S&V Protect Magazine Vol11 No1 First Quarter 2017
The only SA magazine aimed exclusively at the PPE end user.
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Safety Footwear – Testing times
Communication breakdowns and hostility between the safety footwear industry, the SA Bureau of Standards and the National Regulator for Compulsory Standards continue to stymie efforts to bring uniformity and higher standards to an overtraded sector.
Working at Height
In the first of a new series, Dylan Sutherland of Protekta Safety Africa says there’s a lot of planning to be done before anyone can climb anywhere.
Fairs
- A-OSH Expo: First Aid and OHS Act training.
- Safety & Health UK: Reminder.
- Interbuild Africa: Reminder.
New Products & Services
- BBF Safety Group: Sector specialists ‘key to right shoe for the job’.
- Dyneema: Alpine garment.
- Sparks & Ellis: Tips for the right gear.
- ProFit Safety Footwear: Taking the nasty out of cheap.
- E-Textiles: Taking the next step.
- Rebel Safety Gear: Launching 6 new styles.
- Kemper: Clean air specialist turns 40.
Advertisers in this Issue
BBF Safety/Bova (OFC), Claw Boot (4), Lemaitre (4), Neptun Boot (8), Palm Footwear/Terrapod (6), Palm Gumboots (7), ProFit Safety Footwear (16), Protekta Safety Africa (10), Rebel SafetyGear (2).
Footwear Industry Articles
- Vermont sale completedJohannesburg, Gauteng, SA – After 39 years, former owner Mandy Owen has sold her shares in Vermont Leathercraft Manufacturers (Pty) Ltd to Creek Lab (Pty) Ltd, and officially handed over the business to Prashant Bhaga.In a message on LinkedIn, she wrote: “I would like to thank my husband, Graham, for his invaluable contributio ...moreJulz Shoes launches men’s range
Sneaker and moccasin style samples from the men’s range.Port Elizabeth, E. Cape, SA – Women’s leather comfort/lifestyle brand Julz Shoes has launched a men’s collection under the brand Will’s Shoes.Both ranges are “locally designed, made offshore”, GM Hayley Barker said.“Julz has built a loy ...moreAn industry with distinctive material riches, unable to sufficiently convert them into finished goods in a world class way“The project’s purpose,” said Courtney Grant, “is to be a robust, evidence-based strategy to address the leather and general goods sector’s challenges and unlock its growth potential.”The main headings of her presentation were:Creating the groundwork for a National Leather and General Goods Strategy:Fro ...more
Leather Industry Articles
- Leather Naturally launches new report on sustainable water managementLeather Naturally’s latest educational resource, Sustainable Water Management in the Leather Industry (https://www.leathernaturally.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Leather-Naturally-Sustainable-Water-Management.pdf), is available to download.Developed using insights from recent public consultation, the report explores:* Why water rem ...moreSA’s 2025 automotive leather exports: Down on 2024, but still good, on the face of it
Figures from NAAMSA’s Automotive Trade Manual 2026 Automotive components – exports by product Component category 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 % of total export value Ran ...moreSam Setter's 'Pills': Over and AgainThe EU announced that hides and skins could be removed from the EUDR directive's deforestation commodities. Could! Last month, like many others, I thought that the decision had been taken, but that doesn’t seem to be correct. The final decision will be taken after public feedback. Yeah, you read this right: after public feedback. As ...more
PPE Industry Articles
- The legal ramifications: PPE and the law: Ignore at your peril?
There’s no shortage of legislation covering employee safety in South Africa, but as in so much else, the enforcement is poor.In terms of our laws, the death of an employee (or anyone else) in a work situation, caused by negligence, is treated as culpable homicide. An injury caused by negligence is also a criminal act – that, b ...moreJCB Footwear steps into a new eraJCB Footwear has announced the relaunch of its product range in South Africa, marking a new chapter for the brand in partnership with newly appointed distributor, Kaliber Safety Footwear, which is no stranger to the industry with its own successful range of safety and security footwear products.The relaunch introduces an entirel ...moreBiodegradable disposable gloves ‘a growing trend’ in PPE
The poster is available to download in English in both PNG and PDF formats hereCompostable and biodegradable PPE are said to be rapidly growing trends internationally, lead by brands like Showa and HaPPE Earth.The nova-Institut für politische und ökologische Innovation GmbH in Hürth, Germany, has published an updated versio ...more
