FROM YOU EDITOR ESMARE WEIDEMAN
Everyone seems to be having a tough time as the year-end approaches. Wherever I go people are concerned about the economy, worrying whether they can afford Christmas shopping, whether they’ll get all their work done in time - and on top of it their kids are writing exams.
So we’ve tried to make this week’s YOU a lighter read. My personal favourites in the mag are Sulaiman Philip’s interview with Rod Stewart (sorry, but after all these years I’m still a fan!), the profile of Absa’s new chief executive, that phenomenal woman Maria Ramos, and the intimate extract from Mark Keohane’s biography of Bok Percy Montgomery.
*This week we kick off an exciting competition in which we’re giving away (in conjunction with Toyota) three Avanzas. Keep the puzzle grid that you’ll find in YOU of 4 December and don’t miss the YOU issues dated 11, 18 and 25 December and 8, 15 and 22 January. They’ll contain the cutout pieces you’ll need to stick on the grid to complete the puzzle.
IN THIS ISSUE (* indicates there’s a condensed version on YOU Mobi)
*SA’s fattest man: lose 220 kg!
*Hugh Jackman is the No 1 hunk
*Christmas gifts: what kids want
*TV’s Days’ days are numbered
*R20-million post for Maria Ramos
*Wrinkly rocker Rod returns to SA
*Positive signs in HIV/Aids battle
*Through Africa in our Rolls-Royce
Percy Montgomery: new biography
Summer décor: 27 pages of great ideas
Poster: Daniel Craig as 007
Travel guide: where to go in SA
Miss SA contest: all the finalists
How to feed a won’t-eat hippo
Madness took my mom from me
My Story: Leané, my little fighter
Rare disease will take our child
Travel guide: fun ways to see SA
Free supplement: DIY made easy
PLUS ALL THE LIFESTYLE ARTICLES AND HOT STUFF YOU’VE COME TO EXPECT FROM YOU
