NOMINEE EXPERIENCE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS

Adriaan Verhagen NINIAN & LESTER

Chief Executive

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Adriaan was employed by one of the largest textile manufacturing groups (Fashion Enterprises & Screentone)

based in Harare (group board director from 1991 – 1995). The group manufactured men’s shorts, ladies and

children’s outerwear for local, regional, European and the American markets. Adriaan also has sales experience

in European / Australian and regional markets. This included screentone printing, dyed and finished woven

cotton / polycotton and polyester fabrics (outerwear, curtaining and upholstery). From 1995-2002 Adriaan set up

and ran the Woolworths retail franchise stores in Zimbabwe. From 2002 Adriaan has worked for the Ninian &

Lester Group: GM Jockey underwear division 2002 – 2007, manufacturing ladies/men’s/boys’/girls’ underwear,

sleepwear, thermal wear and sportswear. In 2006 appointed Director on the Ninian & Lester Board. In 2007

appointed Group MD, giving further insight into textile processes including: circular & warp knitting; dyeing and

finishing of knitted fabrics; printing of knitted fabrics; markets and manufacturing processes involved in

polypropylene yarn and master batch production (SAPY). Highest qualification is an MBA.

Andrew Laing SAMIL

NATURAL FIBRES (PTY) LTD

Director

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Andrew Laing has been involved in the mohair value chain for 35 years. Andrew is the Director of SAMIL Natural

Fibres (Pty) Ltd - main function local and international Sales and Marketing. Andrew is also the Director of

Mohair SA (the Industry Association). He has served on various Industry Sector Boards within mohair. He is

Internationally recognized as an expert in farming, top making, manufacturing and marketing of mohair and

mohair beneficiated products including yarn spinning and dyeing.

Has influential contacts in all the top-end

brand markets namely Japan, Italy,

Germany, France and the USA.

TCDC NOMINEE PROFILES

Anita Stanbury SAFC South African Fashion

Council

CEO SAFC

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Anita has spent 28 years working in various areas of the CTFL value chain, with a specific focus on the Fashion,

Clothing, Textile, and Footwear Sectors. She spent 8 years doing Planning, Supervision, Production Mgt,

Cutting Room Mgt and Work Study Mgt; this was followed by 2 years in Retail as an Area Manager; 9 years in

HE as a lecturer, the Co-ordinator of the KZN CoE for C&T and HoD: C&T Technology. Therafter Anita spent 2

years in clustering & business-turnaround consulting. Anita also jointly ran a CMT clothing factory in Durban.

Anita was for 4 years the DD: C&T for the WC DEDT, as well as the Acting Director over Manufacturing. Anita

has sat on the Boards of: Cape Town Fashion Council (CTFC), Cape Clothing & Textile Cluster (CCTC),

Western Cape Clothing & Textile Service Centre (CLOTEX), CTFL SETA - Higher Education Representative,

South African Oil & Gas Alliance (SAOGA) – Board Director, Western Cape Furniture Initiative (WCFI) – Board

Director, Western Cape Tooling Initiative (WCTI) – Board Director, Green Cape NPC – Board Member and

since February 2014 the CEO and Executive Director of the SAFC. Anita currently represents the SA Fashion

industry on: SARS CTFL Industry Forum, CPUT Advisory Board for CTFL Higher Education, DUT Advisory

Board for CTFL Higher Education, Cape Clothing & Textile Cluster (CCTC) EXCO, Western Cape Clothing &

Textile Service Centre (CLOTEX) Board. In addition Anita served as an invited South African industry expert on

manufacturing to provide input to the government of Flemish Belgium in the development of a new Industrial

Development Policy. Qualifications: BTech - Clothing Management and ND - Clothing Management.

Represented the South African Fashion

Industry in a CNN America documentary on

the growth of opportunities within the region

as well as for CNBC Africa. Anita

participated in the multi trade delegation to

China, Hong Kong and Singapore to lead the

development of business opportunities and

partnerships within the region. Selected as 1

of 30 participants from a pool of 200 to

participate in the 2012 Rethinking

Development Economics (APORDE) course,

presented by renowned global economists

from London, India, Argentina, North

America, Singapore and Mozambique. Some

of Anita's achievements and leadership roles

among others are; Acting Director: Clothing

& Textiles for WC DEDT, Deputy Director:

Fashion, Clothing & Textiles for WC DEDT,

CTFL SETA Representative for HEI’s, HEI

Representative at the WACE WIL

Conference in Singapore, HoD – Clothing

Technology / Textile Technology / ZN C&T

CoE.

Beauty Zibula SACTWU

1st Deputy President

Beauty started working at Map Clothing as a cleaner, and thereafter was promoted as a machinist. She then

worked at I M Lockhart as a machinist, and thereafter was promoted as a sample machinist. Currently she is

working for Prestige ( TCI ) as a sample machinist. During her years in the clothing industry, Beauty became

acutely aware of the production processes and gained valuable knowledge in enhancing the clothing industry.

Beauty is very keen to join the labour movement and therefore got involved more in management negotiations,

her reason why she became elected in a number of leadership positions in the union. Many years down the line

Beauty became a board member of a company called Zenzeleni. This is a company that was opened by the

union after massive retrenchments that took place in the late 90’s and early 80’s. This is the position that she is

still holding currently. As a trade unionist, Beauty has travelled around the world and came to a profound

realisation and build up her management capacity to understand what the role of a labour movement, and of

course a clear distinct between labour and business. Qualifications: Senior Matric Certificate, Attended

Workers College, Labour Studies and Women Development courses.

Provisional Chairperson of Cosatu KZN,

Women’s Chairperson at International

Industrial All, Member of Executive Industrial

All, EThekwini City Commissioner, Director

of Zenzeleni Clothing, Chairperson at

National Bargaining Council for Clothing

Industry, Member at Clean Clothes for Fair

Trade

Bruce Bartholomew TRAFFIC CLOTHING (Pty) Ltd.

Managing Director

Bruce started in the clothing industry July 1986 at SA Clothing as trainee merchant. Bruce was then promoted to

Merchandise Manager for division Pierre Cardin/Ligne Sport. In 1990 Bruce joined Davinscot Shirts as

Merchandise Manager for Pierre Cardin and independent retail chains. In 1997 Bruce joined Top Spin

Marketing cc as Managing Member of Ellesse and Fox Brands. From 2003 joined Traffic Clothing(Pty) Ltd as

Managing Director. Education: Grade 12.

Brand Manager Ligne Sport Div., SA

Clothing.

Merchandise Manager, Davinscot Shirts.

Managing Member, Top Spin Marketing cc.

Managing Director Traffic Clothing (Pty) Ltd.

