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Stellenbosch University partners with Bolton Footwear for healthy foot development [SOUND]

# Stellenbosch University’s Banzifeet has collaborated with shoe manufacturer Bolton Footwear to develop the first gold-certified school shoes in the country. Professor Ranel Venter says 91-percent of South African children grew up habitually barefoot of which 67-percent wore ill-fitting school shoes. She says a staggering 98-percent of tested scholars were unable to find school shoes with the right width and length to support their growing feet:

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