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Cape Town - For the first time in the 15-year history of the Cape Town International Jazz Festival all the events’ clothing, textile and leather memorabilia will be completely sourced from local South African manufacturing operations.
This was announced by the Cosatu-affiliated Southern African Clothing & Textile Workers’ Union (Sactwu) on Friday.
André Kriel, general secretary of Sactwu, regards the procurement agreement with espAfrika, producers of the jazz festival, as ground-breaking.
It is also a significant further step in the union’s Save Jobs Campaign.
“The parties recognise that the clothing, textile, footwear and leather (CTFL) industry is the source of employment for thousands of workers and the source of income for great numbers of families, communities and the unemployed,” said Sactwu.
The agreement applies to the purchasing of all CTFL products by espAfrika in relation to the CTIJF and all its events, marketing and promotion.
EspAfrika has further undertaken that all these products will carry a country of origin label.
This is an important verification tool, to prevent fake imported products from substituting valuable originals.
Sactwu has undertaken to work together with espAfrika to implement this agreement successfully.
"This is an act of great commercial patriotism and social responsibility for the creation of decent domestic work, by espAfrika," said Sactwu.
About 37 000 people from South Africa, Africa and other parts of the world visit the jazz festival on each of its two days.
This year the festival will take place on March 28 and 29 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.
"We further expect this initiative to provide global exposure to for the quality of South African manufactured CTFL products," said Kriel.
"It is the first step in a programme to explicitly fuse jazz and fashion in the jazz festival."
This was announced by the Cosatu-affiliated Southern African Clothing & Textile Workers’ Union (Sactwu) on Friday.
André Kriel, general secretary of Sactwu, regards the procurement agreement with espAfrika, producers of the jazz festival, as ground-breaking.
It is also a significant further step in the union’s Save Jobs Campaign.
“The parties recognise that the clothing, textile, footwear and leather (CTFL) industry is the source of employment for thousands of workers and the source of income for great numbers of families, communities and the unemployed,” said Sactwu.
The agreement applies to the purchasing of all CTFL products by espAfrika in relation to the CTIJF and all its events, marketing and promotion.
EspAfrika has further undertaken that all these products will carry a country of origin label.
This is an important verification tool, to prevent fake imported products from substituting valuable originals.
Sactwu has undertaken to work together with espAfrika to implement this agreement successfully.
"This is an act of great commercial patriotism and social responsibility for the creation of decent domestic work, by espAfrika," said Sactwu.
About 37 000 people from South Africa, Africa and other parts of the world visit the jazz festival on each of its two days.
This year the festival will take place on March 28 and 29 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.
"We further expect this initiative to provide global exposure to for the quality of South African manufactured CTFL products," said Kriel.
"It is the first step in a programme to explicitly fuse jazz and fashion in the jazz festival."
