In this issue

Kirsten Dunst on her transition from movies to the small screen and how being a mom has helped her hone her craft.Ex-Sars lawyer Telita Snyckers lifts the lid on the seedy side of Big Tobacco. Read about the entrepreneurs who are creating
dream spaces for their clients, and keeping it 100% local.

becoming KIRSTEN

The days of vampire flicks and plucky teenage cheerleader movies are long gone – Kirsten Dunst is all grown up and back on screen with a live-wire performance in pitch-black comedy series On Becoming a God in Central Florida.

7 mins

Where There's Smoke...

Spies, lies and mega-profits – it sounds like the tagline for the latest Grisham novel. Telita Snyckers talks about her new book, turning down a fat pay cheque and uncovering the underbelly of Big Tobacco.

8 mins

star crossed

The smallscreen’s newest starlet is straight out of South Africa. Masali Baduza plays the lead in the BBC’s dystopian romance drama series Noughts + Crosses - an Afrocentric reimagining of a forbidden love story.

7 mins

What 'The New Normal' Actually Means

I know. We’re all sick of hearing about it. More than anything, we want to get back to our lives. But a pandemic of this magnitude is bound to have a lasting effect on the way we think, the way we work, the way we live – even the way we dress. This is how we think Covid-19 will change the world as we know it.

10+ mins

Grow Your Own Veg From What You Have In Your Kitchen

Don’t toss out those kitchen scraps just yet – you can turn offcuts and leftovers into a thriving veggie patch. Here’s how to grow your own celery, spring onion, lettuce and sprouts.

5 mins

My #MeToo

I grew up in what was a halcyon period for white South Africans. For some – perhaps many – girls and women, though, this wasn’t the whole story, and it took the rise of the #MeToo movement for me to recognise the extensive sexual abuse in my own life, stretching back to my childhood.

8 mins

Mirror, mirror

It’s common to feel insecure about a facial feature or body part, especially in adolescence. But when this becomes a persistent fixation that affects your daily life, it can be a sign of body dysmorphic disorder – for which you need to get help.

7 mins

The Problem With Positive Thinking

It sells self-help books by the millions; there are even songs based on the idea: think positive, and everything will work out. But playing Pollyanna is not the cure-all it’s cracked up to be.

8 mins

Is Property Still A Good Investment?

Landlords grow rich in their sleep – or do they? What have the returns been; what are the risk factors? Vacancies are up to nearly 10% in some cities – it’s a tenant’s market. Here’s what this means from an investment perspective.

7 mins

Beauty Tweakments

With the variety of tweakments now available (think fillers, Botox and cutting-edge laser treatments), it’s much easier than it used to be to lift, plump and undo some damage. These are just some of the procedures that deliver great results without the downtime.

9 mins

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FAIRLADY is the Smart Read for Smart Women: a loved and trusted source of information and inspiration that gives modern South African women exactly what they need to live their best lives, right here and right now. Shared from friend to friend and mother to daughter, it’s a portal to a wide community of like-minded, contemporary South contemporary South African women who can’t be reached, as a group, anywhere else.