Tshipa Curtains
| Business Location: | Peri Urban |
| Province | Western Cape |
| Branch: | City of Cape Town |
| Business Start Date: | 2013-04-22 |
| Busniess Type: | Co-operative |
Business Dynamics and Challenges
Business Activities:
Tshipa Curtains Co-operative Ltd is a family-run business passed down by
Mrs Florence Witbooi and restructured into a Co-operative to ensure its
continuation. The Co-operative was formally registered in 2013, and
Mr Geoffrey Banda currently serves as its Managing Director. It operates from
rented premises in Elsies River, located in the Western Cape. The business initially
focused on manufacturing curtains but has since expanded its product range to
include scatter cushions, bedding, and pillowcases. Its current primary market
consists of retail stores and households.
Challenges/Needs:
- Poor Financial Management and Bookkeeping, and
- Lack of finance to access equipment
Intervention Insights and Results
Intervention Details:
The following interventions were implemented:
• Facilitation of financial clean-up, and
• Facilitation of Access to finance Cooperative
• Facilitation of financial clean-up, and
• Facilitation of Access to finance Cooperative
Outcome Details:
- Turnover increased from R 2 599 207 to R 3 456 945, an increase of 33%, and
- Employment increased by 2 from 20 to 22 employees.
- Employment increased by 2 from 20 to 22 employees.
Client Feedback
Client Comments:
“With Sedfa’s assistance we’ve grown to an extend that we’ve introduced a program of training people to acquire sewing skills so to become employable. We are grateful for Sedfa’s continued support of our business and most of our achievements were made possible by their dedicated support to our co-operative”