Cyril - “Suresh” Dwarika RUGS ORIGINAL

Group CFO

Suresh currently is the Chief Finance Officer of Rugs Original, a successful retailer in the textile industry with a

national footprint of 18 stores and a further wholesale and online business. Has experience as Finance Director

of the Maritime Cluster of Ethekwini - 6 year term from 2008 to 2013. He has obtained great experience and

ensured corporate governance in terms of the PFMA and MFMA. Recently Suresh was recognized as an

expert assessor and moderator for the MICT SETA. Suresh has been an international lecturer for Enterprise

Resource Planning (ERP) systems at SAGE and is experienced in Contact Management (CRM), Supply Chain

Management (SCM) and Business Continuity Planning (BCP), Business Process Re-engineering (BPR), Internal

Control Reviews, Due Diligence, and Succession Planning. He is also a specialist in Business Intelligence

Reporting certified through SAGE. Suresh has completed various project management courses including formal

standards through IMSIMBI and Deloitte. In addition he is certified Excel on Steroids and is a business

intelligence specialist. Suresh was an expert speaker and Programme Director at various international

conferences. His peer recognition includes among many others, expert lecturer in Port Security to various

member of the MARSECO; Lectured Operational Commanders of SAPS at all ports; Recognised lecturer to

SARS border control members in KZN; Recognised lecturer by Transnet Port Terminal managers;

Recognised trainer by Private Port Users; Recognised lecturer to the Department of Defence Joint Ops.

Qualification: Currently registered final year Masters in Commerce student, Master of Ship and Port Operations

qualification; A Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting Science B. Compt. Security Grades from the Private Security

Industry Regulatory Authority; Completion of ISO 27001 Information Security Specialist undertaken through

British Standards Institute; Recognized ISO 28001 Supply Chain Expert through DQS. ISO 9001 Quality Expert

through SABS; Assessor and moderator for 40 different security standards through SASSETA; Recognized

subject matter expert and assessor and moderator for 90 different finance SETA standards; Assessor,

moderator, coach and mentor through ETDP SETA; qualifications subject matter expertise through the IT Seta-

MICT; Attended courses in Apec –Antwerp Port Operations Course and Terminal Management. Successfully

completed Post Graduate courses at UKZN - International Business Transactions, Customs and Excise Theory

and Administration, Carriage of Goods by Sea and Analysis of Sea Freight Markets and Port Economics.

Suresh was previously Head of the sub-

cluster on safety and security for the

Maritime Cluster of Ethekwini and Director of

the Board of the Maritime Cluster for 6 years.

Suresh has an in depth knowledge of various

sectors: various formal qualifications and

work experience in finance, FMCG, Supply

Chain Integrity, Maritime Sector, Law,

Corporate Governance and International

Relations.

Denys Hobson CAPE MOHAIR (Pty) Ltd

Managing Director of Cape

Mohair (Pty) Ltd

Denys Hobson is the MD of Cape Mohair (Pty) Ltd the largest international mohair sock knitter. Denys has been

involved in the whole mohair value chain from farming, breeding, top making, yarn spinning to product

beneficiation and independent retailer, The Mill Shop. He is currently both a mohair manufacturer, a mohair

farmer and breeder and a retailer with extensive export experience. Qualifications: B Comm, CA (SA)

Managing Director Cape Mohair 

Dicky Coetzee GELVENOR

Managing Director: Gelvenor

Dicky has significant credibility in industry, not only as a business leader and what he achieved at

Gelvenor Textiles, but also having a global perspective on demand requirements and the need to ensure

that sustainability, and in particular environmental responsibility, needs to be considered at the heart of a

business strategy. Qualifications: National Higher Diploma Textile Technology, Insead Management Program.

Dicky has already shown leadership in the

way he approached the Preferential

Procurement Group of the Sustainable

Cotton Cluster and subsequent process

that lead to the implementation of the C6

audits. Dicky in addition is the CEO of

Gelvenor, Director Export Council and

Director of Texfed. Dicky is a Project Leader

of the PPPFA Work Group.

Enrique Crouse PRILLA 2000

Chief Executive - Prilla 2000

Enrique understands the need for building a sustainable industry for the future, and has shown this through the

work he has done at Prilla 2000. Enrique Crouse has extensive manufacturing and management experience in

vertical textile mills processing cotton. Currently CEO of a Cotton Spinning Mill. Qualification: BSc

Executive member of the Textile Federation

of South Africa. Steering Committee Member

and Board Member of the Southern African

Sustainable Textile & Apparel Cluster

(SASTAC). Board member of Cotton SA.

Member of the Spinners Committee of the

International Textile Manufacturers

Federation (ITMF).

Etienne Vlok SACTWU

Research Director M Soc Sci

(Industrial Sociology), University

of Cape Town

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Etienne has worked in SACTWU’s research department since 2001, focusing on the union’s jobs campaign. On

a daily basis, he deals with matters of industrial policy and measures, trade policy and instruments, procurement

and factory interventions, aimed at saving and growing clothing and textile jobs. While at the union, Etienne has

been involved in several major industry initiatives including the discussions to construct a Customised Sector

Programme, applications to government to introduce quotas on certain Chinese imports and to increase duties

on certain clothing products, negotiations with clothing retailers and asset managers on procurement,

discussions between employers and the union to set up a Productivity Institute at the clothing bargaining council

and negotiations between the clothing and textile industry on textile tariffs. He has been responsible for

numerous submissions to the competition authorities on mergers, to ITAC on regulations, import duties and

rebates, to the Davis Tax Committee on South Africa’s tax system, to SARS on new legislation and to various

parliamentary committees on government’s trade and industrial policies. Etienne has also served on many task

teams at Nedlac, various bodies at the former CTFL SETA and am currently serving as a part-time

Commissioner at ITAC. From 2012 to early 2015, Etienne worked on a part-time basis at the Economic

Development Department on matters of social dialogue, trade and industry interventions. There, served on inter-

governmental task teams on poultry, iron and steel and set-top boxes and was responsible for the

conceptualisation and implementation of a programme to beneficiate scrap metal.

