In this issue

Playboy South Africa April 2019 issue.

What I Learned From Playmates

A former playboy editor shares some of the wisdom he accrued over years of conversations with centerfold subjects.

4 mins

The King Of Free Speech

Lenny bruce transformed stand-up comedy into a vehicle for sharp social commentary — and paid the price for his boldness.

4 mins

Welcome To HEF's Party

On Playboy After Dark, the host with the most invited viewers into his (faux) home for intimate performances by the era’s top entertainers.

8 mins

One Hare Force

The Playboy empire hit cruising altitude in the early 1970s with the Big Bunny, a private jetliner that embodied luxury and indulgence —and, on occasion, embraced charity.

8 mins

Akacia Boven

What's your name? What's your ethnicity? Where are you from? Akacia Boven. Russian, Spanish, Swedish! I was born in Burnsville Minnesota! I live in Southern California!

2 mins

The Art Of The Real

As a polarized america continues to debate whether to brand her a hero or a whore, stormy daniels forges ahead with the knowledge that she’s neither.

9 mins

Ana Espinola

Tell us something surprising about youWell I can speak 5 languages... Guarani, that’s the language of my country, Paraguay, Spanish, English, Portuguese and Italian

2 mins

Ezra Miller

The game-changing star of two Hollywood franchises helps redefine masculinity with his totally expressive, completely liberating style—Bunny ears and all.

2 mins

Kimberley Ann

Tell us something surprising about you?

2 mins

A Phenomenal Woman

In 1999, former PLAYBOY editor Murray Fisher flew to the East Coast to speak with legendary American poet Maya Angelou. Their conversation, intended to be a Playboy Interview, never ran, the copy at some point misfiled and forgotten. Nearly 20 years after it took place, the dialogue was discovered by our archivists. Covering everything from religion to racism and, of course, writing, this remarkable piece of history is as relevant today as it was two decades ago. Novelist Edwidge Danticat introduces Fisher’s once lost, and thankfully now found, Playboy Interview with Maya Angelou

10+ mins

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Playboy South Africa Magazine Description:

Playboy has unveiled the latest creative evolution of the brand with its re-focused principles that are core to our philosophy and also includes more provocative pictorials. Last year, we removed explicit nudity, but from here on out, it is freedom of choice and personal expression that our fans will experience once again within the pages of the magazine. Playboy remains committed to its award-winning mix of long-form journalism, interviews and fiction and has recently brought back some of its familiar franchises, such as Playboy’s Party Jokes, Playboy Cartoons, World of Playboy, and the debut of the Heritage section. Discover what you’ve been missing and subscribe now.