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The National Bargaining Council for the Clothing Manufacturing Industry says the labour department has unlawfully granted “amnesty” to certain non-compliant clothing factories. Illustration: Bronwyn Webb / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Labour department accused of shielding sweatshops

Tania Broughton 1 Sep 2026

A photo taken by inspectors from the National Bargaining Council for the Clothing Manufacturing Industry at a sweatshop in KwaZulu-Natal. Photo supplied (GroundUp)

Corporate & Commercial Law

Clothing company implicated in sweatshop scandal cries foul

Tania Broughton 2 Mar 2026

Still from the Zootropolis 2 trailer - YouTube

Film

Review: Zootropolis 2 - a roaring success

Shan Radcliffe 4 Dec 2025

The good, the bad and the ugly of using AI tools

4th Industrial Revolution

The good, the bad and the ugly of using AI tools

Paul Morgan 15 Mar 2023

Image supplied. The 2022 Vodacom Journalist of the Year (VJOY) Awards for the Gauteng Region winners

Media

All the 2022 Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards for the Gauteng Region

31 Oct 2022

Image supplied: Carla Franco

Music

#MusicExchange: Carla Franco's new chapter

Martin Myers 21 Jun 2022

Do you know where your coffee comes from? The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of knowing about our supply chains. Here, a woman carries harvested coffee beans in a coffee plantation in Mount Gorongosa, Mozambique, in August 2019. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Supply Chain

The coronavirus pandemic requires us to understand food's murky supply chains

Cory Searcy and Pavel Castka 6 Aug 2020

How Asia's clothing factories switched to making PPE - but sweatshop problems live on

Design & Manufacturing

How Asia's clothing factories switched to making PPE - but sweatshop problems live on

Alessandra Mezzadri and Kanchana N Ruwanpura 23 Jul 2020

Fast fashion lies: Will they really change their ways in a climate crisis?

Fashion & Homeware

Fast fashion lies: Will they really change their ways in a climate crisis?

Anika Kozlowski 8 Aug 2019

Green is the new black: why retailers want you to know about their green credentials

ESG

Green is the new black: why retailers want you to know about their green credentials

Louise Grimmer and Gary Mortimer 30 Oct 2018

Liefde by die Dam comes to Cape Town

Music

Liefde by die Dam comes to Cape Town

10 Sep 2018

Luke Peters, group CEO and founder of Gone Digital.

Digital

#StartupStory: Gone Digital Academy helps businesses stay ahead of the curve

Juanita Pienaar 6 Sep 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

Up The Creek 2018 final lineup announced

Music

Up The Creek 2018 final lineup announced

5 Jan 2018

Fokofpolisiekar added to Up the Creek 2018 line-up

Music

Fokofpolisiekar added to Up the Creek 2018 line-up

30 Nov 2017

Mango Groove to headline Up the Creek 2018

Music

Mango Groove to headline Up the Creek 2018

18 Oct 2017

Made in Myanmar: designers put ethical twist on local fashion

Fashion & Homeware

Made in Myanmar: designers put ethical twist on local fashion

Caroline Henshaw 7 Jul 2017

Digital

Get the micro right

Craig Hannabus, Issued by Havas Johannesburg 11 Aug 2015

Bangladesh garment factories to close

Manufacturing

Bangladesh garment factories to close

15 May 2013

Theatre

New Nik Rabinowitz play at the Baxter

19 Nov 2010

Proudly SA mascot made in Bay

Design & Manufacturing

Proudly SA mascot made in Bay

Yolandé Stander 24 May 2010

Zakumi makers zapped

2010 FIFA World Cup

Zakumi makers zapped

9 Mar 2010

Design & Manufacturing

Asian textiles industry shows growth

7 Oct 2009

Retail

Branding for the environment: The supply chain

Pierre Mare 11 Sep 2007

PR & Communications

Suspicion breeds increased skepticism

John Bradfield 22 Sep 2005