Director of SACTWU’s research unit, 2009 to

2015

Appointed by President Zuma as a

Commissioner on the International Trade

Administration Commission, 2012 to 2015

Chief Director, Economic Development

Department, 2012 to 2015

CTFL SETA Board Member, 2009 to 2010

Felleng Yende FP&M SETA

CEO FP&M SETA

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Felleng who has over 15 years' experience in the transformation and related fields, has required high level

government relationship management, which has facilitated a unique understanding of socio economic and

political dynamics in South Africa and the Region. Qualifications: BA Social Work, Maters in Public

Management, Marketing and Communications

CEO - FP&M SETA

Head of Transformation –BHP Billiton

Group Transformation Manager-Lafarge

South Africa

Deputy Director – Gauteng Department of

Agriculture

Frans Barnard ARANDA TEXTILE MILLS

Group HR Director

Frans Barbard is employed at Aranda Textile Mills (Pty) Ltd as Group Human Resources Director since

January 1988 (26 years 9 months). Appointed as CEO of Aranda Learnership FET College in 2009 in addition

to HR responsibility. The College offers 52 Learnerships in the CTFL Sector on a national basis and was

awarded the status of an ISOE in 2011 by the CTFL SETA. Developed a re-structured national bargaining

framework for the Textile Industry in 2001 and negotiated its constitution with the Union to secure the autonomy

of nine Sub-sectors to agree their own wages and conditions of employment. The National Textile Bargaining

Council was founded in 2003. Was appointed the Chairman of the Textile Industry Training Board in 1998, and

subsequent Chairman of the CTFL SETA from 2000 to 2010. Currently serving as Textile Employer

Representative on the FP&M SETA Board since 2013. Aranda Textile Mills received an award as winner of the

best practice skills development company in the CTFL Sector during 2007 – 2009 and one of the top three skills

development best practice companies in South Africa during the same period. Acted as Project Manager for the

development of 70 Learnerships in the CTFL Sector during 2000 and 2004. Currently in use in the CTFL Sector.

Currently acting as the Project Manager in developing 26 Textile Operator Qualifications covering the full

value chain from Fibre Preparation to Finishing. The qualifications to be registered by SAQA in November 2015.

Also Chairman of the South African Blankets Manufacturers Employers’ Organisation (SABMEO) since

2002. Qualifications: National Diploma: Labour Law (Cum Laude) National Diploma: ETD Practices (Cum

Laude) B.A. Degree: Black Languages B.A. Hons: Black Languages B.A. Hons: Labour Relations MA: Labour

Relations (Cum Laude) Professional Registration: Master HR Professional (SABPP)

Serve on the following Boards: Aranda

Textile Mills (Pty) Ltd. Aranda FET College

(Pty) Ltd FP&M SETA Board NTBC Board

(Council & Exco) South West Gauteng TVET

College (Appointed by Minister) Aranda

Pension Fund (Principal Officer) Very

passionate about skills development and has

a thorough knowledge and understanding of

the Textile Industry Strategy (CSP as

updated) and skills development aligned

to the strategy (supply, demand,

scarce/critical skills, skills development

plans and career / qualification

management).

Fred Christopher INTERNATIONAL TRIMMING

Chief Executive

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Fred Christopher is CEO of International Trimmings and Labels. ITL has factories in Cape Town, Durban, Sri

Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, China, Turkey and Mexico with Marketing offices in SA, USA and UK, see

http://www.itl-group.com/ . Joined the SA Bias Group in 1989, started in machine design and then moved to

operations management, general management, managing director and CEO. Fred has experience in yarns (SA

Nylon Spinners), textile production and to a lesser extent apparel. Industry expert for narrow fabrics.

Qualifications: BSc Mechanical Engineer and MSc Engineering Management.

Board member of the holding company SA

Bias Industries which has technical textile

narrow fabric weaving plants in South Africa.

Graham Choice TFG (The Foschini Group)

Head of TFG Design Centre, TFG

Manufacturing and Prestige

Clothing (Pty).

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Graham matriculated at Durbanville High School in 1978 with exemption. He has been involved in all aspects of

clothing manufacturing and has been part of the National Clothing Industry Value chain for the past 33 years.

His career in the clothing industry started in clothing production in November 1982 where he joined PEP

manufacturing and completed most of his training. In 1982, he attended the Cape Technicon, Institute of

Marketing Management course. In 1984, he joined House of Monatic as a Trouser Floor Manager and in 1987

joined Pals Clothing as their Factory Manager. Graham started Prestige Clothing on 6 February 1989, and has

been the CEO for more than twenty-six years. The Company has successfully grown from 6 employees to over

800, achieving this through the toughest, most recession affected years. March 2012: Graham joined The

Foschini Group as the Head of Prestige Clothing to build the most modern and efficient clothing manufacturing

entity for TFG. January 2013: Appointed as Head of TFG Manufacturing and Prestige Clothing to develop the

most effective and efficient domestic manufacturing supply chain for TFG. January 2014 to current: Appointed

Head of TFG Design Centre, TFG Manufacturing and Prestige.

1992-2004: Chairman of Garment

Manufacturers Association (GMA). 1996-

1998: Provincial Councillor for Western Cape

Small Businesses. Served as Councillor and

Executive Member of the Clothing Textile,

Footwear and Leather SETA (CTFL SETA).

2004-2008: Executive Member / Chairman of

the Cape Clothing and Textile Cluster

(CCTC) 2004: Established the Western

Cape Further Education and Training

College (FET). 2005 & 2007: Vice Chair &

Executive Board Member of the Cape

Clothing Association. 2007-2009: Chairman

& Executive Board Member of the Cape

Clothing Association (CCA). 2007-2009:

Elected Vice Chairman of the Cape Town

Club. 2008 and Current: Executive Board

Member for Apparel Manufacturers of SA

(AMSA). He was a founder member of

AMSA. 2009-2011: Elected by the members

to chair the Cape Town Club. 2015: Elected

as Vice Chairman of AMSA. Serves on

executive bodies of AMSA, the CCA, the

CCTC, The National BC Productivity

Institute, and serves on the National

Bargaining Council and is a Director of the

Foschini Group’s Fast Fashion Cluster.

Greg James SAGITTA GROUP & JAG

Foundation Founder

Greg James, Founder of SAGITTA GROUP AND JAG FOUNDATION. In 1994 Greg left South Africa to launch

what became a strong international career with Glencore International in Switzerland where he managed

Mergers & Acquisition in the Coal Division. Under Greg’s expert guidance and vision coal assets in Colombia,

Australia and South Africa were added to Glencore’s portfolio. Over an eight-year period, Glencore became the

world’s largest producer of export thermal coal in 2001. In addition he successfully brokered the deals that saw

the sale of coal mines in South Africa and Australia to Xstrata. These sales led to the firm’s listing on the London

Stock Exchange (LSE). Greg also achieved a merger of Glencore’s Colombian coal assets with Rio Tinto

Colombian coal mines and upped its annual rollout from 3 million to 30 million tonnes. He also successfully led

negotiations with the Colombian Government to gain access to the rail and port infrastructure in the country. On

his return to South Africa in 2006, Greg established the Sagitta Group, which acquired Cycle Lab and Prosport

international (Pty) Ltd. He was also appointed as CEO of Central Rand Gold in July 2007 and took this junior

exploration to a main board listing on the London Stock Exchange. After obtaining the mining licence and pour

the first gold Greg left CRG in December 2009, to focus on CRG and the JAG Foundation. Also during this time

he was Chairman of the Sunflower Fund (February 2009 to November 2011) He was also a non-executive

Director for GCM which is a London Listed Mining Company (September 2009 to June 2013).

