Fashion & Beauty

The South African reality TV star and entrepreneur is expanding her Londie London hair brand with a new range of synthetic fibre braids created specifically for children. The upcoming Londie London Kids Braids collection will feature a playful selection of colours, including blue, purple, red, light purple and brown, giving young girls more options beyond traditional braid [...]

One thing about Tyla, her presence will be felt long after she has walked a red carpet. Days after the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards, her snakeskin look is still making its rounds online, with the South African singer once again putting her fashion choices in the spotlight. Tyla stepped onto the VMAs red carpet at the [...]

South African media personality, model and former Miss Universe South Africa Bryoni Govender is at the centre of a new creative project shot in Jaipur, India, bringing South African fashion, beauty, jewellery and design together with the city's heritage and craftsmanship. Govender is the muse of the 2026 Art of Collaboration, a multidisciplinary project founded by South [...]

The fourth season of the BRICS+ Fashion Summit will take place in Moscow later this month from 28-30 September 2026. Over the past several years, it has become the largest event for the Fashion Business of Fast-Growing Economies and one of the key fixtures on the international industry calendar globally. The Forum is among the accredited BRICS [...]

From an intern at Woolworths to becoming one of Africa’s most celebrated fashion designers, Thebe Magugu’s journey has come full circle. Years after his early association with the retailer, the award-winning designer is once again working with Woolworths, this time on a collection celebrating South African heritage. Thebe, who was born and raised in Kimberley, Northern Cape, [...]

Woolworths has issued a voluntary recall of its WBeauty Complete Clarifying Shampoo after testing detected bacterial contamination in a limited batch of the product. The recall affects the 250ml WBeauty Complete Clarifying Shampoo, identified by SKU 6009233284823. Woolworths said the issue was first identified through its ongoing quality assurance processes, which prompted additional testing of the affected [...]

I personally understand the struggle of having excessive dandruff that does not go away. For the past years I have cut and regrown my hair trying to get rid of dandruff, changed shampoos, hair lotion and sprays but still it didn’t go away. Now I just understand that sometimes we really cannot control everything that our hair [...]

Tea tree oil is one of the most versatile natural ingredients, valued across cosmetics, personal care, household cleaning and even pet products. While it has been commercially used for more than a century, its history goes back much further, with Indigenous communities in Australia recognising its medicinal and cosmetic value. What is tea tree oil? Tea tree [...]

KuGompo City (formerly East London) is in the spotlight again, and this time it is for fashion. Zazi Holdings Clothing Factory is a kasi brand from the Eastern Cape that started small, and is now putting premium Xhosa-inspired designs on international stages. The label is known for high-end traditional garments and contemporary African luxury wear that still [...]

For generations of Black women, hair has been more than a beauty ritual. It has been part of girlhood, identity, self-expression and the ways women learn to see themselves. Creme of Nature explores that relationship in its latest campaign, “Unstoppable Hair”, a celebration of textured hair and the transformative power it holds for Black and Brown women. [...]