Global giants put pressure on local textile industry

JOHANNESBURG - Fast fashion giants like Shein and Temu are flooding the South African market with cheap imports.

While shoppers may be winning, local manufacturers are losing out.

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The surge in low-cost clothing is threatening jobs and squeezing out domestic retailers.

Breaking down the country's textile troubles Etienne Vlok from the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers Union says the countries ability to create job is undermined. 

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