SAFLEC 23rd AGM, 06 August 2025, Umhlanga, KZN: Extracts from the reports ...more

Durban, KZN, SA – The South African handbag manufacturing industry holds significant export potential, “yet it currently receives relatively little intervention”, in the view of SA Footwear & Leather Export Council (SAFLEC) director Nerisha Jairaj.“Over the past few years, I’ve realised that our handbags ...more

There are many factors other than reluctant chain buyers that contribute to the SA leather value chain’s problems ...more

The name is derived from the Afrikaans vel, later assimilated with veld, and skoene. They were first made by the Dutch settlers in the mid-17th century. The design is believed to be based on the traditional Khoisan footwear observed by these settlers. The footwear was later embedded into the South African cultural psyche, the rest is hist ...more

With international travel “out of the question” for the present, footwear manufacturers and retailers are going to have to do substantially more of their pre-production developments online. Companies worldwide are scrambling to adapt to the challenging situation.       FLIC has started to loo ...more