People of the Bay is proudly sponsored by Mastertons Coffee & Tea Specialists. By ELEANOR DOUGLAS-MEYERS There are some people you meet who are almost impossible to put into a box. Adrian Wagener is one of them. With his beautifully tailored suits, high heels and wonderfully flamboyant personality, you’d be forgiven for assuming he works…

People of the Bay is proudly sponsored by Mastertons Coffee & Tea Specialists. By Eleanor Douglas-Meyers There’s something rather fitting about the fact that Denise van Huyssteen, CEO of the Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber, began her career as an intern at the very organisation she now leads.

By ELEANOR DOUGLAS-MEYERS For our latest Insider Info feature, I sat down with Cape Town-based author Fazila Cariem to talk about writing, publishing and the rather unexpected journey that brought her here.

People of the Bay is proudly sponsored by Mastertons Coffee & Tea Specialists. ELEANOR DOUGLAS-MEYERS When asked what his role at Mastertons Coffee & Tea Specialists involves, Raymond Roesstorff jokingly explains that he’ll do just about anything needed, from sweeping the floors to roasting the beans. It is a fairly accurate description of a role…

ELEANOR DOUGLAS-MEYERS When Rachel Kolisi took the floor at the Boardwalk in Gqeberha last night for the second local instalment of her Falling Forward Roadshow, the audience was enthralled. There were moments of laughter, moments that were noticeably more emotional and, perhaps most importantly, moments that encouraged those sitting in the room to reflect on…

By Thandolukayise Shangase and Sikhulule Moyeni For many girls, a love for football begins long before they run onto a cheering stadium for the first time. The love begins on kasi streets or dusty fields, playing for local teams after school. The love begins despite doubts from families and communities who believe idiski is only…

BY ELEANOR DOUGLAS-MEYERS Fourteen years after Braemore Lundall-Sauls set out to disrupt Nelson Mandela Bay’s idea of a fashion show, Luce della Moda is back. Its 2026 chapter, ECLIPSE, is bigger, more collaborative and arrives at a time when the designer behind it is stepping into the spotlight too.

Algoa FM presenter Lee Duru has been trying to lose weight since she was 10 years old. At an age when most of us were deciding what to spend our tuck shop money on, she had already started thinking about dieting, weight and changing her body.

You don’t have to be a coder to belong in tech. That’s one of the things Mushfiqoh Samodien, Business Director at Aspire Solutions, would like more young women to know.

Nelson Mandela University lecturer Algene Koeberg-Van Boomen has been selected for the prestigious DAAD Research Stays for University Academics and Scientists programme, earning an opportunity to conduct research in Germany on South Africa’s transition to electric vehicles and the circular economy.