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You South Africa

Letter

A SHARPER BRAIN IN 2025

THE QUEEN OF HEARTS • Kate dazzled over the festive season – but experts warn not to expect too much too soon

HE WAS MY LITTLE JACKAL • Jacques Freitag’s sister opens up about coming to terms with the high jump champ’s violent death

I FOUND LOVE & LAUGHTER AGAIN • She felt despondent after losing seven fingers and nine toes – but today she’s smiling

CAUGHT IN A CATFIGHT • Charles Spencer’s new girlfriend is suing his estranged wife for revealing a medical diagnosis she wanted to keep hidden

GOING, GOING GONE • More and more young people are seeking new lives overseas, leaving their parents bereft. Here’s how to cope if your kids are thousands of miles away

IN VOGUE • Here’s a look at the hottest trends in food, fashion, beauty and décor for the year ahead

FASHION TRENDS 2025

BEAUTY TRENDS 2025

DÉCOR TRENDS 2025

HOW TO MAKE NEW HABITS STICK • Ready to make some positive changes this year? Here’s how to turn New Year’s resolutions into life-long habits

ASK DR LOUISE • Write to Dr Louise, PO Box 39410, Moreleta Park 0044, or email info@drlouise.co.za.

Rands and sense: stop wasting money • Trying out even one of these ideas could give you a financial boost

YOUR HOROSCOPE 2025 • What lies ahead for you this year? Find your zodiac sign forecast here

PULL-OUT TV GUIDE

chuckles • Fancy yourself a joker? Email original jokes to chuckles@you.co.za or send them to Chuckles, YOU, PO Box 7167, Roggebaai 8012, and we may publish them on this page.

YOUR STARS

CHILL out • The HOTTEST things in POP CULTURE and ENTERTAINMENT THIS WEEK

TWISTS & TURNS • Life’s too short for mediocre books – we help you pick your next read

YOU PUZZLES • 13 PAGES OF FUN & GAMES

News of the week

Kids’ games & activities

WAXING & WANING • For 250 years Madame Tussauds has been immortalising famous people in wax but in the modern era of fame it’s becoming trickier for the iconic London museum to decide who deserves to make the cut

TOTALLY WACKY! • From toe wrestling to extreme ironing, these bizarre events show just how much human beings love to compete

FIRST LADY OF HELL • Asma al-Assad was once regarded as a breath of fresh air in Syria – but she soon became despised as she and her husband lived the high life amid a sea of suffering

NAILING IT! • She has the world’s longest fingernails – but it was personal tragedy not a desire to break records that made her put the clippers away

FAREWELL, MY BELOVED BOKS • Physio René Naylor’s contract with the Springboks hasn’t been renewed, marking the end of a chapter she’ll cherish forever

END OF THE ERAS • Taylor Swift smashed records, set records, released records and delighted fans with her high-octane, one-of-a-kind world tour

THE YEAR THAT WAS • As we wave goodbye to 2024, we look back at some of Celebville’s highs, lows and downright shocking moments

SAY WHAT? • Whether they’re...