Change is in your pocket
The Big Issue is a socially responsible non-profit organisation that enables willing unemployed and marginalised adults to take responsibility for their own lives through a developmental employment programme.
Pieter-Dirk Uys steps out from behind the makeup.
Fun-loving, bubbly Stacey Fru is just 11 years old and she’s Africa’s youngest writer of chapter books. She chatted to The Big Issue about her young yet illustrious life.
Those who’re old enough will remember David Kramer as the Volkswagen guy in the 1983 advert for the VW Microbus.
Sumien Brink shares her favourite photo shoot of 2018. Simone Stiglingh and Kholisa Thomas had fun with giant animal pieces from design brand Kare, which opened store in Johannesburg earlier this year.
The Big Issue entrepreneur Solomon Masoso (39) holds a certificate in community health work from Kayamandi Elderly College.
Stanley Henkeman, executive director of the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, discusses his life and work.
Never mind the gangs from the Cape Flats, the super-rich ones, who don’t always look the part, are living the life in Clifton, Camps Bay and Constantia.
Data costs in SA are contentious. Why? Which companies are trying to tackle the problem, and how could the regulator help?
Our nation, previously divided, and currently obsessed with counting the wounds of the past, has unique cultural values, some endearing, others less so. Here is an excerpt from the Goodman Gallery.
“Miracle material!” says Erik Solheim, head of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). While this may be true in some cases, the continued ambiguity towards plastic in our society is clear. And the damage is devastating.
The Big Issue appeals to all public space and shopping mall owners, managers and operators in the greater Cape Metro area to allow our vendors to sell the magazines at their sites. It can be hazardous and physically exhausting to sell magazines at traffic light intersections. We would like to see more vendors selling the magazine in a safer environment. For more information, email our Managing Director Derek Carelse on md@bigissue.org.za.
Violently assaulted by his father when he was eight, Theo Booysen (18) spent time in foster care, where he learnt not to give up. Becoming a role model to his younger brother, Theo grew to understand that his value as a human is far greater than what his father showed him. This is his story.
Meet Vusi Thembekwayo: global speaker, venture capitalist, Dragon’s Den star and disruptor.
Signing for coffee orders from deaf baristas is becoming standard practice for ad agency employees at 50 Harrington Street, Cape Town.
Trevor Noah has picked 13 funny South Africans for his new series NationWild
