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Takkiewash SA is a team of shoe care to the less fortunate. In 2021, we were so
specialists who specialise in shoe-care grateful to have made it through Covid19
services such as Wash, Polish, Refurbish, that we donated 50 pairs of school shoes in
Repair. We’re pioneers in the game with a primary school in Clermont.
the simple goal of reducing shoe waste in
landfills by extending the average lifespan of Mission Statement: At Takkie Wash, our
a shoe through care and maintenance. mission is to empower the youth of South
Africa by providing sustainable employment
We’re seven years in and we’re averaging opportunities while contributing to the
over 150 pairs daily! We have four flagship reduction of shoe waste through promoting
stores in Musgrave, Umhlanga Rocks, Berea a culture of maintenance, re-using and
and Hillcrest Durban where customers recycling. We are committed to building
drop off and collect their shoes for various the largest shoe care franchise in the
services. world and inspiring African youth towards
entrepreneurship.
VALUES
Care: This speaks to how we care for our Vision Statement: Our vision at Takkie
store, customers and most importantly our Wash is to revolutionize the shoe care
customers' shoes. Our shoe care industry by becoming a global leader in
technicians are required to ask themselves sustainable shoe maintenance, establishing
if they’d be happy to pay for the service that a network of successful franchises, and
they just provided? If the answer is a ‘no’ setting a new standard for environmental
or anything either than a yes, the shoe is responsibility. We aspire to create a
redone again. culture where every individual values the
importance of maintaining and preserving
Convenience: At the centre of our their footwear, ultimately reducing global
existence is the ongoing theme of shoe waste and leaving a positive impact
convenience. At Takkie Wash we seek to on our planet.
provide convenience through our products
and services. Our goal is to sweat doing it, We have three branches in Musgrave,
so our customer doesn't have to. uMhlanga and Hillcrest. Our fourth branch
is an express store that is situated inside
Community: This value is the most First Fitness Gym in Berea and is limited to
explorative. We truly express who we are shoe cleans and laundry facilities for gym
through events and campaigns that need members. We do a range of shoe repairs
our contribution. First of all, we love our including soles, colour restoration, as well
community and we show it. We hold annual as tips and lace replacements. Franchise
Nelson Mandela Day initiatives and collect opportunities are available.
old and dirty shoes from clients and we
clean, refurbish and repair them and donate Editorial supplied by Takkie Wash
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