The textile industry in South Africa has undergone many changes over the years since its inception into the global arena. The industry's success will depend on its ability to adopt world class manufacturing principles, create more value-added products and be highly competitive to sustain itself in the long term. The main objective of this study was to determine whether or not the textile industry in South Africa is under threat. The other objective was to provide information on the textile industry that would be of assistance to stakeholders and policymakers in South Africa. Certain factors that were thought to impede or restrict the overall performance of the South African textile industry at macro and industry level were identified as follows: 1. Trade liberalisation(globalisation) 2. Tariffs and regulations 3. Imports and exports 4. Cotton 5. Labour 6. Currency fluctuation The secondary research was based on a literature survey of current textile journals, articles from South African textile magazines, statistics from industry reports, textbooks on international trade and marketing, the Internet and newspapers. To evaluate the fmdings of the literature survey, a questionnaire was formulated and empirically tested among selected experts in the textile industry in South Africa. The review of the factors in both the literature review as well as the experts opinions support the statement that the textile industry is under threat. This study was conducted during a time when the industry's perfonnance was down and many of the views and opinions of those experts consulted could have been biased. The time taken to undertake this study is also questionable as a longer review period would have been more appropriate for this type of study to be conducted. / Thesis (M.B.A.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2003.

M.A. / The objective of this study is to estimate the productivity of labour in the South African textile industry. This was achieved by firstly looking at the theoretical background which will facilitate the calculation of labour productivity. The Cobb-Douglas production function was found to be most suitable to estimate labour productivity in the South African textile industry. Conditions necessary and sufficient for equilibrium to hold were explored which gave an indication on efficiency in the allocation of input factors , capital and labour. South African textile industry's performance over the years has been influenced by the changing trade policies brought about by the Uruguay round of talks of 15 December 1993. The talks concluded that countries should reduce tariffs and embark on export-led growth. Exporters should have free access to imported intermediate inputs and countries should do away with anti export bias associated with import protection. Inevitably the South African textiles industry was affected by the conclusions drawn at the Uruguay Round of talks. The textile industry which had enjoyed growth under high protection tariffs and other import duties had shed down the high tariffs and liberalise trade. But the tariff reductions had to happen over the period ranging between five and twelve years. This further implied that export incentive schemes will have to be eliminated as they were in contradiction with GATT Agreement so, R2 billion that the government had budgeted for the General Export Incentive Scheme will have to be dispensed with and according to GATT South Africa has been given three years to dispose of the export incentive scheme. ix The long term strategy for the textile industry was formulated as an industrial strategy to prepare the industry for the changing policies. The long term objectives emphasised on achieving international competitiveness, labour demanding growth to foster employment in the textile industry and lastly to supply local consumers with textiles at affordable prices. But it should be noted that trying to gain international competitiveness imply laying off workers as new technology comes in. This is in contradiction with the Industrial strategy which advocates for labour absorbing economic growth in the textile industry especially in the light of the fact that employment has been on the decline over the years and it is expected that the new industrial strategy, will be able to create more jobs.

M.Com. (Commerce) / The fundamental goal of this thesis is to assess the level of international competitiveness of the South African textile industry. implementation of GATT guidelines over the proposed period, will have a considerable impact on the South African Textile as welI as relevant industries. The Textile Industry will be faced with an increasing level of international competition. The protection enjoyed by the industry over the past 35 years has contributed to the low level of international competitiveness of the South African textile industry...

