The magazine has indicated that the issue is Molife Kumona's first issue as GQ South Africa's editor.

Gracing the magazine's cover for the first time is award-winning stand-up comic Loyiso Gola. Gola has two decades in the comedy business, with two Emmy nominations. 

Also, a beginning for this collector's issue is creative director and stylist Boogy Maboi, who worked with GQ for the first time.

"Stewarding South Africa's pre-eminent men’s magazine is quite a responsibility and would have been incredibly daunting were it not for the exceptional team I get to work with every day and the fun we and the contributors to this issue had in putting it all together," says Kumona.

"We shot the cover at the Zeitz Mocaa in Cape Town, the largest art museum in Africa, and which is also where Loyiso shot his special. Incidentally, and you guessed it, was also a first for the museum. We cemented that history by shooting the cover there, which is also a first, concludes Kumona.

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