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The Vision
In 2015, the clothing and textile industry will be characterized by:

		Employment growing steadily above 2005 levels
		Casualised labour will be steadily reduced
		Production will be focused on higher value and higher value-added products
		Enterprise efficiency will be at global benchmarked best
		Labour skill levels at globally competitive standards
		Joint marketing by the industry developed and strengthened integration into global supply chains
		Local design finding a sustainable niche appeal in international markets

The Target

Maintain employment figures of 30 000 formal and 20 000 informal

Essential Strategy

		Stabilize employment and begin growing employment slowly by addressing the competitiveness of enterprises and labour
		Assist the industry to market itself as a whole
		Shift production to higher value products and higher value addition
		Develop and market local designs and supply capacity globally and ensure integration into global production chains
		Reverse casualisation
		Assist smaller CMTs to benefit from hive-based co-operation
		Initiate support campaigns, which encourage purchasing locally manufactured garments

Impact	Clothing & Textiles
Investment Recruitment	Via Wesgro, promote upstream textile investment opportunities
	Domestic investment recruitment to establish a hive for light-manufacturing bases
Increasing Employment	Co-operate to shift the industry to high value & higher value-added products
	Co-operate to increase competitiveness of enterprises and labour
	Expand support for Clotex as the organization that formalizes and upgrades the CMT sector
Marketing	Establish a PPP to market the manufacturing capacity and new domestically designed products of higher value and higher value addition than the mean in 2005
Infrastructural Enhancement	Support initiatives toward developing a fashion precinct in the Salt River-Woodstock area
Strategic Competitiveness	Support sector cluster enhancement initiatives like the Cape Clothing Cluster to entrench world-class manufacturing
	Support Clotex in the development of the CMT sector and retailers

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