Theo Baloyi: The Man Behind the Success of Bathu

Theo Baloyi: The Man Behind the Success of Bathu

THE SOLE The sole is the part of the sneaker that you feel, the part of the shoe that your body has the most intimate relationship with. It is the strength of the sole that carries your entire being as you walk the streets of your life. It is “from the dusty streets” of Phake, a village near Hammanskraal, where Theo’s soleprints were laid. The “dusty” part is not a representation of poverty but a reverberation of Theo putting his best foot forward. It was here where Theo spent much of his childhood. For him, it is important to point...