LEO GARMENTS TO HIRE 450 WORKERS, TEX RAY SET TO REOPEN

MANZINI - It will be jobs galore in the textile industry as factories which were a casualty to the country’s loss of AGOA look to reopen and expand businesses by mid January

Leo Garments Swaziland, the second largest casualty after Tex Ray Factory, is set to double the number of current employees. Currently, the textile factory has 450 workers and it will hire the same number of new employees at least for a start when it opens in January 2018. Meanwhile, another factory which had previously promised to re-open immediately when the country retains AGOA and further employ more Swazis is Tex Ray.

Leo Garments Swaziland Director Leo Tsai said following the readmission of the country into AGOA, they would surely expand their business when they reopen in January 2018. 

“As we just heard the good news about three days ago, we are already planning on how to expand the Leo Garments business. By mid January we will have a clear picture and add at least 450 more workers.”

The director said when expanding their business, they would welcome former employees and new ones.
Leo Garments was the second casualty to the loss of AGOA after Tex Ray as it retrenched almost half of its employees and took others to work in Lesotho where the company had opened a new factory.

The director said all the workers who went to Lesotho came back to Swaziland by October 2017.  It is worth noting that those who were left in the country continued to produce for the USA market and the company paid about E1 million per shipment as custom levy.

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