https://www.bizcommunity.com/196/399.html South Africa Manufacturing news 15 Design & Manufacturing news - South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/196/399.html en-us Mon, 24 Aug 2026 02:11:37 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/iwisa-no1-launches-designer-search-for-its-70th-anniversary-523380a Iwisa No.1 is turning 70, and instead of simply looking back, the maize brand is handing its next chapter over to a new generation of South African designers. 1-270996 Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:11:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Design & Manufacturing South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/to-the-next-25-years-of-business-communications-and-conversations-967784a On 20 August 2001, the first Bizcommunity newsletter was sent, marking the beginning of a publishing journey that would give a voice to business communities across South Africa. 1-270974 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:04:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Design & Manufacturing South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/nicole-hapgood-strikland-on-engineering-corporate-wear-for-real-world-use-290477a For Nicole Hapgood-Strickland, fashion is about far more than what meets the eye. As a garment technologist at Imagemakers, she works at the intersection of creativity, manufacturing, quality and commercial practicality, turning designers’ ideas into garments that can be produced efficiently and withstand the demands of everyday wear. 1-270880 Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:26:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Design & Manufacturing South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/10-finalists-ready-to-light-up-sa-in-nando-hot-young-designer-2026-edition-412549a The Nando's Hot Young Designer (HYD), one of South Africa's longest-standing design mentorship programmes, has announced the top 10 finalists in its latest talent search. 1-270715 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 10:49:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Design & Manufacturing South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/leadership-lessons-from-the-women-at-philip-morris-sa-523920a Ask a senior South African businesswoman how she got where she is, and you rarely get a tidy answer. There is no single blueprint, and that — according to the six women now leading functions across Philip Morris South Africa — is the most useful thing a younger woman can hear. 1-270656 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:26:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Design & Manufacturing South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/south-african-clothing-factories-struggle-after-migrant-workers-flee-856313a Weeks after xenophobic protests drove thousands of migrant workers from South Africa, rows of sewing machines stood idle at a clothing factory in Newcastle, a manufacturing hub in the eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal. 1-270599 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 08:54:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Design & Manufacturing South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/manufacturing-indaba-expands-with-inaugural-cape-town-manufacturing-summit-189636a Following the success of the recent national Manufacturing Indaba in Johannesburg, the South African manufacturing platform is expanding its national footprint with the launch of the inaugural Cape Town Manufacturing Summit, a new industry event designed to showcase the Western Cape's manufacturing capabilities while creating new opportunities for investment, collaboration and industrial growth. 1-270538 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:06:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Design & Manufacturing South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/sloom-founder-shares-10-lessons-from-building-south-africas-mattress-disruptor-967404a A decade ago, Rudo Kemp launched Sloom from his garage with a simple ambition: to rethink how South Africans buy mattresses. 1-270524 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 10:38:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Design & Manufacturing South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/middle-east-conflict-threatens-virgin-plastic-supply-and-margins-290157a The possibility of limited and expensive virgin plastic looms big for manufacturers as the renewed conflict in the Middle East threatens to severely restrict the world's oil supplies. 1-270490 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:34:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Design & Manufacturing South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/africas-not-new-to-sustainable-fashion-its-true-to-it-301258a The idea of sustainability is not new to us. It’s woven into the very fabric that is Africa. It’s in the way our grandparents found new ways to reuse food packaging. The universal experience of opening the Danish biscuit tin, hoping to find a treat, only to see it’s filled to the brim with sewing equipment. It’s the heirlooms passed down from one generation to another. 1-270433 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:23:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Design & Manufacturing South Africa