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    TOUGH AS NEW BOOTS

    Mar 06, 2020 4 minutes
    BY FULUFHELO RAMOTSATSI
    PICTURE:
    ONKGOPOTSE KOLOTI

    WALKING a mile in another man’s shoes is hard. But playing soccer in his boots is even harder – especially if it’s not on a grass pitch.

    This was a lesson Musa Maluleka learnt early in life. As a young boy playing on gravel, he quickly wore down soccer boots designed for playing on grassy turf.

    And when he couldn’t find footwear suitable for playing on the gravel pitches in Atteridgeville, Pretoria, where he grew up, it was the start of what would become a brilliant business idea.

    “I kept asking myself, ‘Why are there millions of kids playing on gravel without soccer boots suitable

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