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.
Social media and the internet in the hands of many adults, and especially teenagers, is like a loaded gun.
Signing for coffee orders from deaf baristas is becoming standard practice for ad agency employees at 50 Harrington Street, Cape Town.
The artistic journey from barcode technology to clay
“When I was an angsty teenager I painted my tiny bedroom red, emptying it of everything other than an easel and a mattress …” says Lola Bartlett, artist and illustrator.
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.
A handful of South Africa’s bravest press photographers brought our nation, and the world, the images that now form part of our history.
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.
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
Television and radio presenter Danilo Acquisto take to the streets every Sunday afternoon to spend time with people living on the streets of the Southern Suburbs. claim.
