… Company employs 150 people
BY PHUMELELE MKHONTA
MBABANE– Eswatini to the world!
The Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Trade, Manqoba Khumalo, this morning officiated the dispatch of the first truckload of finished Lush Haircare Eswatini products at Ngwenya Industrial Site.
The products are destined for the international export markets.
According to the Government of Eswatini, Lush Haircare Eswatini is one of the investors that responded to His Majesty King Mswati III’s call to invest in Eswatini during an Eswatini-Singapore Investment Seminar in Singapore last year.
The company is a subsidiary of the Tolaram Group and currently employs 150 people.
The Minister of Commerce, Industry and Trade Manqoba Khumalo said they had been reliably informed that the company would be doubling the number by the end of March this year and they expected exponential growth in employment opportunities by the end of the year.
“Today, we are releasing the first truck of finished goods destined for the international export markets. We are again adding a new item into our export basket from non-traditional products which augurs well with our economic diversification drive.
“We are told that within the hair products category, there will be various items including hair extensions and weaves of superior quality that will be added. We look forward with great anticipation to the expected arrival of the Polypropylene machine which will ensure the manufacture of the fibre locally as part of backward value chain integration,” said the minister.
The minister went on to say they would like to take time to congratulate Lush Haircare Eswatini for the milestone that they have achieved and in particular, management and the employees that had worked together to achieve this goal.
Lush Haircare Factory Head for Southern Africa Raybind Patel thanked the government and all stakeholders for the support rendered since the company set up shop in Eswatini.
