From Loskop to the nation: How a rural KZN village powers South Africa’s toughest school shoes
Bizcommunity | 08.12.2025 17:40Deep in the rural foothills of the Drakensberg Mountains lies Loskop, KwaZulu-Natal – a village that has quietly become the beating heart of one of South Africa’s biggest back-to-school operations. Here, Bata South Africa’s sprawling 65,000m² factory powers the production of Toughees, the country’s toughest, most trusted school shoe brand since 1954. More than four million pairs of Toughees are manufactured in Loskop annually.