Gregg Maragelis CAPE TOWN COLLEGE OF

FASHION DESIGN

Head: Cape Town College of

Fashion Design

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Gregg was employed by Isaacs Maragelis - Cape Town Position Creative Director. The nature of business is to

supply boutiques with ladies wear & YDE with menswear. 1990- 2003: Gregg was involved with design,

production & CMT management, costing, planning of range and presentation thereof to clients, his reason for

leaving, financial partner emigrating. Gregg then joined employer Jenni Button – Cape Town Position Designer/

Store Manager/ Director Designate, nature of business Upmarket Design/ Retailer of Ladies Wear. From April

1992 – March 1999 Gregg was involved with Main Line, Jenni Button - Design, Fabric Sourcing, Costing, Retail

planning, Liaison with retail staff, overseas travel, completion of orders Studio Manager, Supervision of 40 staff

members, Responsible for Sample Room, Dispatch, Patternmakers and Production Team, Supervision on CMT,

Recruitment of Studio & Retail staff, weekly meetings with Store Managers, store visits (Cape Town &

Johannesburg). 1993- 1995: Fabric Sourcing , Retail Planning , Production/ CMT Supervision, layout of stores,

staff management, designing , travelling abroad for seasonal ranges. 1992 -1993: Liaison with stores for

special orders , Client Care , Patternmaking , Supervision of Production/ Sample Line. Employer Leigh Ann

Couture – Cape Town Position Designer/ Pattern Maker Nature of business Boutique, from Nov 1991- March

1992: Designing, Patternmaking, Management of Workroom. Left to work for Employer Erol Arendz Couture –

Cape Town Institution CT College of Fashion Design Position Patternmaker/ Assistant Designer Nature of

business Leading SA Couture Designer. Gregg is a celebrated designer in the clothing industry and a

respected member of the fashion education segment. Qualifications: College/University Attended

Qualification Obtained BA Fine Art College/University Attended Qualification Obtained Diploma in Fashion

Design College/University Attended Qualification Obtained BA PSYC (Current ) to complete Honours.

Gregg is currently the chairperson of the

CTFC (Cape Town Fashion Council)

education sector and is also an Executive

Committee Member of the SAFC (South

African Fashion Council) under the

leadership of Anita Stanbury.

Heinrich Schultz SUSTAINABLE COTTON

CLUSTER / ORGANIMARK

Cluster Manager / Executive

Director

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Heinrich brings global experience in supply chain engineering through his work with global brands and retailers

in establishing supply chain programs that builds a more sustainable clothing and textile value chain. He also

has shown leadership and strategic execution in his role within the Sustainable Cotton Cluster. Heinrich in his

role as chairman of Textile Exchange Europe, brings a global perspective into discussions, and therefore

can add unique value to the team. Qualifications: B. Comm (UP)

Chairman - Textile Exchange Europe

Board Member – Textile Exchange Global

Herman Pillay TRADE CALL INVESTMENTS

APPAREL (Pty) Ltd

Chairman: Trade Call Investments

Apparel (Pty) Ltd

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Herman Pillay is the Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer of Trade Call Investments Apparel (Pty)

Limited. He has been involved in the Clothing & Textile Industry for the last twenty one (21) years. In

1996 he opened his first company, which was a production consulting and co-ordinating company that serviced

twenty eight (28) CMT factories (Cut, Make & Trim) throughout Kwa-Zulu Natal servicing the local Retailers.

Since then, he owned and operated many other businesses in Clothing Designing & Manufacturing,

Retail, Transport & Logistics and IT Solutions. Herman engaged with the Department of Land Reform &

Rural Development to train, develop and empower rural communities in the nine (9) Provinces of South

Africa by building a sustainable value chain in the sector. He introduced Cotton SA to The Department

of Rural Development and Land Reform in 2011, with the objective of creating a value chain from cotton

farming right down to the clothing retailers. In 2011, he expanded his clothing business operations into the

Western Cape by opening Trade Call Investments (Pty) Limited and by 2012 he had three

additional factories established, two in central Cape Town and one in Darling, Swartland. In June 2013,

he was approached by the South African Clothing & Textile Workers Union (SACTWU) to partner in

rescuing the ailing Seardel Apparel Group, which was facing imminent closure. After raising support from the

local Retailers of South Africa, Herman Pillay together with SACTWU, saved around two thousand two hundred

and seventy four (2,274) jobs in the textile sector. In six (6) months he grew employment by a further seven

hundred (700) employees. Today Trade Call Investments Apparel (Pty) Limited has over three

thousand (3,000) employees and is on a major expansion drive with a vision to create a sustainable business

model within the Clothing & Textile Industry in South Africa, thereby contributing to the

reindustrialisation of this sector. Herman firmly believes that developing skills in people is the new currency of

the future and on that basis he pursues to revolutionize the Clothing Industry of Southern Africa.

Chairman of TCI Apparel PTY LTD

Chairman of Demitrix PTY LTD

Chairman of Star Knitwear Group LTD

(Mauritius)

CEO of TCI Apparel PTY LTD

CEO of Zenzeleni Clothing PTY LTD

Board Director of Market Demand Trading

PTY LTD

Herman sits on many boards where he also

holds directorship. He is a motivational

speaker and a regular guest speaker at

business and community forums.

Imraan Bux IMRAAN TEXTILE MILLS

Director

Imraan Bux first worked for BMD Knitting Mills in a training position, thereafter he worked for Alitex Textile Mills

in various departments. Imraan briefly worked for David Whitehead in the design studio to broaden my

experience. An opportunity was identified to start our own business and we began a commission weaving

operation to supply the larger companies at that time. As time progressed commission weaving opportunities

became limited due to what had transpired in the industry. He then changed our focus on producing our own

product range, primarily in fashion wear. The focus incrementally moved to school wear and corporate wear due

to the difficulties faced at the time ( cheap imports and duty fraud), establishing a niche in this market. Through

interaction with customers and their respective cmt’s Imraan has managed to establish a good understanding

and working relationship in their related fields. Qualifications: National diploma Textile design 1993

Over the past ten years Imraan has served in

our municipalitie’s industrial sector

committee in several positions and

eventually as vice chairman. He has also

served in the Umdoni Municipality Business

Chamber and am currently serving as

President.

