B
e a messenger of your culture and
your heritage”. Simple phrase, isn’t
it? Well, maybe until you analyze
the business acumen of fashion
designer/business man, Laduma
Ngxokolo. These inspiring words were taken
from his Fashion Film, ‘My Heritage, My
Inheritance’ and have since been implanted
into every facet of his life.
It might be hard to imagine a fashion designer
displaying the kind of business practice
entrepreneurs need to emulate. However,
Ngxokolo is on a mission to take his label to
the world without forgetting about the impact
he wants to make on the economy of his
people.
Laduma started his textile designing career
in 2003 at Lawson Brown High School, in
Port Elizabeth. And like many other graduates
from the various towns of the Eastern Cape,
he pursued his BTech at the Nelson Mandela
Metropolitan University.
During his 7GVF