It’s in the bag

Mandisa Mnisi, 28, and Prichard Shiloane, 33, are the creatives behind MANDI AND PRICH BLAKCOTTON, which they started in 2016.

The company decided to centre their efforts on backpacks.” Kids love our backpacks. We keep in touch with our customers and the feedback is amazing to hear that the kids sleep with the backpacks; it also encourages them to go to school because they want to carry the bags and show them off to friends.” Size is important and Mandisa and Prichard help their clients choose the correct size and their favourite designs.

“We love creating; inventing new things that can help change the world. We have done a lot of research into innovative ways to grow the brand. We wanted something different and by different we mean something that defines us and mostly our town Mbombela. Our traditional business model is based on changing the perspective of backpacks. They are more than just backpacks to us, they are art that you love and you get to carry around the world.”INFO mandiblakcotton@gmail.com/prichblakcotton@gmail.com