Johann Baard AMSA and CCA Executive

Director AMSA and Cape Clothing

Association

Johan has been active in the industry for more than 25 years where he held numerous senior positions as a

representative of the employers in the National Bargaining Council, annual wage negotiations and now as

Director of AMSA. Travelled widely and led two trade missions to Dubai and California when President of the

Cape Town Chamber of Commerce. Qualifications: Graduated from Universities of Stellenbosch and Cape

Town as well as holding two Diplomas from Stellenbosch University Business School.

Past President of the Cape Town Chamber

of Commerce and Industries, Past Chairman

of the Cape Clothing Manufacturers

Association, Past Chairman of BUSA Labour

and Social Policy Committee, Past Chairman

of the SA Industrial Relations Practitioners

Association. Currently serves on BUSA

Trade and Industrial Policy Standing

Committee and is a business representative

on the Nedlac Presidential National Minimum

Wage Technical Committee.

John Comley CELROSE

CEO Celrose

John Comley is futuristic at the heart of everything he does, fundamentally understands how business, and

particularly the clothing, footwear and textile industry can strengthen the local economy and create jobs.

Not only does he fundamentally understand this, he has successfully put this thinking into practice, and

despite many obstacles faced over the years, he has been able to sustain the success of the

businesses he leads. He understands the power of business in society, and believes in building sustainably.

John carries a very powerful voice in industry, has significant credibility and can represent everyone from shop

floor employees, retail, government, labour and his fellow industry leaders. Qualifications: LIRI/FISA Diploma,

Footwear Technical & Management, MBA (Diploma), General Management

CEO – Celrose Clothing

CEO – Eddels Shoes

Saflia – Government Relations

B&M Analysts

Juan Laubscher DENEB

Business Development Executive

Juan is employed at Deneb which owns various textile plants and therefore have a vested interest in the future

success of the SA Textile and Clothing industry. He evaluates business opportunities with the intent of building

long term sustainability and shareholder return and has the ability to reflect well on the current reality, but

consistently moves discussions along into solutions and action plans. Juan has a very unique ability and skill,

and we believe not only does he bring years of experience in working with both textile and apparel value

chains (and therefore has the required knowledge and credibility), he is also able to move above and

beyond current reality into a strategic thought processes. Juan Laubscher has over 25 years' industry specific

exposure in a variety of positions and disciplines including Retail, Public and Private Sector value chain

engagement and development. He has 22 years of experience in textile manufacturing in various positions and

disciplines, including 7 years as CEO at Bergriver Textiles 2005 – 2012. He has 2 years of experience in Apparel

Clothing Manufacturing as Chief Operating Officer of Seardel Apparel. Currently Business Development

Executive for Deneb Investment Limited. Qualifications: NDip Textile Technology, Management Development

Diploma – Stellenbosch University.

CEO Bergriver Textiles

COO Seardel Apparel

Justin Mansfield POWERHOUSE CLOTHING (Pty)

Ltd  

Managing Director

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Justin Qualified as a Chartered Accountant after completing articles in 1992 with Ernst & Young - Durban. In

1997 (after returning from a 2 year period abroad) I joined Powerhouse Clothing. With fellow partners Justin has

spent the last 18 years building a truly unique South African clothing company. They started out with 12

employees supplying 1 chain store with approximately 30 000 garments per month. Today they directly employ

180 staff and through our owner driven supply chain, we employ indirectly over 6500 people. They are a 100%

local South African company and now manufacture over 15 million garment per annum. 95 % of our fabric is

produced in South African with 90 % of it manufactured in house. Powerhouse now supply most of the South

African chain stores.

I have vast experience in yarn procurement, knitting, dyeing, printing and cmt manufacture, all within the local

South African environment. Qualifications: B.Com Dip Acc CA SA

Managing Director , Powerhouse Clothing

Justin Raymond Barnes B&M ANALYTS

Chairperson B&M Analysts

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After initially focusing on the South African automotive industry (since 1996), Justin has worked in the South

African CTFL industry since 2003. He has been responsible for running the successful Cape and KwaZulu-Natal

Clothing and Textiles Clusters since 2004 and 2005 respectively. Justin has also been extensively involved in

the development of industrial policy for the CTFL industry, and has completed detailed CTFL benchmarking (and

associated strategy) work in numerous competitor economies, including Turkey, Spain, Botswana, Lesotho,

Swaziland, Brazil, USA, Madagascar, Mauritius, China, Taiwan and Bangladesh. Justin has been privileged to

lead numerous industry development programmes, research studies, and local, provincial and national policy

development processes in the CTFL industry (as well as in the automotive and food processing sectors). His

international and South African experience has led Justin to be a passionate advocate of benchmarking, firm-

level clustering, lean production and lean supply chain systems, along with Quick Response and Fast Fashion

operating models within the CTFL value chain. Academically, Justin has attempted to stay abreast of leading

international developments in his areas of interest, and to date has published over 30 peer reviewed

articles/book chapters. Qualifications: BA Hons cum laude (Natal), completed 1994 MSocSci cum Laude

(Natal), completed 1995, PhD (Natal), completed 2000.

Present:

Chairperson: B&M Analysts

Director: BMA Intelligent Systems

Trustee: Thomas More College

Trustee: HEART-SA (Help Educate And

Realise Transformation – South Africa

Executive member: Durban Automotive

Cluster

Director: Cape Clothing and Textile Cluster

Previous:

Chair of Industrial Studies, and Adjunct

Associate Professor, University of KwaZulu-

Natal (2011-2014)

Managing Director: B&M Analysts (1997-

2006

Kelvin Everts DA GAMA TEXTILES

SCM Director

Kelvin Dudley Everts is the Marketing & Sales Director at Da Gama Textiles. The company has capabilities in

Weaving, Bleaching, Dyeing, Printing and Finishing. 2014 - Present. Previously Production Director at Da Gama

Textiles 2007 - 2013. Prior to that worked as Technical Manager at Woolworths. 1999 – 2007. Studied and

worked at Da Gama Textiles. Qualifications: 1991 - 1995. Diploma Business Administration (Economics), UCT

Business School, 2005, Diploma in Manufacturing Management (Leadership), Rhodes University, 2002, Diploma

in Production Management, WITS University 1998, National Diploma in Textile Technology (Natal Technicon),

1995

Production Director

Chairman of School Governing Body

Marthie Raphael PEP CLOTHING

General Manager: Pep Clothing

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Marthie Raphael is the General Manager of Pep Clothing, the manufacturing arm of PEPKOR. Pep Clothing

employs 2 100 people and manufactures underwear as well as the Student Prince Brand of school clothing.

