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A newly single dad dives into Joburg's midlife dating scene – speed-dating, scams, wine-fuelled nights and a little help from AI…
Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Pfunzo Sidogi
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Our documentary picks: July 2025
Essential viewing: the Currency round-up of the best six documentaries to stream this July…
The Friday song (on a Sunday): ‘Janey Don’t You Lose Heart’ by Bruce Springsteen
In the context of the release of Bruce Springsteen’s Tracks II – The Lost Albums, Mark Rosin unpacks Janey Don’t You Lose Heart, a…
Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Makomborero Mutezo
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What we’ve read and liked this year (so far)
The Currency team and a couple of friends (especially my mom Jenny, who reads everything) rustled up a list of books we’ve enjoyed thus…
The Friday song (on a Sunday): ‘Feel Like Making Love’ by Bad Company
Listening this week to the first time in years to tracks by both Mott the Hoople (remember All the Young Dudes?) and Bad Company…
Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Yasmin Mayat
The Joburg architect on park walking, good pillows, and her mum’s ace cooking…
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