Raid highlights factory abuses

Apart from poor pay, scores of the predominantly female employees in the textile industry are subjected to appalling working conditions.

Newcastle: The Payne of bad journalism

In a recent article, Teigue Payne demonstrated his poor grasp of journalistic objectivity, says Simon Eppel.

Shutdown in Chinese Newcastle

Owners of 'non-compliant' clothing and textile factories are reacting angrily to recent raids by police.

Self-interest is spurring the 'white knights' of Newcastle

Newcastle remains an area of contention in the local clothing industry and indeed in the national consciousness too, writes Andre Kriel.

High wages unravel Newcastle's industry

The Newcastle clothing industry has become a metaphor for the crucial debate about jobs in South Africa, writes Teague Payne.

SA clothing sector missing the gap

The textile and clothing industry urgently needs to get over this narrow-minded dispute around wages, says Renato Palmi, a researcher.

An entrepreneur's fight to survive

Alex Liu's parents came from Taiwan to Newcastle in 1989 and set up a toy factory. Ten years later they invested in the Win-Cool clothing factory.

Breaking ground from behind the bars

The clandestine footage that Shepherd Yuda, a 36-year-old Zimbabwe prison officer, shot inside jail was dynamite.

Martins double gives Newcastle victory over Villa

Obafemi Martins scored twice as Newcastle United produced a stirring second-half performance to beat Aston Villa 2-0 on Monday.

It's a record: 2km of South African sosatie

Employees of a Newcastle steel company have made it into the Guinness World Records book with a 2km-long braaied sosatie.

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