Lifestyle

A hospitality leader whose career has taken in Amsterdam, Geneva, Hong Kong and Beijing is the new General Manager of Four Seasons Hotel The Westcliff, Johannesburg.

Moscow, Russia. Africa's fashion shows are full of cultural variety. Its shop shelves, argues Stephen Manzini, are not. Speaking at the BRICS+ Fashion Summit in Moscow, the Founder and CEO of Soweto Fashion Week and President of the South African Fashion Association called for African designer clothing to be sold through everyday retail, and for designers, retailers and international partners to work more closely to make it happen.

Some wines reward the people who wait for them. At the 2026 Veritas Awards, KWV's Laborie Blanc de Blancs 2020, matured for five years on the lees, took the competition's highest honour, the Duimpie Bayly Veritas Vertex Trophy.

In a market where shoppers weigh every rand, Xiaomi is pitching longevity over novelty. The company has unveiled its REDMI Note 17 Series, a four-model family led by the first-ever Pro Max, the REDMI Note 17 Pro Max 5G. It has also given the lineup a tagline: a smartphone "built for years."

Twenty years after Faces and Phases began in Johannesburg, the series returns to its birthplace days after the world's biggest photography prize.

In the water aisle at SPAR this October, a small detail carries a serious message. Among the white caps on SPAR 500ml Still Water, one in every 12 bottles is pink, standing for the statistic that one in 12 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime.