South African Magazines
More than 60 titles from Media24, Caxton and independent publishers.
YOU
52 Copies per year
Getaway
6 Copies per year
The Gardener
6 Copies per year
Fairlady
6 Copies per year
Joburg Style
4 Copies per year
House & Garden
6 Copies per year
African Decisions
3 Copies per year
Future SA
1 Copy per year
Essential Flavours
4 Copies per year
Baby & Beyond
4 Copies per year
Cape Etc
8 Copies per year
Weg!
6 Copies per year
Sarie
6 Copies per year
True Love
4 Copies per year
Tuis
8 Copies per year
ChinAfrica
6 Copies per year
VISI
6 Copies per year
Kruger Magazine
1 Copy per year
Men's Health
6 Copies per year
Glamour
8 Copies per year
Open Gardens
1 Copy per year
Runner's World
6 Copies per year
Sarie Kos
4 Copies per year
Grow to Eat
2 Copies per year
Go!
6 Copies per year
Garden & Home
4 Copies per year
Fast Company
6 Copies per year
SA Rugby
12 Copies per year
Die Tuinier
6 Copies per year
CAR
12 Copies per year
Compleat Golfer
4 Copies per year
Bicycling
6 Copies per year
Stuff
6 Copies per year
Go! Platteland
4 Copies per year
Weg! Ry & Sleep
6 Copies per year
Huisgenoot
52 Copies per year
Kuier
25 Copies per year
SA Profile
1 Copy per year
JSE
3 Copies per year
Hello
52 Copies per year
Coffee Magazine
4 Copies per year
CIO Directory
1 Copy per year
Go! Drive & Camp
6 Copies per year
Weg! Platteland
4 Copies per year
Bona
11 Copies per year
Brainstorm
12 Copies per year
GQ
8 Copies per year
Speed & Sound
12 Copies per year
Food & Home
4 Copies per year
Home
8 Copies per year
Women's Health
6 Copies per year
Stellenbosch Visio
4 Copies per year
In Bound SA
4 Copies per year
Rove SA
4 Copies per year
To Build
4 Copies per year
SA Business Integrator
4 Copies per year
SA Building Review
1 Copy per year
100 Influential Women in Tech
1 Copy per year
Ski-Boat
4 Copies per year
Magnum
6 Copies per year
Landbouweekblad
25 Copies per year
Farmer's Weekly
24 Copies per year
DLT Monthly delivers more than 60 South African magazines, from the big weeklies YOU and Huisgenoot to specialist titles like CAR, Farmer's Weekly and Brainstorm. The titles come from Media24, Caxton and independent publishers, so one DLT pack can mix magazines that would otherwise take several separate subscriptions.
Below, the same titles are grouped by category, with how many copies of each arrive in a year. New to the local shelf? Start with our 2026 guide to magazines in South Africa.
South African magazines by category
Every title on this page, sorted by what it covers. A few fit more than one group, so they appear twice.
General interest and family
YOU, Huisgenoot, Kuier, Hello, Bona and True Love. YOU and Huisgenoot are the big Media24 weeklies, YOU in English and Huisgenoot in Afrikaans. Bona is the only South African magazine published in four official languages: English, isiZulu, isiXhosa and Sesotho. For a short list across every genre, read the best South African magazines in 2026.
Afrikaans magazines
Huisgenoot, Sarie, Kuier, Tuis, Sarie Kos, Weg!, Weg! Platteland, Weg! Ry & Sleep, Die Tuinier and Landbouweekblad. Two of them have English sister titles on this page: Weg! and Go!, and Die Tuinier and The Gardener. Our guide to Afrikaans magazines goes through each one.
Women's lifestyle and fashion
Fairlady, Sarie, Glamour, True Love and Women's Health. Our guide to women's magazines in South Africa covers what each does best.
Men's interest
GQ, Men's Health, Stuff and Magnum: style, fitness, gadgets, and hunting and firearms.
