Until the 2000s, Sub-Saharan Africa was de-industrialising: the mood was gloomy as the little manufacturing activity that did exist was disappearing. But the trend has reversed...
Gaaitzen de Vries, Emmanuel B Mensah, Hagen Kruse and Kunal Sen
A recent report detailed how ethnic minority labourers in the Xinjiang region in China - which produces 20% of the world's cotton - are forced to pick cotton by hand through state-mandated schemes...
A recent report detailed how ethnic minority labourers in the Xinjiang region in China - which produces 20% of the world's cotton - are forced to pick cotton by hand through state-mandated schemes...
The inaugural Made in Africa Conference and Expo, a large virtual gathering and showcase for African buyers and sellers, will take place on 13 and 14 April...
Pyrotec PackLink helps customers to achieve overall equipment efficiency...
Pyrotec 23 Feb 2021
TFG said this change is essential to enable larger purchases of locally-made fabrics...
Local lifestyle brand Sealand Gear has produced a special edition, upcycled tote bag for Reebok's new [Ree]cycled footwear range...
Rashmee Ragaven, senior manager for the DTI (Department of Trade and Industry), is committed to advanced manufacturing in Invest SA...
Charndré Emma Kippie, Topco Media 15 Feb 2021
The South African government says it will maximise the opportunities presented by the African Continental Free Trade Area, which came into operation on 1 January 2021...
Onalenna Mhlongo 12 Feb 2021
Manufacturing production increased by 1,8% in December 2020 compared with December 2019, according to data from Stats SA...
The Competition Tribunal has approved the sale of Pepkor menswear chain John Craig to Johannesburg-based Blue Falcon 188 Trading, saving 422 jobs...
Hanes South Africa, which holds the licence to manufacture, sell and distribute Playtex underwear in SA and other African countries, filed for voluntary liquidation...
Fashion retailer H&M said on Tuesday it would investigate reports of sexual harassment at a supplier's factory in southern India following the death of a female employee...
Anuradha Nagaraj 4 Feb 2021
In a new study published in Nature Communications, my colleagues and I find a stark confirmation that microplastics are found throughout the Arctic Ocean...
Peter S. Ross 1 Feb 2021
Glorinah Khutso Mabaso from Pretoria has been named the winner of the Trenery 2020 Print Competition...
