The South African Clothing, Footwear and Textiles Industry
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"Welcome to Ghost Town."

The title of an article published in the Clothing industry Pursuit magazine. Dimbaza once a thriving hub of clothing and garment factories now lies deserted with 110 of the once 120 active factories mothballed, 5000 job losses in 18 months.

Unfortunately this is not an uncommon story but rather one which is becoming all the more frequent as the local Clothing, Footwear and Textiles industries are ravaged by the competitive global juggernaut, China!

But surely this could have been avoided the lament rises.

The truth is that global move to free trade and the effects of a rampant Rand in recent years have all but blindsided an industry which for years existed in a artificial vacuum, blissfully ignorant to the slumbering global forces that would change the market for ever.

And laments there have been! COSATU have held national strikes,......

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Title: The South African Clothing, Footwear And Textiles Industry
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