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Two brothers founded Retrofit clothing from their garage.
Their grandparents have been working in the clothing industry for over 20 years.
Money made from selling the clothes is to sustain the family and to pay university fees.
From their garage in Strandfontein Village in the Western Cape, a family are stitching together a living by using their collective clothing manufacturing skills to build a business they started to stay afloat during the pandemic.
Retrofit, founded by brothers Franklin and Lawrance Burt, produces garments using the expertise their father and grandparents learnt in the clothing manufacturing trade.
And while Covid-19 has seen many businesses fold owing to financial difficulty, the small business which they launched during the nationwide lockdown is proving to be a cut above the rest as they produce an average of 120 units per week, depending on the number of orders they receive.