Veldskoen founders open new export business

Cape Town, W. Cape, SA – The founders of Veldskoen Shoes, Ross Zondagh and Nick Dreyer, have both resigned from the company and have set up a new business which will concentrate on promoting South African made products in North America and Europe.

Dreyer resigned in August, Zondagh in September, following court cases in February and June between them and Veldskoen Shoes as the respondents, and Adrian Moors, the Dorothea Charlotte Moors Family Trust, and Hendrika Zondagh as applicants, which led to the calling up on loans and Veldskoen Shoes being placed under business rescue.

“We found it impossible to continue at Veldskoen,” Zondagh said, “but this hasn’t affected our belief in South African manufacturing and South Africa as a brand capable of generating euphoria globally.

“We’ve started a new business, trading as Made In RSA, to help South African brands which are doing well here to break into the US and the EU, especially.

“We spent 8 years developing Veldskoen, and we’ve paid our school fees. We don’t have the overheads of Veldskoen, and most of the Veldskoen staff have joined us. We feel we’re in a unique position to assist good manufacturers of quality products.”