BY PHUMELELE MKHONTA
MBABANE – December is known to be a traditional wear affair and vendors are determined to ensure emaSwati own the gear.
This is because all traditional wear vendors in the Mbabane Market have said they would offer discounts on most of their items, especially the costly ones and this would happen the whole of December.
Worth noting is that in December, many people utilise traditional wear during incwala (national prayer), traditional weddings and during ku-teka.
Simangele Mabuza, one of the traditional gear vendors, showed this reporter what they had in store, and it ranged from ticholo, emajobo, tidziya and others, saying that they always tried to modernise their items.
She said if a person came to buy and requested a discount, they would throw a discounted offer and take it from there.
“We will offer or take discount offers the whole of December,” said Mabuza.
Esther Ndlangamandla, another traditional wear/gear vendor, said the more items a customer bought, the higher the discount they would get. “It would not make financial sense to us to discount low priced items. The more they buy, or if the buy expensive items, they will we will negotiate the prices with them,” said Ndlangamandla.
