Cape Town, W. Cape, SA – Reebok is returning to sport, “and that’s the big news about the brand”, according to Peter-John ‘PJ’ Morilly, Reebok head of brand and sales at Bounty Apparel.

Globally, Reebok belongs to Authentic Brands Group, which bought it from Adidas in 2022, and shortly thereafter appointed the Bounty Brands Group subsidiary as its Southern Africa distributor.

“In the early 2000s Reebok was taken out of team sports to specialise in fitness, with CrossFit being a key authenticator in the space,” he said. “Reebok has a rich sports heritage in team sports like basketball and football, categories which can yield big commercial returns. The transition from subsidiary to distributor hasn’t been easy, but the confidence in the marketplace for the brand is back.”

He said it was already in basketball, golf and padel, and that it would launch football in 2026 Q3 and tennis in Q4. “From a local point of view, we’ll pursue football, rugby and basketball as grassroots level.”

Morilly headed the brand at Adidas SA. Thereafter he spent 2 years in Dubai before returning to head up Reebok at Bounty. 

Pretoria, Gauteng, SA – Below are the names of the 65 entities that submitted bids for National Treasury: Transversal Contracting bid number RT59-2026 for the supply and delivery of footwear and leather products to the State for the period of 36 months. The bid closing date was 19 September.

Name of bidder/s 1 Allumer Environmental 2 Aludar Est 1984 (Pty) Ltd 3 Asakawu Technologies 4 Bondirite CC 5 Bonram Talent Management Pty Ltd 6 Bookize Supply Corporation CC 7 Bright MM Holdings 8 Cashwear (Pty) Ltd 9 De Solly Trading 10 Dick Whittington Shoes (Pty) Ltd 11 Donga Vuka (Pty) Ltd 12 Dugule (Pty) Ltd 13 Dzimelela Enterprise PVT Ltd 14 Eurosafe Mining and Industrial 15 Fred Footwear 16 Hamisa Safety Equipment 17 Haoleteng Trading (Pty) Ltd 18 Hle and Libs (Pty) Ltd 19 House of Nosi (Pty) Ltd 20 Ikemetse Consulting and Projects (Pty) Ltd 21 Jomenjo Trading Enterprise 22 Jones Security and Projects 23 Kgallo Cleaning and Maintenance 24 La Ponto Trading and Business Solutions Pty Ltd 25 Lacrumbs Trading and Projects 26 Luvholela Business Consultants 27 Macnet Investment 28 Makenzo Group of Companies (Pty) Ltd 29 Masi Workwear (Pty) Ltd 30 Mavenu Consultants (Pty) Ltd 31 Mawewe Trading Solutions 32 Megaphase Trading 380 (Pty) Ltd 33 Mimi Trucking (Pty) Ltd 34 Mizuku General Trading and Projects (Pty) Ltd 35 Mkateko Resources 36 Mlungisi and Sons Solutions 37 Mochochonono Group (Pty) Ltd 38 Mohlabe Multi Trade Distribution 39 Mzanzi Group (Pty) Ltd 40 PB Creations 41 Queen of Sheba Textiles and Design (Pty) Ltd t/a QS Safety (Pty) Ltd 42 Ra2s Solutions (Pty) Ltd 43 Right Start Trading and Projects (Pty) Ltd 44 Saddler Belts and Leathercraft (Pty) Ltd 45 Senzangakhona Industrial Supplies Property Limited 46 Shali Safety Protection Hub & Projects (Pty) Ltd 47 Sunay Trading 240 48 Sunday Kit Uniform Supplies CC 49 Sunfrica (Pty) Ltd 50 T P Solutions Trading and Construction 51 TGA Group (Pty) Ltd 52 THD Projects (Pty) Ltd 53 The Thelz Heights 54 Thusani Corporate Solutons 55 Tinthlarhi Steel Constructions CC 56 Tselangoe Projects 57 Tshifaro Business Enterprise 58 Tshisimani Holdings (Pty) Ltd 59 Tuscany Manufacturing Enterprise (Pty) Ltd 60 Uhambo Safety Wear and Equipment 61 Unipro Protective Wear (Pty) Ltd 62 Varagon Solutions 63 Versal Resources 64 Virgored Group (Pty) Ltd 65 Yoanda Consulting and Projects 

Umhlanga, KZN, SA – SAFLIA’s application to the International Trade Administration (ITAC) to increase the minimum duty on most imported footwear, from R5/pair to R20/pair, and in the case of safety footwear, to R50/pair, is still “in the process”, according to SAFLIA executive

director Jirka Vymĕtal, speaking last week.

After 4 years of research and negotiation with ITAC, SAFLIA first made the application to cover 27 tariff lines on 29 March this year, and on 02 April asked that the 8 tariff lines covering safety footwear be subject to the R50/pair rate.

“I just keep on making a nuisance of myself,” he said. “I was approaching my contact once a week, now it’s fortnightly.

“It would be really good to get some finality about this. Many of our members – and the unions – keep pressurising me to find out. It’s more than important – it’s vital, and it’s been going on for a very long time.”

When S&V approached ITAC for comment in July, it said it “aims to finalise its ordinary customs duty tariff amendment investigation within a six-month period”, followed by recommendations to the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition. 

Pretoria, Gauteng, SA – RTR59-2026, A 3-year tender for the supply of footwear, leather goods, and leather, for various government departments, and issued by National Treasury, closed for bids on Friday.

The tender is for around 1.5 million pairs, 25 500 leather handbags, and smaller quantities of leather belts, leather ID holders, leather dress gloves, and leather leggings. There is also a tender for 1.5 million decimetres of corrected grain leather for the Department of Correctional

Services’ footwear factory, sufficient for around 40 000 pairs.

With a few exceptions, all must be made locally, using local components unless none are available. 

AFSIC – The 12th Investing in Africa event will take place in London on 14 and 15 October, backed by British International Investment (BII), World Bank and Proparco and a wide range of corporate sponsors.

“AFSIC is recognized as the go-to platform for connecting African businesses and fund managers with global investors,” said Emma Rynn, event director of the organiser, Africa Events Ltd.

She said she was “sure there would be” representatives from the CTFL industries there “and probably some investors look into that area”.

Manufacturing Africa, the UK’s flagship economic development programme for Africa, will host a 90-minute Deals Pitch Room at AFSIC where investment-ready African manufacturing businesses will present their businesses directly to AFSIC’s investor base.

For further information: www.afsic.net