Marthie’s role includes exploring strategic advantages the organization can offer to the Pepkor Group of

Retailers, creating an environment in which the PepClo team can achieve their business objectives, and

challenging operating models to ensure continuous improvement is achieved. In addition to this she manages an

executive team consisting of the full range of corporate roles including Financial, Human Resources,

Operations, Supply Chain and Engineering. Marthie started her career in clothing manufacturing in 1993 after

earning a Bachelors degree in Consumer Science from Stellenbosch University with majors in housing and

clothing. She has since managed a factory in Malawi, established the Quality Assurance department at PEP,

moved back into manufacturing as Logistics Manager where she implemented several initiatives resulting in lead-

time reduction and improved customer delivery adherence from 46% to 100%. In her current position as General

Manager she has lead the organisation for several years and received numerous awards including Leadership

awards, Recognition award, Manufacturer of the Year, Best Sustainable Quality supplier and several other

awards. Qualifications: B.Consumer Science 4-year degree. University of Stellenbosch, 1992.

Marthie is the Chair of the Cape Clothing

Association, Chair of the Quick Response

Technical Steering Committee of the Cape

Clothing Cluster, Chair of the Clothing

Industry National Bargaining Council and

Treasurer of the Apparel Manufacturers of

South Africa.

Michael Lawrence NCRF

Executive Director

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Michael Lawrence is a self-motivated Executive Manager with a wide range of entrepreneurial and operational

experience. Qualifications: B.SC. His interests are in developing businesses that are well rooted in the soil of

Africa and able to grow anywhere on the globe. This is achieved by applying his problem solving expertise with

strong communication- and motivation skills in the business arenas of Governance, Strategy- and Change

Management. Areas of expertise in: Business Development, Stakeholder Management, BBBEE Consulting,

Policies (Formulate & Implement), Research, Business Coaching , Project Management, Finance.

MTU(SA) (Pty) Ltd (A Rolls-Royce Power

Systems Company); Non- Executive,

Independent, Director;2015 – Present

Martin & East (Pty) Ltd; Non- Executive,

Independent, Director;2012 – Present

National Industry Steering Committee (Credit

Providers); Member; 2012 – Present

Wholesale and Retail Sector Education and

Training Authority; Board Member; Exco

Member; Finco Chair; 2011 – Present

Isidima Civils (Pty) Ltd; Non- Executive

Independent Chair, Director; 2011 – Present

Prokura Diesel Services (Pty) Ltd; Chair,

Director; 2010 – Present

Credit Information Council; Chair; Council

Member; Finco Member; Exco Member;

2009 – Present

Mogamat Fachmy

Abrahams SACTWU

Coordinator in the Office of the

General Secretary

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Mogamat Fachmy has been working full time for the union for the last 15 years, have been involved with various

industry negotiations.

Member of Exco for SAFC and CTFC; Member of Task Team for pilot ILO productivity studies in clothing sector.

Natasja Ambrosio MR PRICE GROUP

Sustainability Manager: Corporate

Services and Sustainability

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Natasja's current Responsibilities at Mrp Group include: Providing strategic direction to the business in

developing an integrated strategy considering the future sustainability of the business, its culture and practices,

supply chain and all other related operations of the Group. Initiating and pioneering initiatives that reduce risks

that could potentially affect the future sustainability of the business and its supply chain. The scope of work

takes into consideration the relevant Social, Economic & Environmental landscape, Corporate governance,

Business Ethics and Transformation. Working both at corporate level (with five different MRP Group Divisions

including Mrp Apparel, Home, Sport, Sheet Street and Miladys) and at systemic levels (national structures such

as Business Unity South Africa (BUSA), Regional & National Footwear Cluster, Southern African Sustainable

Cotton Cluster (SCC) and Department of Trade and Industry, to drive change both in business as well as at a

systemic level. Natasja is Part of the team that established Mr Price Group as a Founding Member of the

Southern African Sustainable Cotton Cluster. She in addition Initiated the Mrp Foundation’s Mnf Skills

Development Program. Initiated a program in education. Established a Social Enterprise in 2013 named Fresh

Organics which creates market access for organic products and local farmers. Natasja has received awards

from; Mail & Guardian Investment in the Future, Corporate Award (2009) with 3 programs of Mrp Foundation.

Qualifications: Highest Tertiary qualification: MPhil: Master’s Degree in Sustainable Development - Stellenbosch

University: Sustainability Institute(2015). Other qualifications: BA Degree: (UNISA): Industrial Psychology and

Sociology, National Diploma in Human Resource Management: (UKZN).

Mrp Foundation: Director, Durban Chamber

Foundation: Deputy Chairman LINC

Fellowship: A fellow involved in focusing on

Children’s Sector of South Africa BUSA

(Business Unity SA): Member of Economic

Policy Committee representing the Retail

Association Southern African Sustainable

Cotton Cluster (SCC): Member of the

Steering Committee & SMME Incubator

workgroup.

Nick Steen SHERATON HOME TEXTILES

CEO Sheraton Home Textiles

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steen/55/76a/142

Experienced CEO with 20 years financial Services Experience, 10 years textile experience, Strategic Consulting

Experience and certified Senior Business Rescue Practitioner. Qualifications:  Bsc(Hons), PhD, MBA, H Dip

Tex Law, H Dip Co Law, Dip Adv Mkt.

CEO Sheraton Textiles, Board Member

Herdmans, Board Member SASTEC

Pete Columbo KEEDO International

Chief Executive Officer

Pete has strong entrepreneurial and managerial background with a senior level of Local / International

experience and cross sector exposure. Pete’s industrial engineering background and strong analytical skills

have created an excellent platform as a “turn around agent”. Good strategic appreciation and vision, able to

build and implement sophisticated plans with a proven track record explicitly supporting business needs. Self-

driven and self-reliant, sets aims and targets and leads by example, collaborative approach with good

interpersonal skills to engage, motivate and encourage others through change. A highly focused individual with a

consistent track record of successfully delivering full lifecycle implementations to tight time scales and within

budget. Areas of expertise and personal skills: Risk management, Rationalization Supply Chain/ Service

delivery, Manufacturing, Managing Crisis situations, Business Plan development, Visionary Strategic planning,

Strong Customer Focus, Tactful and articulate Work experience. CEO Keedo International - 2013 to present.

