{"id":4666,"date":"2026-01-26T13:59:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T13:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/?page_id=4666"},"modified":"2026-05-29T07:49:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T07:49:30","slug":"on-line-exhibit-south-african-match-industry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/on-line-exhibit-south-african-match-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"South African match industry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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OCHA, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Exhibitor : Kevin McCarthy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The early history of what we today call South Africa<\/strong><\/a> was marked by periods of conflict, migration, and state formation among native and settler groups, caused by the complex interplay of international trade, environmental instability, and European colonisation.<\/p>\n

Long before matches were made in South Africa they were imported into the country from Europe. Although references indicate that as early as the late 1840s attempts to manufacture and sell matches locally were being made, the first factory to make matches in South Africa of which there is any record was The South African Match Factory, at Wynberg, Cape, in 1884.<\/p>\n

As an illustration of how fast the industry grew, in the lectures, prize and other essays, jury reports and awards at The South African Exhibition, Port Elizabeth<\/strong><\/a> in 1885, it was reported:<\/p>\n