A Brief History About us

Levingers has been in operation in Gauteng for over 4 decades. The Original Levingers business was a Shoe Clinic, where Peter Levinger, an experienced and specialised cobbler, operated in Johannesburg. He was renowned for his craftsmanship and had a loyal customer base from Cape Town to Zimbabwe. The business was simplistic and survived on a reputation built over many decades.

In the 1990’s Levingers merged with “The Shoe Hospital”, a business operating mainly in the East Rand and Southern suburbs of Gauteng. The merger created a steady growth of modern, clean and technologically advanced stores under the ‘Levingers’ brand.

In 2002 Levingers was acquired by Excellerate Holdings Limited, a public company. Levingers is currently owned by Excellerate.

Code Of Conduct

As a LEVINGER, I agree to uphold the following rules of engagement:

- Communicate Clearly at ALL Times - To ensure that I Verify ALL instructions - Given and Taken – Ask Why!!
- Be Transparent in ALL dealings - Do Not Hide Anything – Tell People 100% of the Story – Put ALL the Facts on the table – Good and Bad.
- Honour ALL Agreements - If I am going to break an agreement I will alert the person whom I have the agreement with before the agreement is     broken. If I have broken an agreement I will alert the person immediately whom I have the agreement with.
- Take Responsibility - No Laying Blame, No Justification, No Finger Pointing – NO EXCUSES! – The Buck Stops With Me!
- Go Direct - No Passage Talk- Address the Issue with The Person Responsible – Go Direct to the Person who can do something about it.
- Help My Team Mates In Need - In time, and Unconditionally – Do whatever it takes to help.
- Ensure My Team Mates Become Bigger Than Who They Think They Can Become - Be Unreasonable with them – Teach them, Train them, Help   them, Be Direct.
- Be Open To Learning - Be Open to Help, Teaching, Honesty, and Criticism, from your Team Mates.
- Do Not Undermine My Team Mates - If I Do Not Agree, or Do Not Understand, then I must seek agreement or seek understanding from the Person   Directly.
- Agree To Disagree - Agree to go Forward seeking future agreement.
- Take Ownership of Instructions and Agreements.
- Uphold Confidentiality and Respect Trust.
- Commit To Learn, Commit to Grow, Commit To Share Knowledge - Seek Knowledge and Understanding of My Area of Expertise, and Other Areas   of the Business – “Apply Myself”
- Be Disciplined - Health, Wealth, Mindset- Be Disciplined in My Work Life and My Personal Life.
- Be On Time - At least 10 minutes early.
- Edify My Team Mates - Practice Edification- Build My Team Mates up – Celebrate All Wins: My Wins and Everyone Else’s Wins.
- Get Involved - Do Not Wait To be asked- Ask 1st – Offer Involvement if I think I can add value.

Management Team

Barry Mitchell (Managing Director)
Morgan Philips (Financial Controller)
Shepherd Viriri (General Manager – Corporate Stores, Factory Operations & Distribution)
Marisa Marais (Manager - Franchisee Operations)
Danie Nortje (Manager – IT Systems and Compliance Audit)
Lawrence Zikalala (Factory Manager – Long Meadow)
Brian Cohen (Factory Manager – Lonehill)
Wayne Fisher (Factory Manager – Bracken City)