Die Stoep is an independent South African magazine project built around the porch as a point of view: close to the street, close to the family table, and close enough to the country to hear what people are really saying. It publishes business, technology, property, motoring, lifestyle and culture stories worth sitting with.
Die Stoep started from a simple belief: South Africa deserves a magazine project that can be warm without being soft, conversational without being careless, and local without becoming small.
This is Issue 01. There is no big newsroom to hide behind — just one editor, a notebook, and a promise: practical context, careful editing, no recycled press releases, no pretending South Africa is a pitch meeting abroad. Read Die Stoep, then hold it to that standard.
— Liam van der Merwe, Issue 01
Die Stoep is curated and edited by Liam as a student-led independent publication. The point is not to imitate a large newsroom, but to build a careful South African reading room from one consistent editorial desk.
Contributor bylines may be added in future issues, but Issue 01 is intentionally small: one editor, six sections, and a clear standard for correction, sourcing and disclosure.
Writers, photographers and readers with useful leads can send notes to hello@die-stoep.com. Every message is read, though not every idea can be commissioned or answered quickly.