Thanks to you, our readers, Sowetan newspaper and website are growing from strength to strength. We thank you for your support, and hope we can continue pleasing you.

Thanks to you, our readers, Sowetan newspaper and website are growing from strength to strength. We thank you for your support, and hope we can continue pleasing you.

AMPS data for newspapers shows Sowetan has grown by nine percent in the year to June, while our website has jumped beyond the four-million mark.

The latest Nielsen Netratings, which monitor websites, show our visitors' page impressions - the number of times a page is viewed - at 4,3 million in September, which is up 28 percent month-on-month. Our unique browsers, or individual users, are also up by over 22 percent, showing we have 185000 readers.

You can count on us to be entertaining with a strong human interest ethos using videos, slide shows and photo galleries which bring the stories to life - be it breaking news, gossip, celebrity scandals, sports updates and what's happening in your community.

And whatever your interests may be, you can be sure to find it on our vibey website.

Entries to our sexiest man and woman in Mzansi are pouring in. Use the SMS number on the left of this story, to vote:

Sowetan offers you:

l news that our readers want.

l celeb news.

l expanded coverage for our SoccerZone.

lcolumnists and award-winning cartoonist Yalo.

l weddings & Engagements page, plus our Baby World.

l farewells to loved ones on our "Dearly Departed" page.

l a Kasi slang page.

Visit www.sowetan.co.za to see what's sizzling today.