Textiles hold memory, meaning and power – challenging erasure, celebrating resilience
Bernie Molepo started her own fabric and wallpaper sourcing company
The largest negative contributors to the decrease were retailers in food, beverages, tobacco and general dealers
Lessons from when Jan Smuts drove the industrialisation of South Africa in the form of electricity and steel to benefit an elite community
Untreated effluent from textile factories in in Lesotho, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mauritius and Madagascar pours into rivers, contaminating the water
Reviving our industry to its former glory is possible. We have the infrastructure, talent, and a population that is eager to work. Now we just need consumer buy-in.
Fashion looks glamorous but it’s not. Behind the glitz is environmental and social damage