Hlamarisa Ndaba was among many who suffered during lockdown as her law firm could not provide an income. As a result, she used her savings to start her own furniture-manufacturing business, Precision Interiors, in Gauteng.
She uses social media for advertising and recently launched a website with an e-commerce facility. E-commerce is the buying and selling of goods and services on the internet. The manufacturing sector has been identified as key to respond to the surge of unemployment. Ndaba says her business has the potential to create even more employment as orders increase.
At the Proudly SA Buy Local Summit and Expo held in March, President Cyril Ramaphosa said that the pandemic exposed the fragility of global supply chains and revealed the great capacity South Africa has for manufacturing.