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Leon Bridges Is Done Looking Back
GQ South Africa

Leon Bridges Is Done Looking Back

On his new album, the Texas singer embraces a contemporary sound in search of a more diverse audience

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4 mins  |
October 2018
Lucky Break
GQ South Africa

Lucky Break

Mr Robot star Rami Malek spoke to us from London about his latest film, French prison drama Papillon

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4 mins  |
October 2018
Not Another Bitcoin Story
GQ South Africa

Not Another Bitcoin Story

As the Bitcoin rollercoaster ride continues, we go inside a conference for another cryptocurrency called Steem. There, we meet the devotees who see this new financial system as the way of the future – and the man who will lead them there

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10 mins  |
July - August 2018
Natural Wonder
GQ South Africa

Natural Wonder

Meet Nomalanga ‘The Flame’ Shozi, the actress and presenter taking the local industry by storm

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2 mins  |
July - August 2018
How To Follow Up After A Good First Date
GQ South Africa

How To Follow Up After A Good First Date

Resist the urge to sext

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3 mins  |
November 2018
The Great Chinese Art Heist
GQ South Africa

The Great Chinese Art Heist

Strange How It Keeps Happening, How The Greatest Works Of Chinese Art Keep Getting Brazenly Stolen From Museums Around The World. Is It A Conspiracy? Vengeance For Treasures Plundered Years Ago? We Sent Alex W Palmer To Investigate The Trail Of Theft And The Stunning Rumour: Is The Chinese Government Behind One Of The Boldest Art-crime Waves In History?

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10+ mins  |
November 2018
Killer Genes
GQ South Africa

Killer Genes

The third-generation Porsche Cayenne comes even closer to the iconic 911 than its predecessors. Dieter Losskarn took the new S on a road trip through his homeland.

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2 mins  |
November 2018
The People's Designer
GQ South Africa

The People's Designer

Fashion Director Rusty Beukes speaks exclusively with Jeremy Scott, creative director of Moschino, about the label’s upcoming collaboration with H&M and designing for the Instagram age.

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3 mins  |
November 2018
Essential Spring Style
GQ South Africa

Essential Spring Style

We catch up with Aussie actor Chris Pang, who recently starred in the blockbuster Crazy Rich Asians.

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1 min  |
November 2018
Legend
GQ South Africa

Legend

Singer, songwriter and actor JOHN LEGEND has always been at the top of his game. Now, as the first black man to win a competitive EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony) his career is becoming the stuff of, well...

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5 mins  |
November 2018
Why SZA Is More In CTRL Than Ever
GQ South Africa

Why SZA Is More In CTRL Than Ever

Hailed by Barack Obama and Beyoncé, the American R&B singer’s candid lyrics and velvety voice catapulted her debut album into the platinum stratosphere. So what will she unleash on the world next?

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6 mins  |
November 2018
Champion Of The Year
GQ South Africa

Champion Of The Year

After a remarkable year, the world’s most indomitable athlete has a few things she’d like to share about that wild evening at the US Open, sure, but also about how she managed to triumph in the end by raising her voice

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10+ mins  |
February 2019
Speaking Out
GQ South Africa

Speaking Out

Spearheading reporting that catalysed #MeToo, Ronan Farrow won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 and something more: a reputation as the most fearsome investigative journalist in America

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2 mins  |
February 2019
How To Talk Dirty Without Being A Bad Man
GQ South Africa

How To Talk Dirty Without Being A Bad Man

A useful guide for filthy allies

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3 mins  |
February 2019
A Sequel To Success
GQ South Africa

A Sequel To Success

WHAT’S A MAN TO DO WHEN HE’S WRITTEN A SUCCESSFUL AUTOBIOGRAPHY but then accidentally goes on to enjoy another few decades of his career, win an Academy Award, appear in Christopher Nolan’s Batman films, and have a few epiphanies about work, the world and society at large? If that man is Michael Caine, he gets right back to writing, and creates Blowing the Bloody Doors Off

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5 mins  |
February 2019
Double Take
GQ South Africa

Double Take

Developed on the Nürburgring, designed and engineered by Germans, the Stinger is no ordinary Kia. Motoring ed Dieter Losskarn experienced its power first hand

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2 mins  |
February 2019
How To Be A More Confident Decision-maker
GQ South Africa

How To Be A More Confident Decision-maker

Decisions suck. Making them is even worse. And the postdecision remorse? We know. An expert on the decisionmaking process is here to help

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7 mins  |
February 2019
You've Got Mail ...Lots And Lots Of Mail
GQ South Africa

You've Got Mail ...Lots And Lots Of Mail

Email is the central nervous system of our digital lives, and yet it has also become a living nightmare. In a world of space tourism, VR and self-driving cars, surely someone can fix it?

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4 mins  |
June 2019
Staying Power
GQ South Africa

Staying Power

Tim Cordon, the youngest area senior vice president in the Radisson Hotel Group’s history, shares his thoughts on hospitality success in Africa

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5 mins  |
June 2019
The Making Of A Legend
GQ South Africa

The Making Of A Legend

Nick Youngquest gives us the lowdown on the next chapter of Paco Rabanne’s Invictus story

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8 mins  |
June 2019
How To Know If A Woman Wants You To Stop Hitting On Her
GQ South Africa

How To Know If A Woman Wants You To Stop Hitting On Her

A very non-exhaustive primer to very obvious verbal and non-verbal clues

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4 mins  |
September 2018
Toast Of The Town
GQ South Africa

Toast Of The Town

Features Editor Bernd Fischer met up with ROGER FEDERER in Paris to share a glass of bubbly with one of the most decorated sports stars of our time

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5 mins  |
September 2018
Make Friends With Disruption
GQ South Africa

Make Friends With Disruption

In his new book Magnetiize, entrepreneur and trend specialist John Sanei shows us how to navigate the rapidly changing future – and stay true to ourselves in the process. Below is an exclusive extract

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4 mins  |
September 2018
Silver Linings Playbook
GQ South Africa

Silver Linings Playbook

The Good Things Guy Brent Lindeque gets real about opportunity, success and all things good

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4 mins  |
September 2018
Jorja Smith
GQ South Africa

Jorja Smith

The woman who easily scooped up critical acclaim with no big label support

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1 min  |
September 2018
Open Secret
GQ South Africa

Open Secret

Why open-plan offices are just the worst

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2 mins  |
September 2018
GQ South Africa

End Of The Rainbow

In his first book, Breaking a Rainbow, Building a Nation, student activist and political scholar REKGOTSOFETSE CHIKANE unpacks the politics of the Fallist movements. GQ spoke to the young leader about the decolonisation project, the role of coconuts in the revolution and the future of the movement

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7 mins  |
December 2018 - January 2019
How Medical Science Turned Over A New Leaf
GQ South Africa

How Medical Science Turned Over A New Leaf

Forget the stoner stereotypes. One by one, other countries have legalised cannabis and the industry’s already gone pro

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5 mins  |
December 2018 - January 2019
Three-Piece Cocktails To Get You Through The Summer
GQ South Africa

Three-Piece Cocktails To Get You Through The Summer

We asked a few bartenders for tips on how to keep things simple during the hottest months

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2 mins  |
December 2018 - January 2019
I Made My Smartphone Dumber
GQ South Africa

I Made My Smartphone Dumber

My cell phone was running my life. So I tried my best to hack it into submission

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3 mins  |
December 2018 - January 2019