S & V Publications

Johannesburg (SA) – Dangee Carken has appointed Jono Mail as the new brand manager for Roberto Morino.       He has had 15 years’ experience in the footwear industry with Norton Wellworth Agencies brands Galeon and Senor Footwear and is second generation in the footwear industry.   ...more

Durban (SA) – Angel Footwear is launching a new leather sneaker range under the label Evox. Antoine Lailvaux, the developer of this brand, describes them as "on trend fashion, whereby fashion styling and sports shoe technology hybridise to create an exciting segment of fashion footwear". - +27 (0)31 83 270 0256, ant@alage ...more

Cape Town (SA) – The third meeting of the SARS Footwear and Leather Task Team takes place Tuesday. The team includes representatives from SARS, SAFLIA, the DTI, both unions, and other interested parties, including chain retailers. The likely focus of the discussions will be reference pricing for imported footwear, and specifically safet ...more

Oudtshoorn (SA) – SA - European Union concerns over the monitoring of residues in South African meat exports - specifically ostrich, crocodile and venison - may lead to a complete ban on the export of SA meat to the EU, according to an article in the Oudtshoorn Courant on Friday.       It said a ...more

From May 4 - 16, the Hub partnered with its grantee IL&FS Cluster Development Initiative and the Central Leather Research Institute to facilitate a two-week leather-training workshop for representatives from Kenyan tanneries and education institutions. The training, conducted at the Kenya Research Institute, the premier product innova ...more

On behalf of the Southern Africa SLTC, we are pleased to invite your corporation to our yearly SLTC conference that will take place on the 26 to 28 May 2017.        The conference is held yearly to present all aspects that influence the leather industry and offer a networking environment between tanneries and suppliers ...more

Cape Town (SA) – The SARS footwear task team decided on a minimum reference price for safety footwear imports at its third meeting on February 6, but it is not clear what the price will be.       Geraldine Fröhling from SARS' communication department responded to questions from S&V:I know ...more

 The NRCS and safety footwear approval numbers - NRCS, SABS, and the safety footwear industry – no improvement in relationships Pretoria (SA) – The National Regulator for Compulsory Standards (NRCS) has so far issued approval numbers for 55 styles of safety footwear, according to its latest figures. It&rsqu ...more

Pinetown (SA) – BBF Safety Group launched a new customer liaison team concept in January.Dubbed sector specialists, the new team has consultants available for each major industrial sector – mining, agriculture, manufacturing, state owned enterprises and construction. The focus is on intensive knowledge transfer, innovation, ef ...more

Pretoria, 18 December 2017 - The local clothing and textile industry has suffered tremendously as a result of the illegal import of counterfeit goods. More recently the industry has also borne the brunt of the import of second-hand clothing that becomes available for resale in the market.Over the past two days (17 and 18 December 2017), C ...more

Post-hearing statement by the Department of Trade and Industry on behalf of the Government of the Republic of South Africa on the occasion of the US International Trade Commission’s investigation on US trade and investment with Sub-Saharan Africa ...more

Santa Maria di Sala, Italy, January 16 - Main Group Technologies,  which now belongs to the Atom group, will show innovations aimed at energy saving at Simac. "We look to the future in full awareness of the fact that the footwear production will be increasingly oriented towards automated processes and interconnected machines,&rd ...more

Skin, Hide & Leather Council (SHALC) AGM, at the Intercontinental Hotel, OR Tambo Airport, May 26 ...more

We could re-print the same report that was written last year as all those factors, trends and predictions held true for this past year as well, and will probably continue to do so going forward. The sourcing of business to Europe, the de-contenting and the swing away from leather interiors have continued this past year, resulting in a muc ...more

The new association for taxidermists and associated businesses had its formal launch in MayThe South African Taxidermy & Tannery Association (SATTA) was established in October 2016 with the aim to become the officially recognised body to serve the Taxidermy, Tannery and Dip & Pack industry in South Africa. We aim to actively work ...more

As we have discussed previously there are a number of requirements before any Work at Heights can be performed. This issue we will cover the aspect of Training – Possibly the most important aspect. In our industry I have picked up there is a culture of ‘I’m going for training for 2 days – FANTASTIC, 2 days lea ...more

Boksburg (SA) – In June 2016, after almost 7 years since it was established, ProFit Safety Footwear started making some radical changes to its business model. A completely new look, a stronger website, involvement in social media and a complete overhaul of their range offering. Out with the old – and in with the new! Moving fr ...more

The following (true) situation facing a homeowner having repairs done to his roof was sent to S&V Protect for comment. We asked Dylan Sutherland, of Protekta Safety Africa, how anyone – private person or business – should have handled it. This kicks off a series of articles which he will write on PPE for working at height in various common situations in South Africa. ...more