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You South Africa

Jun 18 2026
Magazine

You has a simple recipe for success – spoil your readers and give them exactly what they want. It’s part of everyday life for more than 2 million English-speaking South Africans, filled with excellent articles which interest, inform and touch readers. There are human dramas, medical and scientific discoveries, general interest news, consumer issues, fashion and glamour. And don’t forget the interesting fiction, sport, motoring news, craftwork, recipes, home and school projects, crosswords and exciting competitions. It’s an irresistible combination, and everything is presented in a well-finished, colourful magazine.

You South Africa

Letters

DIVE INTO A WORLD OF WORDS

AROUND THE WORLD

A DAY FILLED WITH LOVE • PRINCESS ANNE’S SON PETER PHILLIPS MARRIED NURSE HARRIET SPERLING IN A QUAINT COUNTRY WEDDING

THE DAY WE’LL NEVER FORGET • He landed up in a grain cart and it took off his leg, but this plucky five-year-old is already looking forward to getting a ‘bionic’ one

CARING IS MY CALLING • The murder of her two young sons tore her life apart, but taking a job as a caregiver to the sick and dying helped her to find peace and purpose

AI GAVE ME back my voice • Cancer robbed her of her tongue and larynx but thanks to technology she’s able to speak again

THE PEOPLE’S DOCTOR • He runs a private practice but also started a side hustle selling kotas and uses some of his profit to fund medical care for patients who can’t afford it

THE SUICIDE SUPPLIER • He set up an online business selling lethal substances and targeted the most vulnerable, convincing himself he was doing ‘God’s work’

SWOON SQUAD • The world's biggest sporting event has kicked off and were not just watching for the football. These talented soccer players are decidedly easy on the eye

It’s all about the APPLE • This versatile FRUIT can be used in all sorts of DELICIOUS ways – both SWEET and savoury!

HIS KIND OF COOL • Father’s Day may be around the corner, but these looks are for every kind of guy – and perhaps the perfect gift too

7 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX • If your sex life is awkward, unenjoyable or simply non-existent, here are a sex therapist’s top tips to improve intimacy

ADVICE

ON OUR RADAR • The HOTTEST things in POP CULTURE and ENTERTAINMENT THIS WEEK

WHAT TO READ? • Hit a bit of a reading slump? These gripping new releases will help you break out of it

PUZZLES • 15 PAGES OFFUN& GAMES

TV MOVIES / THURSDAY 18 JUNE – WEDNESDAY 24 JUNE

chuckles • Fancy yourself a joker? Email original jokes to chuckles@you.co.za or send them to Chuckles, YOU, PO Box 7167, Roggebaai 8012, and we may publish them on this page.

YOUR STARS

Archimedes • We learn more about this brilliant Greek thinker

THE ARCHIMEDES SCREW • The Archimedes screw is a clever ancient invention that helped people move water to farms and cities, and from ships. It uses a giant spiral to lift water upwards when it turns. Even though it was invented more than 2 000 years ago, people still use it today for farming, flood control, water-cleaning systems and even to generate clean electricity

News of the week

THE BABBELVERSE • The adventures of Palava and Palooka

Kids’ games & activities

THE BILLIONAIRES’ CLUB • IT’S HARD FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE TO WRAP THEIR HEADS AROUND THE IDEA OF HAVING SO MUCH MONEY, BUT FOR THE 3 000 OR SO PEOPLE WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THIS ELITE GROUP IT’S ALL JUST A NUMBERS GAME, ACCORDING TO THE AUTHORS OF A FASCINATING NEW BOOK THAT LOOKS AT THE HABITS OF THE SUPER-RICH

MAKING MAGIC HAPPEN • South African-born artist Ferdi Scheepers has spent decades crafting some of Pixar’s biggest animated movies

NOT ON MY WATCH •...

Formats

  • OverDrive Magazine

Languages

  • English