Yearly Archives: 2026

My Favourite Things: Garth Brown

Garth Brown is stepping into his own light with clarity and intention. Blending gospel-rooted emotion with contemporary Afro-house textures, his sound feels both grounding and expansive. His latest single, ‘Endaweni’, written alongside Lady Du, is a powerful isiZulu offering that explores themes of belonging, reflection, and spiritual alignment.

 

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The Altruist Sunscreen Effect: Invisible, Effortless and Essential

Sun protection is one of those beauty steps that you do not think about deeply until you have to. For me, that moment came the more time I spent moving between shoots, events, and living a life that rarely keeps me indoors for long. Sunscreen became less of a nice-to-have and more of a non-negotiable. The challenge, however, has always been finding one that works with my skin tone, my makeup and my pace of life.

 

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Relebogile Maboja on Returning to the Woman She’s Always Been

At age 40, the multi-hyphenated star shares that her journey into music is not a reinvention, but a return — to her voice, her truth and reclaiming who she’s always been.

At 40, Relebogile Mabotja is not slowing down — she is opening up.

Not in the way the world often expects of women who have already “made it,” but in a way that feels deeply personal. With the release of her music project, Still Me, she has stepped into a space that has always been hers, but one she is only now ready to share fully.

 

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Cee Cee Ndaba Is Reclaiming the Narrative, on Screen and Behind the Scenes

With her producing debut Lil_ith, the award-winning actress steps into creative ownership, centring Black womanhood in all its complexity.

When Siphesihle ‘Cee Cee’ Ndaba walks into a new chapter, she does so with intention. Known to many for her breakout role on Gomora, the award-winning actress is now expanding her creative footprint with Lil_ith, a short film that sees her not only as the lead, but also as a co-creator and producer.

 

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