For centuries the nomadic Bushmen have endured threats to their way of living. A vital tool in their survival has been their leather sandal - cut from animal hide and essential to their wandering lifestyles in some of the harshest and most unforgiving desert climates.

When European settlers came to this continent, and their trusted leather shoes finally perished, the only solution was to make their own. So the basic 'VELSKOEN' or 'SKIN SHOE' was created... from raw hide or a leather piece wrapped and tied around the foot.

To further the combat the wilds and bush terrain of Africa, the original stich-down 'VELDSKOEN' or 'BUSH SHOE' was created... a one or two part leather upper, attached out flanged to the sole of the shoe using hide or leather 'riempies'. Crafted with passion and handmade with care, today's African Survivor shoes are no different to the original prototype. The same basic design philosophy of the genuine stitch-down 'VELDTSKOEN', combined with modern production techniques, results in the African Survivor range... a thread of Africa in every shoe.

So, if you're ready to challenge any jungle, urban or otherwise, there's a shoe tailor-made for you... work wear, casual wear, rural wear, urban wear, bush wear, 4X4 wear... almost 'any-wear'.

If history teaches us that where we are going to is a result of where we've come from, then the African Survivor - with its 'SKIN SHOE' and 'VELDTSKOEN' forerunners - will march you into the future.