M.A. (Labor Relations) / The South African Clothing and Textile Workers Unions (SACTWU) has since 1991, with the adoption of a resolution at its National congress, campaigned vigorously for a National Industrial council for the Textile Industry. This campaign reached its climax when specific proposals were made to Textile employers on 28 August 1991 and 9 September 1991 respectively to make known their particular needs. In employer groupings several attacks were made on centralized bargaining, essentially arguing that this form of bargaining has introduced rigidities into the labour market and has contributed to the poor competitiveness of the industry. In consideration of the SACTWU demand, the study focused on the restructuring of collective bargaining in the industry in the establishment of a bargaining framework, where the level and structure of bargaining were to be shaped by the goals of economic effectiveness and social equity. Beyond this aim, the study also seeked to change the nature and quality of bargaining. Adversarial bargaining is to be replaced with co-operation, as the former will not build the economy, nor promote social equity. various aspects dealing with collective bargaining was examined to obtain a perspective on the complexities, mechanisms, structures arid processes of the bargaining system, and particularly the perceived differences in attitude towards centralized bargaining.

This research proposes to identify and evaluate intercultural perceptions and the promotion of black managers within the South African context from a qualitative perspective. A literature review is presented, which covers aspects of perception, culture, the self, and promotion. Cultural categories are analysed to identify relationships not considered in the literature. An interview questionnaire based on Osherson (1980) is constructed, which leads respondents through five areas: demographic characteristics, work identity, value system, cultural identity, and intercultural perceptions and promotion. Three case studies are analysed, the themes for each interview being integrated. Conclusions regarding possible new analytical categories, and recommendations in the form of a possible outline for future research, are presented . / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M.Com (Industrial Psychology)

This reseacrh report is about the current role of the government/state in the restructuring of the clothing and textile industry in South Africa

M. Tech. Business Administration (MBA) / The objective of the study was to identify factors that have enabled Chinese footwear and textile products to thrive in the Central Business District of Johannesburg. China has become Africa's largest trading partner. Over 800 Chinese companies currently trade in 49 countries in Africa resulting in a 10-fold increase in trade between 2000 and 2010. Since the early 1990s, 800 local textiles producers have ceased operation, and over 60,000 jobs have been lost. Accordingly, the South African Government imposed import duty on Chinese textiles products in August 2006. Moreover, Chinese entrepreneurs experience logistical bottlenecks in importing products, language barriers, and still have to comply with government requirements. Also, consumers have become price-sensitive considering the arguably inferior quality of Chinese products. In spite of the hurdles highlighted above, Chinese textiles enterprises are more successful than their competitors. The results of this study showed that the relative success of Chinese footwear and textile companies in comparison with local enterprises was attributed to the practice of rewarding employees with gifts, the provision of training to employees on entrepreneurial skills, and the ability to keep accurate records on business activities. Findings of the study are valuable to stakeholders such as the local footwear and textile enterprises as well as the South African Department of Trade and Industry and the South African Chamber of commerce and Industry.

This reseacrh report is about the current role of the government/state in the restructuring of the clothing and textile industry in South Africa

This research proposes to identify and evaluate intercultural perceptions and the promotion of black managers within the South African context from a qualitative perspective. A literature review is presented, which covers aspects of perception, culture, the self, and promotion. Cultural categories are analysed to identify relationships not considered in the literature. An interview questionnaire based on Osherson (1980) is constructed, which leads respondents through five areas: demographic characteristics, work identity, value system, cultural identity, and intercultural perceptions and promotion. Three case studies are analysed, the themes for each interview being integrated. Conclusions regarding possible new analytical categories, and recommendations in the form of a possible outline for future research, are presented . / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M.Com (Industrial Psychology)

Thesis (MTech (Business Administration))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2010. / The company studied is a privately owned textile company, which is part of the CAP Germany Group of companies. It is one of the leading textile knitting mills in Southern Africa and has won several awards in this regard, whilst it has also been subject to quite a few changes over the last few years. The company recently appointed a new Chief Executive Officer to lead the textile mill into the technical market, and extend the range of the fashion apparel, which it focuses on as its main product. With the aim of keeping the company in the forefront of new development, it has become important to keep its management team well informed and for them to make strategic decisions with much focus on analysis of the information that is available to them. The textile mill has a SAP ERP system, which was implemented as to provide a source of information, hence management can analyse this information that is available to aid them in their decision-making.