 Sep 2022

#BizTrends2022: A season for risk-taking and the return to fashion as craft

Trends

#BizTrends2022: A season for risk-taking and the return to fashion as craft

Cyril Naicker 7 Jan 2022

Runner-up, Joy Ezeka of Zuri and Imani design studio,Suraya Williams of Design Twenty-Six in third place and winner Moshibudi Piet of Sabafuraha

Design & Manufacturing

Medical scrubs manufacturer wins clothing industry competition

24 Dec 2021

Local manufacture of army's new uniforms will create jobs

Design & Manufacturing

Local manufacture of army's new uniforms will create jobs

Liezl Human 5 Nov 2021

Rewoven wins inaugural Äänit Prize

Awards

Rewoven wins inaugural Äänit Prize

26 Oct 2021

#Newsmaker: Gareth Kemp to lead Ares Group as new CEO

Fashion & Homeware

#Newsmaker: Gareth Kemp to lead Ares Group as new CEO

Lauren Hartzenberg 3 Sep 2021

Next frontier for plastic action lies in clothing, textile industries

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Next frontier for plastic action lies in clothing, textile industries

Dr Eunice Ubomba-Jaswa and Dr Nonhlanhla Kalebaila 26 Jul 2021

Driving consumer trends for the benefit of SA

Retail

Driving consumer trends for the benefit of SA

Isana Cordier 1 Jul 2021

TFG presses for cut in yarn import duties to advance SA manufacturing

Fashion & Homeware

TFG presses for cut in yarn import duties to advance SA manufacturing

22 Feb 2021

Parts of South Africa’s economy, such as the transport sector, are dominated by a few companies, which raises barriers to entry. Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Economy

South Africa's economic reform ambitions fall short of what's required: a few pointers

Matthew Kofi Ocran 30 Oct 2020

Future of Fashion 2020 indaba to explore African sustainability

Fashion

Future of Fashion 2020 indaba to explore African sustainability

20 Oct 2020

Edcon business rescuers ask for 157% increase

Retailers

Edcon business rescuers ask for 157% increase

Tania Broughton 24 Jun 2020

RIP Dr Richard Maponya

Community

RIP Dr Richard Maponya

6 Jan 2020

3 clothing brands on an ethical production journey

Fashion & Homeware

3 clothing brands on an ethical production journey

2 Oct 2019

UCT names next chancellor

Higher Education

UCT names next chancellor

2 Sep 2019

Pep Clothing celebrates 50 years of local production

Fashion & Homeware

Pep Clothing celebrates 50 years of local production

13 Aug 2019

Figure Forms: 3 decades serving the clothing industry

Shopfitting & Merchandising

Figure Forms: 3 decades serving the clothing industry

Meagan Duckitt 24 Jun 2019

Workers' Day: This industry is not what it used to be, says clothing worker

Design & Manufacturing

Workers' Day: This industry is not what it used to be, says clothing worker

Barbara Maregele 2 May 2019

Second-hand clothing industry turning the tide on fast fashion

Fashion & Homeware

Second-hand clothing industry turning the tide on fast fashion

26 Mar 2019

Edcon secures R2.7bn lifeline for restructuring plan

Retailers

Edcon secures R2.7bn lifeline for restructuring plan

4 Mar 2019

Consumerism in crisis as millennials stay away from shops

Retailers

Consumerism in crisis as millennials stay away from shops

Brendan Canavan 25 Jan 2019

#StartupStory: Double Apex Media

Online Media

#StartupStory: Double Apex Media

Jessica Tennant 29 Nov 2018

Designer turned ethical artistic jeweller, Charmaine Taylor. Image supplied.

Design & Manufacturing

#WomensMonth: Pass on wisdom and knowledge and support local businesswomen

Juanita Pienaar 29 Aug 2018

Clothing rental could be the key to a stylishly sustainable fashion industry

Fashion & Homeware

Clothing rental could be the key to a stylishly sustainable fashion industry

Naomi Braithwaite 10 Aug 2018

#SourceAfrica2018: Lessons from K-Way's lean turnaround

Exhibitions & Events

#SourceAfrica2018: Lessons from K-Way's lean turnaround

Lauren Hartzenberg 26 Jun 2018

Securing a future for fashion - in conversation with Jackie Burger

Fashion & Homeware

Securing a future for fashion - in conversation with Jackie Burger

Lauren Hartzenberg 15 Mar 2018

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Newspapers

Retaining, attracting newspaper advertisers

27 Sep 2017

Messe Frankfurt takes the reins of SA textile, footwear and apparel shows

Exhibitions & Events

Messe Frankfurt takes the reins of SA textile, footwear and apparel shows

Lauren Hartzenberg 11 Sep 2017

Change Makers campaign highlights ATIFY's conscious couture

Fashion & Homeware

Change Makers campaign highlights ATIFY's conscious couture

12 Jul 2017

Fashionably conscious: Made in South Africa, it's not just a movement

Fashion

Fashionably conscious: Made in South Africa, it's not just a movement

Cyril Naicker 15 May 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

A circular fashion economy is about more than clothes

ESG & Sustainability

A circular fashion economy is about more than clothes

Lynn Oxborrow 22 Nov 2016

Think the world's in a mess? Here are four things you can do about it

ESG & Sustainability

Think the world's in a mess? Here are four things you can do about it

Alexandre Christoyannopoulos 29 Nov 2016

Retail

B2B networking platform for fashion industry

6 Sep 2016

Open Design festival opens in Cape Town in August

Design

Open Design festival opens in Cape Town in August

27 Jul 2016

Trade and Industry minister Rob Davies addresses a media briefing on the department's budget vote on Wednesday.
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Fashion & Homeware

Clothing sector pulls up its socks with exports

Bekezela Phakathi 8 Jun 2016

#CommerceMonth: Property in360

Facilities & Property Management

#CommerceMonth: Property in360

Sindy Peters 1 Apr 2016

Stuff: do we really need it? Does it last?

Trends

Stuff: do we really need it? Does it last?

Yvonne Fontyn 7 Mar 2016