Home, garden and food
House & Garden, Garden & Home, Home, Tuis, VISI, The Gardener, Die Tuinier, Grow to Eat and Open Gardens for the home and garden. Food & Home, Sarie Kos, Essential Flavours and Coffee Magazine for the kitchen. See our guide to home decor magazines.
Travel and outdoors
Getaway, Go!, Weg!, Go! Platteland, Weg! Platteland, Go! Drive & Camp, Weg! Ry & Sleep, Kruger Magazine, Rove SA and In Bound SA.
Sport and motoring
CAR, Speed & Sound, SA Rugby, Compleat Golfer, Bicycling, Runner's World and Ski-Boat.
Business and technology
Brainstorm, JSE, Fast Company, African Decisions, Future SA, ChinAfrica, SA Business Integrator, SA Building Review, To Build, SA Profile, CIO Directory and 100 Influential Women in Tech. Several are annuals, which keep well on a boardroom or reception table. See business magazines to stock for clients and staff.
Farming
Landbouweekblad and Farmer's Weekly, at 25 and 24 copies a year.
Regional and parenting
Joburg Style, Cape Etc and Stellenbosch Visio for city and regional lifestyle, and Baby & Beyond for new parents.
How many copies of each title arrive in a year
The biggest group, 24 of the 62 titles, arrives six to eight times a year. Three are weekly, and 27 arrive four times a year or less. The numbers are the copies per year shown under each cover above.
| Copies | Titles |
|---|---|
| 52 a year | YOU, Huisgenoot, Hello |
| 24 to 25 a year | Kuier, Landbouweekblad, Farmer's Weekly |
| 11 to 12 a year | SA Rugby, CAR, Bona, Brainstorm, Speed & Sound |
| 6 to 8 a year | Getaway, The Gardener, Fairlady, House & Garden, Cape Etc, Weg!, Sarie, Tuis, ChinAfrica, VISI, Men's Health, Glamour, Runner's World, Go!, Fast Company, Die Tuinier, Bicycling, Stuff, Weg! Ry & Sleep, Go! Drive & Camp, GQ, Home, Women's Health, Magnum |
| 4 a year | Joburg Style, Essential Flavours, Baby & Beyond, True Love, Sarie Kos, Garden & Home, Compleat Golfer, Go! Platteland, Coffee Magazine, Weg! Platteland, Food & Home, Stellenbosch Visio, In Bound SA, Rove SA, To Build, SA Business Integrator, Ski-Boat |
| 1 to 3 a year | African Decisions, Future SA, Kruger Magazine, Open Gardens, Grow to Eat, SA Profile, JSE, CIO Directory, SA Building Review, 100 Influential Women in Tech |
For a waiting room, frequency matters as much as the title. A weekly keeps the rack current, while quarterlies and annuals add depth that lasts between deliveries.
Choosing magazines for a waiting room or reception
A good rack mixes frequencies, languages and interests. Pair one or two weeklies with a few monthlies, include an Afrikaans title and a multilingual one like Bona, and add something for the people who actually sit there: CAR or SA Rugby in a dealership, Garden & Home or Fairlady in a salon, business titles in a professional office.
We put together packs for medical practices, salons and spas, hotels and hospitality venues and car dealerships. Our complete guide to waiting room magazines covers the rest.
Questions about South African magazines
What are the top 10 magazines in South Africa?
There is no single official ranking. If you want ten well-known titles that between them cover the main reader interests, start with YOU, Huisgenoot, Sarie, Fairlady, Getaway, Go!, CAR, Garden & Home, Farmer's Weekly and Bona.
What are some popular South African home magazines?
House & Garden, Garden & Home, Home and VISI are well-known English home and design titles, and Tuis is the Afrikaans one. For gardening, The Gardener and its Afrikaans sister Die Tuinier each arrive six times a year.
How do I subscribe to South African magazines?
You can subscribe to each magazine through its own publisher, which means a separate account for every title. Or you can take a DLT Monthly pack, which combines titles from different publishers in one subscription with one supplier. Our guide to magazine subscriptions in South Africa compares the options and what each costs.