Introduction
BLACK-R-GROUP provide unique designs for each client it serves, tailor-made according to customer requirements. We provide the optimum and customized simplified clothing design and manufacturing solutions made for your organization.
The business started informally as a creative ethnic fashion design business, CMT services provider and school-wear manufacture since 2003 and became compliant in 2015 where it was granted accreditation as a skills training services provider by FP&M Seta in clothing manufacturing processes and has trained more than 250 accredited and competent garment makers in rural and township communities
Black-R-Group is focusing exclusively in high quality, efficiency and affordable uniforms, sports-wear designer and supplier through manufacturing skills impartation to communities it supplies
The company does the following functions:-
Garment Design
Sourcing of raw materials
Production Planning
Cutting
Quality Assessment & Monitoring
Marketing & Supply of Products
Training, Coaching and Mentorship (Local based manufacturing cooperatives)
The company seeks to establish local manufacturing hubs that will result in independent clothing manufacturing cooperative factories throughout KZN.
Your Sports & Uniform Partner
The company has been formed by a group of professionals having vivid experience and wide exposure in clothing design, manufacturing and textile. People involved here are young qualified graduates from the renowned universities and maturely industry experienced individuals across KZN.
The resource personnel working in the company have been consistently providing reliable support services and consultancy to a wide variety of fibre processing and manufacturing sector skills development as facilitators, assessor, moderators, coaches, mentors and supervisors
Bottom line of the company philosophy is building a long-term business partnership with its clients where interpersonal relationship, reliability, assured quality and unique designed products for their brand organizations
It is a company where professionals from both technical and functional field group together with an objective of providing appropriate business solutions. It realizes the importance of functional knowledge and its impact in developing business solutions. We constantly strive to be a leading local based clothing design, branding and design firm with profound business and functional knowledge. The key to the company's success is the maintenance of a close working relationship with the clients through ensuring the best possible solutions to their needs; to establish and maintain a thorough knowledge and understanding of client's objective and help them maximize the benefits.
We want to establish ourselves as the best choice in uniforms, sports and linen by offering the best quality garments.
Our mission
Our Mission is to achieve the reputation of a high quality designed branded garments & while provide technical solutions as a service provider to start-up factories in the fibre processing and manufacturing sector.
Our vision
Our Vision is to achieve 100% customer satisfaction by delivering quality products and services at an affordable cost. Our forward vision is to strive to become an entity in garment design, branding and supplier
We also believe that for our scope of improvisation – sky is the limit and we are always ready to take our achievements to the next level. We are growing and would always like to remain on the growing streak.
Our keys for development:
Desire for Excellence
Trust and confidence build-up
Innovation
Transparency
Teamwork
We believe in
Motivation
Collective responsibility and leadership
Professionalism and ethics
Adding values to our client needs
2003 - 2006
Starting journey as informal ethnic garment designers
2006 - 2011
2012 - 2013
2014
Stepping into CMT, producing promotional clothing with songo Africa for shoprite wonder bag rajah
First sports wear and designer for eLangeni College formerly known as Sivananda, Kwa- Mashu, Ntuzuma & Pinetown Campuses
Fashion design school within TACC Church, teaching NON- ACCREDITED Garment making skills
2015
2016
2017
2018 - 2025
Manufacture of branded school wear products for township and rural schools
Training & Skills Development and Body Bags Manufacturing sub-contractor for department of Health KZN
First Learnership in pattern making
Designer, manufacture and supplier of DUT World of Work 2019 bags
Recruiting DUT Students for design and engineering of satellite factories across KZN
Renovating abodoned building in ward 38, NTUZUMA for manufacturing
Given Permit to occupy land eSidumbini (INdwedwe) ILembe District KZN
First cohort of accredited garment making partnered with Fp&M Seta at Ndwedwe and Inanda, Ntuzuma, Kwa-Mashu
M.O.U with Durban University of Technology Centre for Social Entrepreneurship
Supply business consulting services for Centre for Social Entrepreneurship and Department of Social Development in ILembe District KZN
Forming local based clothing manufacturers in Inanda, Ntuzuma and Kwa-Mashu
Appointed as a Skills and Business Development partner for ILembe District and UMgungundlovu District
Our Journey
Areas of Expertise
Main Strength of BLACK-R-GROUP lies in the blend of professionals, specialized and highly focused operation. Increasing customer's awareness is the strength where it excels over its competitors. Our strength lies in our ability to blend current management practice and technical expertise.
BLACK-R-GROUP understands the need for skill transfer to client personnel and partners. Our offers cover the following major areas:
System analysis
Business process reengineering
Process development localization
Customized and target oriented Workflow design
Supply of customize products
Production operations
Management Solution
Enterprise-Development
Project Management.
Change/request implementation
Project support
Standby support
Strength and Capabilities
The development team of BLACK-R-GROUP is equipped with proper human resources specialized in different fields. The key branded products are;
Tracksuits
Golf shirts
T-shirts
School shirts
Skirts
Trousers
Athletics Vests and Shorts.
Our Potential new markets interests in government are:
SAPS Uniforms
SANDF Uniforms
Traffic Wardens Uniforms
Health Surgical Gowns and Linen
Professional Affiliation
BLACK-R-GROUP is proudly partnered with following provincial & nationally reputed companies & organizations.
Supplier & Business Development Consultant.
2015 - 2020
Skills Accredited Partner
2015 - 2025
Technical Skills & Business Development Service
iLembe District: 2018 -2025
List of some Major Clients
BLACK-R-GROUP has several clients using its array of products. Our team members have the distinguished experience and association with different national A partial list of these clients includes:
Durban University of Technology
FP&M SETA
KZN Department of Social Development
Tribal Authorities
District Enterprise Agencies.
Challenges:
Outsourcing some operations affects fast growth of business
Lack of resources hinders consistency and efficiency
Hazardous building is not conducive for growth
Insufficient capital and resource base compromise rapid growth
Solution:
Funding application is essential for the growth of this business hence we have developed 90% of our business plan to scale-up. Dti, EDTEA, NEF and IDC are the ideal investors for the nature of our business (All other documents including extensive business plan will be made available upon request)
Black R Group
Ntuzuma, 4359. Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa
Mr Jabulani W. Ciliza
Phone: +27 65 895 2482
Email: jabulanic@blackr.co.za
eThekwini Metro
CORPORATE OFFICE
MANUFACTURING PLANT
eThekwini Metro
Ntuzuma, 4359. Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa
Ms Lethiwe E. Mgobhozi
Phone: +27 63 123 7748
Email: lethiwem@blackr.co.za
MANUFACTURING PLANT
iLembe District
Esidumbini Area. Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa
Ms Terresa Ngcobo
Phone: +27 82 486 2858
Email: terresan@blackr.co.za
MANUFACTURING PLANT
iLembe District
Mandeni Area. Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa
Ms Gugu Gumede
Phone: +27 60 975 1613
Email: gugug@blackr.co.za