It is with a very heavy heart that I need to advise you on the passing of a true titan and champion of the South African footwear industry, Rob Jordan.Rob was another of the true icons of industry with whom I was privileged to foster a lovely relationship with when joining A. Greenaways in 1999. I had already spent many years running arou ...more

Cape Town, W. Cape, SA – Miles O’Brien went to Progress College in Rondebosch and studied marketing at Cape Technikon. His first job was at Standard Bank in Plumstead for a short period of time, then onto the City Tramways for 10 years.Sportshoe was owned by Benny Stoltzman (who also owned Vogue Shoes) who had the agency for A ...more

S&V has been a window onto the soul of the leather, footwear and leather goods industries for decades, and like them, has reinvented itself many times This is an anniversary year for S&V. An 85th anniversary. I very much doubt many other industries in South Africa have a trade publication which has published continuously for ...more