Cosmopolitan - South Africa - March 2019

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3 Steps to Make Bank on Insta

Screen Kweens

Nadia, Mihlali and Jessica are three of the most recognisable names on South African YouTube. More than just filling our feeds with pretty pictures, our cover stars are also video editors, producers and entrepreneurs. COSMO editor Holly Meadows chats vlogs, beauty and building a business with the new A-list of social-media influence.

8 mins

YouTube Power List 2019

Home-grown YouTubers are kicking down the doors of video creation one subscriber at a time. The continent’s most creative voices are sharing their stories and creating a culture of fandom that is uniquely African. With more than 400 hours of content uploaded per minute, YouTube has harnessed a worldwide mega audience.

5 mins

The Unfiltered Truth About Beauty Bloggers

Tired of everyone else looking better than you? Then read on to learn how to navigate the world of selfie-editing apps.

6 mins

Is This The Future Of The Influencer Industry?

These women have millions of Instagram followers, front-row seats at fashion weeks and the latest designer clothes … but they’re not real. This new social-media trend is the most futuristic yet: computer-generated avatars that look, talk and behave like real people. But, asks Hannah-Rose Yee, is this really how the influencer world is going to evolve?

8 mins

A Whole New Breed Of Influencer

In the world of the Insta-famous, one group is raking it in without you even realising. Here’s what really goes into creating a global pet superstar.

8 mins

Shame Only Exists For As Long As You Stay Silent

Cheryl Zondi made headlines in 2018 when she waived the right to remain anonymous as the first witness in the ongoing rape trial of Nigerian pastor Timothy Omotoso and his two coaccused. Collectively, they face 63 charges and 34 alternative charges, which include rape, sexual assault and racketeering. Omotoso has pleaded ‘not guilty’ to all charges. Zondi, now 22 years old, reveals why coming forward and saying #MeToo was essential to her healing

4 mins

Hardwire Your Health

Yes, yes, we know we should be saving for retirement, but with the latest estimates saying we could be working until we’re 77, perhaps we ought to be banking some health capital too. Here’s what to do, decade by decade.

4 mins

What Throws Your Vag Out Of Whack

Aas the proud owner of a vagina, you’re probably familiar with common down-there issues like STIs, UTIs and yeast infections. But it’s time you started paying closer attention to a more complicated factor in your below-the-belt wellbeing: your vagina’s ph level.

2 mins

When You Coach Him To Be A Great Bf (…for His Next Gf)

Raise your hand if this has happened to you: you dated a guy when he still had his relationship training wheels on. But after spending months – or years! – with you, he learnt a bunch of important stuff, like how to share his feelings, buy his newborn niece a cute #OOTD, and chase his dreams. And then … he left, only to take his fresh skills (and the clothes you helped him pick out) straight into a rock-solid bond with someone else.

2 mins

Why You Can't Let That F-Boy Go

We always want what we don’t have. It might have been Confucius who said that. Or Yoda. Or was it Tiffany Haddish?

2 mins

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Cosmopolitan - South Africa Magazine Description:

COSMOPOLITAN magazine is one of the most successful women's glossy magazines in South Africa; an indispensable read for a tribe of loyal Fun, Fearless Females. COSMO is the magazine for woman in her freedom years, the ambitious young woman’s bible. The dominant force in the young girl’.