SACTWU WELCOMES SARS ACTION

The Southern African Clothing & Textile Workers' Union (SACTWU) has welcomed the South African Revenue Services (SARS) programme of action aimed at “ensuring compliance with the Customs and Excise Act while protecting the local clothing and textile industry against unfair business practices”. 

This follows a recent announcement by SARS that it had confiscated 400 tons of clothing and textile goods valued at R60m in Durban over a three-day period.  Furthermore, it was indicated that 85 stores had been inspected by SARS/ Customs, of which 47 were closed as they had failed to provide proof of import declaration for the goods in their stores.

The union stated that it regarded this as another “concrete demonstration of the new government's firm and refreshing resolve to implement the support provisions as set out in the Rescue Package for the clothing and textile industry which was developed by the union, employers in the industry and government as part of South Africa's Framework Response to the International Economic Crises agreed to at NEDLAC in February this year and as re-affirmed in President Zuma's subsequent State of the Nation Address”.

Source: SACTWU media release issued