The Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers' Union (Sactwu) has welcomed the initiation of a competition to design South Africa's Olympic opening ceremony kit.
It said, however, that in order for the clothes to be truly Proudly South African, Sascoc must also ensure that they are manufactured by the hands of South African workers in local factories.
Sactwu criticised the SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee in April because both the SA Olympic and Paralympic Games teams' kit were not produced by a local manufacturer.
The kit, which would serve the teams for both the London games later this year and the Olympics of 2016 to be held in Rio de Janeiro, is being produced by Chinese manufacturer Erke.
