Mohair is benefiting from a range of fashion trends favouring the fibre’s natural and luxurious qualities, as highlighted at the latest textile trade fairs. Read more in the latest edition of Twist Magazine.

Mohair South Africa is looking to build on the success of the Responsible Mohair Standard with additional projects across several areas including traceability and regenerative farming. Twist spoke to the organisation to find out more.

Understanding the Growers & Herders perspectives is key to building better textile fibre supply chain partnerships to accelerate innovation and sustainability.

Textile Exchange celebrated their 20th anniversary and hosted a cocktail function at the Mohair South Africa headquarters on Thursday, 8 September.

Mohair South Africa (MSA) and the Mohair Empowerment Trust (MET) participated in the virtual Animal Fibre Round Table hosted by Textile Exchange on Tuesday morning.

What’s on offer on Tuesday the 6th of September?

Natural Fibre Connect was born out of 2 successful Wool Connect conferences…

The highest price of the sale was R727.50 p/kg, for a bale of 25-micron kid mohair.

The AAMP is one of the seven priority plans identified by President Ramaphosa in his State of Nation Address.

The first Lesotho Mohair sale of 2022 was held on the 2nd of August at the Wool Exchange in Port Elizabeth.

It is with great pride and honour that we bring you ‘The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Commemorative Teddy Bear’. Made with only the finest quality Mohair!

An international workshop was organised by Confindustria Toscana Nord dedicated to animal fibre production and collective actions to ensure animal welfare, traceability of production, and transparency towards consumers.

Now is not the time to sit back and ride the wave because, before long, we will be in a reactionary position if we do not continue with the phenomenal work being done in driving our industry forward…

As we adapt to the circumstances we have encountered over the past year and are presently negotiating, we can start to look forward to a better future finally with optimism and a yearning to re-engage in life and all the things we love.

Approximately 50 commercially scoured pure wool from various sheep breeds and 50 scoured pure mohair samples from different parts of the world have been sourced via the CSIR in Port Elizabeth for use in this study.

Empowerment – what does it actually mean; how important is it; and is it working?

Empowerment – what does it actually mean; how important is it; and is it working? The word ‘empowerment’ has been used and (sometimes) abused around the world.

The year 2020 has been classified by the United Nations as the year that ‘green jobs’ really took off. 

On February 16, 2021, we took the long road to Wolmaransstad. Unsure of how Angoras thrive in that area, we left the Eastern Cape full of excitement.

From the humble Angora goat – born, bred and shed in the Eastern Cape of South Africa – the unique characteristics of mohair make it irresistible.