Working as the CEO and “turnaround agent” responsible for the careful analysis of the micro and macro-

economic aspects that influenced the clothing industry and the company. Qualifications: NHD Industrial

Engineering CT Uni MDP Business Administration Stellenbosch Business School

Pete held leadership and consulting

positions with the Hippo Group, Kevro,

Kirkham Ventures, Strebel Group, Alnet

Piet Van Wyk WINELANDS TEXTILES (Pty) Ltd

T/A Hextex T/A Berg River

Textiles

Chief Executive Officer -

Winelands Textiles (Pty) Ltd

Piet Van Wyk currently is the CEO of Winelands Textiles (Pty) Ltd Piet has Knowledge & Experience though

the entire vertical worsted pipeline from Raw Material Sourcing to Fabric rolled ready for despatch to customer.,

Raw Material Blends utilised include but not limited to: wool/polywool/wool silk/wool viscose/wool lycra. Piet is

responsible for the profitability and ultimate success and sustainability of the business in all facets of

administration and production. Piet was previously the CE0 Frame Weaving & Frame Finishing Mills,

Manufacturing Manager/Director BRT, Technical Manager (Vertical Cotton Pipeline), Development Manager.

His experience includes but not limited to: An In depth knowledge of various Textile Manufacturing disciplines,

ie. Spinning (combed/ring spun/open end), Weaving (fabric from 90cm – 280cm wide), Dyeing, Finishing,

Printing; Quality Assurance; - R & D Developments; Capex Projects; Costings & Strategic Planning/Budgets;

Purchasing & Procurement; Machine Installations & machine knowledge. Eg Airjet Looms/Shuttle

Looms/Projectile Looms; Knowledge of Cotton Blends eg. 100% cotton/poly cotton; Circular Knitting of single

jersey fabrics Qualifications: Qualified Textile Technologist . MBL (UNISA) sponsored by Barlows, 35+ years

within the Textile Industry

CEO – Winelands Textiles (Pty) Ltd

Manufacturing Manager (Frame/BRT)

Director BRT

Technical Manager (Frame/BRT)

Texfed Nominee/Member

SADFA Member

Member of Various Sporting Governing

Bodies & Committees

Rajendran (Raj)

Shunmugam GLENCAROL (Pty) Ltd

CEO Glencarol MBA (BSN),

Chem. Eng (DUT)

Raj has 19 Years of experience in the Textile Industry. Raj trained across most facets of the supply chain from

Yarn Production,Texturing, Spinning, Dyeing, Finishing, Knitting, CMT Processes. He is a Specialist in lean

manufacturing and process improvement, as well as a Specialist in turn around and creating business strategies

in line with business goals and ultimately shareholder needs.

Vice President of TCMA

AMSA Member

Member BUSA Energy Management Group

Ralph Roytowski AMSA  

AMSA President

For a period spanning 30 years Ralph served as Executive Director, Partner and shareholder of the following

entities: Trump and Springbok Holdings (Pty) Ltd / Trubok Clothing (Pty) Ltd, Sandown Clothing (Pty) Ltd,

Discreto Clothing (Pty) Ltd, Lewis Clothing (Pty) Ltd, Tuba Clothing (Botswana) Sandown Props (Pty) Ltd. In

total these companies employed 5500 personnel. Prior to this, he served as Executive at Edgars Stores (United

Purchasing) and Superweave. He also served on Management at British Van Heusen (England). Ralph is

involved with the SARS Sector Desk where he played a key role in the establishment of the Reference Price

mechanism, serves on the Trade, Economic Policy as well as Transport and Energy Committees, NBC for the

Clothing Manufacturing Industry where he is an employer representative on the full council, the executive

committee, the compliance enforcement task team and wage negotiations. Qualifications: (M.Phil. (Leeds) Dip

Text lnd (Leeds), C.TEXT.ATI (lapsed))

President of AMSA (Apparel Manufacturers

of South Africa) and Chairman of the TCMA

(Transvaal Clothing Manufacturers

Association) and attends various meetings

on behalf of AMSA/TCMA. Previous

involvements included: Board

Member/council member of Clotrade, Clofed,

The SA Clothing Export Council, Served on

SABS and ISO panels for the apparel sector

and value chain, S.A Clothing industry

Representative on the Wool Beneficiation

Committee of the lDC, Chairman of the Wool

and Mohair Cluster, Represented South

Africa at ISO meetings in France,

Switzerland and England. Ralph has Been

a member of business delegations together

with government on overseas fact finding

missions.

Selwyn Eagle TFG  

Head of TFG Merchandise

Procurement

Selwyn has worked in the Clothing and Textile Industry for close on 40 years. He started his working career with

the Edcon Group and worked his way up from stores to be in their head office buying division. He then ventured

into various partnerships [at Director level, from the age of 25], with companies that supply the Retail Industry.

Selwyn has an extensive knowledge of the Far East [having spent a couple of years there], manufacturing and

all forms of procurement. In 1998, he joined TFG as the Executive in charge of Group Sourcing. He has had

various Directorship level positions within the Group since then, encompassing TFG Manufacturing and Design

and his current portfolio is M.D. – Head of TFG Merchandise Procurement with the responsibilities of: all TFG

Supplier Relationships, Conformance and Compliance, Scorecard Analytics, all Quality Assurance and Quality

Control, all Shipping functions of Imports and Exports [including the control and administration of all Group

Forex], the off-shore component of our business via a Quality and Sourcing office in Shanghai, China and a

Quality Inspection lab for all our fabric purchases in Shaoxing, China. Selwyn is also jointly responsible for

Group liaison with all Governmental and Statutory Bodies, e.g: DTI, SARS, ITAC, etc. as well as Trade Unions

and other organisations. Selwyn sits on the TFG Group BBBEE Transformation Committee and is involved with

all their Enterprise Development and is an Exco member of SANFC. On a personal note, he is a trustee of the

Jacques Kallis Foundation, which primarily puts talented previously disadvantaged scholars through school. He

has a passion for the Industry and his primary objective is to help create a sustainable business model and not

only sustain, but grow jobs within the South African borders.

Current position as Head of TFG

Merchandise Procurement.

EXCO member of SANFC.

Trustee of Jacques Kallis Foundation.

TFG Group BBBEE Committee Member.

TFG Group Sustainability Committee

Member.

Simon Eppel SACTWU

Researcher

Simon has worked in the SA Labour Research Institute (SALRI), the research unit of SACTWU since 2008.

Prior to this, he part-time lectured at the University of Cape Town.

