Pick n Pay Clothing aims for 60% local by 2028 – years of cheap Chinese imports make that tough
Restoring SA’s clothing manufacturing industry would give local sourcing and job creation a big boost. Pick n Pay Clothing is aiming to source 60% of its products locally within the next five years, but an industry-wide history of cheap imports from China decimated South Africa’s once-thriving textile sector and left a big gap in manufacturing capacity, which won’t be filled overnight.