True Love

True Love is the iconic South African fashion, beauty and lifestyle magazine for black women. It is the go-to handbook and style guide for women who believe that their magazine should be stylish and thought provoking. It challenges its readers with in depth, focusing on subjects that stimulate debate and discussion.

True Love

BURNOUT

STYLE NEWS • Our lowdown on the hottest fashion drops to hit the street.

SPRING AWAKENING • Spring/Summer 2025 is where sophistication delightfully meets playfulness. This season, fashion embraces beautiful contradictions – pastels that pack a punch, polka dots that feel fresh rather than retro, and athleisure that gleams with high-shine glamour. From the runways of Milan to Paris, designers are celebrating individuality through a lens of joyful maximalism, proving that style doesn’t have to choose between comfort and elegance, classic and contemporary, or soft and strong.

THE VIBRANT VISIONARY • From the courtrooms of New York to the front rows of Milan, Tamu McPherson’s vibrant journey represents fashion’s most compelling evolutionary story. The Jamaica-born visionary who traded legal briefs for a camera has become an influential voice for diversity, joy, and authenticity in an industry craving genuine transformation. Discover how her fearless approach to style and substance is reshaping fashion’s future – one colourful outfit at a time.

MADE IN AFRICA • GADI MAGAGANE, A SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN’S WEAR DESIGNER AND FOUNDER OF TWII AFRIKA, IS KNOWN FOR HER CLEAN SILHOUETTES, MONOCHROMATIC TONES, AND DESIGNS THAT CELEBRATE QUIET ELEGANCE AND TIMELESS SIMPLICITY.

BEAUTY NEWS • Hot drops to hit the beauty desk this spring.

SPRING BEAUTY MANIFESTO • SPRING/SUMMER 2025 IS ALL ABOUT CELEBRATING AUTHENTICITY WHILE MAKING BOLD STATEMENTS. FROM THE RUNWAYS OF PARIS TO THE STREETS OF NEW YORK, THIS SEASON EMBRACES THE PERFECT BALANCE OF EFFORTLESS GLAMOUR AND UNAPOLOGETIC INDIVIDUALITY.

THE DEEP PLANE REVOLUTION • THIS SURGICAL TECHNIQUE QUIETLY TRANSFORMING HOLLYWOOD FACES IS HAVING ITS MOMENT IN THE SPOTLIGHT, AS A-LISTERS LIKE KRIS JENNER EMBRACE DEEPER INTERVENTION FOR NATURAL-LOOKING YOUTH.

PRESS RESET • NEW HAIR, WHO DIS? FROM CUTE CROPS AND BOLD COLOUR TO STYLE SWITCH-UPS AND HAIR EXTENSIONS – THIS IS THE SEASON TO BE A CHAMELEON.

ACTING, AUDACITY, and the art of BECOMING • Lunathi Mampofu opens up to TRUELOVE about her journey from a warm, humble childhood in South Africa to chasing her dreams in the US. She reflects on the triumphs and trials of balancing motherhood with a flourishing acting career, the lessons she’s learnt abroad, and her powerful message to women across Mzansi.

REDEFINING ME ON MY TERMS • In a world that often tells us who to be, these remarkable women have taken their power back – overcoming life’s setbacks and reclaiming their stories with grace and grit.

TURN UP THE SHINE FACTOR • FROM FACIAL EMBELLISHMENTS TO GLITTERING BROWS, THESE METALLIC LOOKS ARE MAJOR THIS PARTY SEASON! MORE IS MORE IN THE SEAONS EMBELLISHED AND METALLIC LOOKS

DESERT HEAT • Against the endless expanse of golden dunes and azure skies, South African fashion finds its most dramatic stage.

BOSS UP

GIRL BOSS BURNOUT • She’s climbing the corporate ladder, launching her own business, and seemingly having it all. But behind the glossy Instagram posts and power suits, the modern girl boss is burning out. Here’s why the dream of female empowerment has become a nightmare of exhaustion – and what we can do about it.

The WATCHLIST 2025 • WE’VE SPENT THE PAST YEAR PROFILING PROLIFIC WOMEN. FROM GROUNDBREAKING ENTREPRENEURS AND FEARLESS ACTIVISTS TO INNOVATIVE CREATIVES AND CULTURAL ICONS, THESE EXCEPTIONAL INDIVIDUALS ARE RESHAPING INDUSTRIES AND CHALLENGING...