Simon also engages in research and policy advocacy in a range of matters relevant to the CTFL manufacturing

industry. Apart from conducting research to assist SACTWU with collective bargaining and organisational

campaigns, they support and initiate various supply-side and demand-side interventions in companies and the

industry. For instance part of our work involves trying to help local manufacturers find new orders or open new

markets. They also work in trade policy advocacy and design, as well as competition policy. Their mandate is to

save and grow decent and sustainable jobs in the industry. They work from plant-level to macro industry-level -

with workers, manufacturers, suppliers, retailers and other buyers, government and SOE officials, and a host of

other parties (locally and internationally). Simon is engaged in all aspects of this work. He has been involved in

producing and presenting many submissions to government and parliament regarding the industry, including but

not limited to submissions on: (a) public procurement policy and practice; (b) customs legislation and customs

fraud; (c) bogus cooperatives; and (d) electricity supply. Qualifications: MPhil Development Studies (UCT),

BA Hons (UCT)

SACTWU representative in various Nedlac

committees. For instance:

(a) the Cooperatives Task Team to amend

legislation to prevent unfair competition for

clothing manufacturers from bogus

cooperatives;

(b) the Customs Fraud Task Team to design

appropriate customs fraud remedies for

vulnerable industries;

(c) Teselico - the liaison committee

comprised of government, business and

labour which aims to guide trade policy in

SA;

(d) the NAMA/ NTB Task Team –a structure

under Teselico which deals with NAMA and

non-tariff barrier related matters.

SACTWU representative within various

SARS-industry forums which seek to combat

customs fraud

Member of the SASTAC Public Procurement

Task Team

Steve Tandy DURBAN OVERALL

Owner

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tandy/54/40/374.

Steve Tandy was employed at Barlows as a Diesel Fitter, Product Management. He then did his Military Service

– 2 yrs. Steve also was a Farmer – 6 years Kokstad. Steve then ran the company Tandy Steel for 2 years.

Steve Joined SA Overall as Factory Manager for 3 years. He opened his own factory in September 1991 and

purchased Radical Sports Gear, My Jeans/Excel Clothing and Sentinel W/Wear in Hammersdale. Qualifications:

Matric and N3 & N4

Head boy.

Rugby Captain.

Swimming Captain.

(Pinetown High)

Rotary President

Chairman Sports & Cycling Clubs.

Chairman for 3 different schools in

Ladysmith.

Susan Khumalo SACTWU

2nd Deputy President

Susan was employed at Navada Clothing as a general worker and later promoted to be a machine operator.

She was then elected to be a shop steward in 2001 and in 2003 elected as a branch and regional chairperson

which she served for 8 years. In 2013 Susan was elected Deputy President of the Union and she also serves as

the Chairperson of the Northern Clothing Bargaining Council to date.

SACTWU: 2nd Deputy President

Chairperson of the

Northern Clothing Bargaining Council

Trevor Blumberg RUGS ORIGINAL GROUP

Managing Director: Rugs Original

Group

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blumberg/74/a35/a82

Trevor Blumberg is the Managing Director of Rugs Original Group of companies. Rugs Original has a national

footprint of 19 retail stores nationally, an immense wholesale and online presence and Mr Trevor Blumberg is

majority shareholder of this R100million per annum business. Further, Trevor is second generation in this family

business and possesses immense knowledge in the wool and cotton product industry. He is an entrepreneur of

note and has strategic intentions to stimulate the local industry with job creation, skills development and local

production stimulus. His networks and industry promotion is notable. Trevor understands the fibre and raw

material that constitutes the pivotal products sold at all his stores nationally and has an appreciation of the

demand and supply value chain. He will add great value to the industry on a holistic basis. Trevor’s schooling in

retail, wholesale and the online business has been the focus of his attention since he was 14 years old.

He has now been part of the business at strategic and corporate governance level for a significant 23 years. He

has been mentored by top professionals in all spheres of business direction and leadership including a board of

advisors and a board of directors

Board Member: Magnavolt Trading cc 460,

Rugs Original Cape Town. Rugs Original

Broadacres, Rugs Original Wholesale,

Rugs Original Online and Rugs Original

Hyperstore, Rugs Online Pty Ltd.

Vengtas Munsamy (Rajen)

Naicker DIROSE ENTERPRISES /

CCMA

MD Dirose Enterprises / CCMA

Rajen worked as a Trade Unionist for approximately 20 years. Ten ( 10) years ago, he entered the Clothing

Manufacturing Industry, employing 12 people and currently employing 180 people. He is a founding member of

the Coastal Clothing Manufacturers’ Association. Rajen currently serve as the Chairperson of the Coastal

Clothing Manufacturers’ Association. The CCMA has organised small businesses in the SMME, mainly referred

to as cmt’s. Apart from articulating the interests at the National Bargaining Council, the Coastal Clothing

Manufacturers’ Association has adopted a developmental agenda with regards to its membership. The Coastal

Clothing Manufacturer’s Association also practices a collectivist approach to its membership, leveraging the

skills and opportunities in some members to help develop others. Rajen currently serves as an Executive

member of the National Bargaining Council and its various sub committees but more recently, he is a member of

the task team to develop Productivity Institute for the Clothing Manufacturing Sector in South Africa. Rajen has

had engagements with Cotton SA and the Department of Land Affairs and Rural Development, jointly, to

develop the Textile Industry through cotton growing in South Africa. His experience has taught him that a re-

industrialisation program is vital and critical for the Clothing Manufacturing Sector and ultimately for the

economy of the country. Qualifications: Matric, Labour Law, Advanced labour law

Chairperson of the CCMA, Executive

Member of the National Bargaining Council

for the Clothing Manufacturing Industry

Zayd Tayob KORTEKS TEXTILES AFRICA

(Pty) Ltd T/A Zaydtex  

CEO

Zayd Tayob while at school, worked in his father’s textile factory which was known as the Crimp Fabriek in

Laudium. After school he attended the University of Witwatersrand were he completed a BSc majoring in

Computer Science. He worked as a system Analyst Programmer for Gencor Consolidated Mines for two years

before joining the family business. In 1994 he completed his MBL through UNISA School of Business

Leadership. His dissertation was titled “The competitiveness of the Textile Mill Industry in South Africa” which

gave him a huge insight on the state of the industry at the time and also lead me to enter into the manufacturing

sector of the industry. His progress in the Textile industry was leapfrogged when during one of his many visits to

Turkey he had the opportunity of meeting Mr Ahmed Zorlu from the Zorlu group of companies, with whom he

entered into a joint venture to open a vertically integrated home textile factory in South Africa lasting 13 years

growing the company into a player in the industry. During this time valuable skills were transferred from Turkey

to South Africa and was exposed to the entire Zorlu textile operations in Turkey, France, USA, Germany, India

and China. Today the company is an owned South African company employing 250 people encompassing 19

000 square meters in Sunderland Ridge, Pretoria. The international textile knowledge which Zayd has obtained

being exposed to a conglomerate such as Zorlu and the research on the Chinese Home Textile manufacturing

sector gave him a good understanding of the strengths and weaknesses. Qualifications: University of

Witwatersrand were he completed a BSc majoring in Computer Science. In 1994 he completed his MBL through

UNISA School of Business Leadership.

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