S&V Protect Magazine Vol14 No1 First Quarter 2020
The only SA magazine aimed exclusively at the PPE end user.
This Magazine is sponsored by SAFLIA
3 Disease Control
- The coronavirus epidemic has caused global shortages of disposable masks and suits.
- BBF: Production capacity increased.
- Dräger: It makes sense for every business to stockpile respiratory protection.
- North Safety: Look after your existing clientele.
- Pienaar Bros: There would be a problem if we have an epidemic here.
- Pienaar Bros North: Sales double.
- Protekta Safety Gear: The focus should have been more strategic.
- Safety & Allied Products: Some are profiteering.
- Select PPE: Most demand is for export.
- SHEQ Safety: The real crisis will be in a few weeks' time.
- The likely animal origins of the coronavirus, and stopping the trade in wildlife.
- Battling bacteria with viruses to fight multidrug-resistant germs.
- A call for compliant wood-packaging material in international trade to stop the spread of pests.
9 NRCS-Approved Products
- Updates of the lists of respiratory protective devices and safety footwear approved by the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications.
10 Working at Height
- Demystifying SETAs and certification processes in South Africa. An article by Dylan Sutherland of Protekta SA.
13 Employee Issues
- Avoid the deadly cocktail of driving under the influence of cannabis and alcohol. An article by Rhys Evans of ALCO-Safe.
14 Air Quality
- Preventing sick building syndrome by detecting high levels of carbon dioxide. An article by Ernest Campling of Euca Technologies.
15 Gas Detection
- Bacharach offers free refrigerant management software.
16 Trade
- Southern African-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry to host business delegation in March.
13 Radon
- Radanova on raising awareness of this major cause of lung cancer.
- Radon measurement in the workplace.
15 Ethics
- Government integrity holds key to tackling corporate corruption, according to a University of Birmingham study.
17 Safety Footwear
- New Daltoped Duralite energy material from Huntsman used in next generation safety shoe.
18 Textiles
- Bio-based antimicrobial and heat dissipation technology from Devan Chemicals.
18 Warning Devices
- Emergency signalling device from E2S.
17 Buyers' Guide
- What's on offer.
Advertisers in this Issue
ProFit Safety Footwear (OFC), Protekta Safety Gear (4), Rebel SafetyGear (2), Selective International Footwear/Kaliber (6), SHEQ Safety (5).
In the next Issue
Deon du Plessis, MD of Bullet Proofing Technology, starts a new series.
Footwear Industry Articles
- City of Cape Town backs AllFashion Sourcing as it seeks to grow CTFL sector
Cape Town, W. Cape, SA – AllFashion Sourcing Cape Town 2026 returns to Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC 2) from 14–16 July 2026, marking a significant milestone as the City of Cape Town joins as a key partner in advancing Africa’s fashion, textile and apparel sector.This partnership signals a shared visio ...more‘Growth in online gambling may be big factor in siphoning off disposable income’East London, E. Cape, SA – Trading conditions are constrained and steady. We need to focus on good quality products at reasonable prices / value. We are optimistic about the direction of the overall economy in RSA.As a wise man once said regarding growing a business: “Sometimes you have to move slowly to be able to move fast.& ...moreA perspective: Perhaps it was an eye-opener for industry players to hear each otherLooking back over the workshop, BMA consultant Justin Snelling wrote: “In terms of our reflections of the workshop, we covered a lot of territory. Perhaps though what was most encouraging was the breadth of participation from different segments of the sector and their willingness, or even excitement, to contribute. We don’t ta ...more
Leather Industry Articles
- SARLEN: Defining what needs to be doneThe SARLEN webinar on 12 June 2026 featured 3 main speakers. The entire presentation can be seen here: : https://drive.google.com/file/d/14xBkPMTqsln-YuqkCXsm_vsazDwNqL83/view?usp=sharing ...moreImproving the strength and softness of crust leather through pressure treatment
IntroductionRetanning and fatliquoring have a major impact on the characteristics of leather, whereas dyeing and the finishing concentrate on the appearance of the leather. Various retanning agents and fatliquoring agents have been developed to improve the softness and mechanical strength of leather, parameters that are important to the b ...moreSA Dorper: Sheepskin demand high, quality low. Bovine wet blue plant ‘rebuilding’Johannesurg, Gauteng, SA – The market for Dorper skins has been mixed for SA Dorper, which exports pickled skins to Italy.“The demand is there,” said MD Raffaele Bicego, “and foot and mouth disease (FMD) has had no effect at all – on our supply, anyway. In fact, quantities are better than usual.“What is ...more
PPE Industry Articles
- JCB 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 ...moreSA's first PPE conference draws top speakers
The Safety First Association and SAPEMA hosted SA’s first PPE conference in March, cramming 20 papers into a 2-day event, which also featured a number of PPE supplier stands. Here, we carry edited versions of 7 of them to illustrate the diversity of the topics. We expect to carry more in the next edition.As several speakers pointed ...moreRealPPE Marketplace: Where safety meets smarter procurement
RealPPE Marketplace is a 100% black women-owned B2B PPE marketplace built for South African industry. Founded after years of witnessing safety officers and procurement teams lose time to fragmented suppliers, inconsistent pricing, and missing documentation, RealPPE was created to bring structure and reliability to industrial PPE sourcing. ...more
