Ahead of our virtual screening of THE STORY OF PLASTIC, here is a short review to encourage you to book for the 16 July 2020 event. There is a limited number of tickets available.
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Model activist Liyanna B talks sustainability and influencer culture in 2020
Black and Brown folks have always been sustainable, it’s not a foreign concept, if anything it’s been a way of life from the beginning of time for many of us. This is what South African model and activist Nomfundo Liyanna Basini says. On social media the Swazi-born is...
Q&A with designer Tessa O’Halloran on rethinking plastic waste
Exciting things are happening in a small studio in the Karoo where plasticity. re-imagines waste plastic. This bespoke upcycling company based in Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape was founded by Tessa O'Halloran, her mother Helen and her little sister Erin in 2017....
10 Shoe brands we’re loving right now
We’ve been on the lookout for sustainable footwear brands on the South African and international market that combine comfort, sustainability, and social responsibility. We've come up with a list of environmentally-savvy and innovative footwear brands with the kind of...
Transcript: Interview with SACTUW’s Etienne Vlok about the retail and textile masterplan
On Wednesday, 3 June, editor-in-chief of Twyg Magazine, Jackie May was in conversation with SACTWU's National Industrial Policy Officer, Etienne Vlok to discuss the retail, clothing, textile, footwear and leather (R-CTFL) masterplan which was signed by major CTFL...
Q&A: Ceramicist Sikho Mququ puts his soul into pots
Sikho Mququ of Ckho Ceramique was born and raised in Umtata surrounded by the textured grassland and thicket of the Eastern Cape. After studying fine art in East London, Sikho moved to Cape Town and founded the 100% black-owned ceramic studio called Ckho Ceramique in...
The best sustainable materials for your face mask
Since face masks have become a mandatory wardrobe staple in South Africa, the clothing industry has been rapidly fashioning face masks out of all kinds of material from pillowcases, old jeans to coffee filters. But do we know what is the best fabric to use? The two...
Tips For Virus-Proofing Your Small Business
The Covid-19 crisis has had devastating consequences both socially and economically. As the number of lockdown days grow in South Africa, so too do the queues of the unemployed and the hungry as businesses battling to keep doors open furlough staff. But the needs that...
How to shop safely and sustainably for groceries during lockdown
Twyg chatted to three local grocers and the Head of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Cape Town to clear a few COVID-19 and grocery questions up for us.
Life doesn’t come with a manual, it comes with a mother
We asked 6 sustainable fashion designers to send us photos of them with their mothers, and to tell us about what their mothers mean to them.