COVER STORY
CULTURE · 7 min read
Why the stoep still matters
A small architectural feature became a South African institution: part lookout post, part newsroom, part family court. That is where this magazine begins.
Sibusiso Dube·7 May 2026
“The economy walks past the gate. Politics arrives in the water bill.”
The week in view
Nº 01 — 03
Nº 01 · BUSINESS
Main Street
The small businesses learning to plan again
After years of batteries, diesel receipts and broken trading hours, South African operators are cautiously rebuilding around a simple luxury: predictability.
Naledi Maseko · 8 min read
Nº 02 · TECHNOLOGY
Useful Tech
AI has entered the family WhatsApp group
South Africans are adopting AI less through futuristic offices than through voice notes, school projects, side hustles and suspicious relatives asking if a message is real.
Pieter van Wyk · 7 min read
Nº 03 · PROPERTY
Body Corporate Life
The new South African stoep is sectional title
Apartments, estates and complexes are changing the old dream of a freestanding house — and replacing the front stoep with shared rules, levies and WhatsApp politics.
Ayesha Jacobs · 8 min read
The Die Stoep Guide
Sunday lunch as
economics.
Chicken, potatoes, pudding and petrol: one familiar family meal tells a sharp story about price pressure and household resilience.
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