Textile and clothing orders for Swaziland have declined due to effect of pro-democracy rallies that culminated in violent acts. As per a Textile Value Chain report, the national demonstrations have made suppliers hesitant to deploy trucks to deliver to the Kingdom of Eswatin. This will cost the factories a lot of money since the buyers would charge them a lot of money for missing deadlines.

Insiders in the textile and garment industries in the Kingdom of Eswatini claim they are having ’sleepless nights’ as a result of the continuing pro-democracy rallies. If they fail to get orders and run out of material, the thousands of emaSwati who work in the sector would be out of employment. The textile and clothing market is a delicate one because when a company fails to deliver, the customers shift their business elsewhere.