A glimpse into our 2022 yearbook

In the words of Project Runway’s ex-host Heidi Klum, ‘Auf Wiedersehen’. It is officially mine and many others’ final edition and final days at PDBY. Although we are all getting a well-deserved break (damn creating this newspaper is hard work) let’s just say that me and Ashleigh (our lovely entertainment editor) have pretty much been on the brink of tears the last few weeks.

So in the spirit of tears and all, I would like to dedicate my last editorial to all the weird and wonderful people who worked with me this year (this was supposed to be part of my speech at our end of year function but I will probably be too emotional ... and drunk ... to get through it).

So cheers …

- To all the long days and late nights in the office, especially seeing Michaela, Sechaba, Banathi, Skipps and Vee (sometimes you were the first and last people I saw in the office)

- To the abundant conversations about cannibalism (cough cough Precious)

- To that wild confession session at camp (I know way too much about all of you)

- To the drunknic and braai (I hope your shirt still smells like beer Katherine)

- To basically forcing Katherine to become sports editor and seeing magic happen in sport (high fives to me, Kayla, Mothusi and Amu)

- To all the cigarettes I almost smoked with Mothusi, but maybe we’ll share one when you’re editor-in-chief for Vogue Africa?

- To my beautiful editorial - Ntokozo’s roasts, Kirsten’s perfectly timed quips and impeccable blue cocktails, Ashleigh and Katherine’s top tier banter, Masehle’s laugh and Kelly’s giggles, gossiping with Amu about too many campus scandals, and to the way Mothusi says “b*tch”

- To Ashleigh (assistant to the regional manager, mini-me). I’ll miss seeing your face as often as I do you rat bastard.

- To the end of a generation (Roman and Kelly we are the last of the 2019 camp generation), and I shudder at the thought of a world where Roman’s red booty shorts don’t appear on camp

- To all the 5am layout sessions Kelly, we did it! (despite our two man team, the occasional 6-hour time difference and a hurricane or two)