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.
“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.
Pigcasso was destined to become the fi lling in a bacon sandwich until Joanne Lefson stepped in …
A true story about the disappearance of a friend, as told by journalist and author Don Pinnock.
A brush with daytime television has John Bird questioning the future of art … and the revolution.
Travelling to Joburg? Stop off for some township-style food in an authentic setting for an experience that’ll bring you back to reality.
After breaking her pelvis, TV and radio personality Liezel van der Westhuizen is facing one of her toughest challenges to date. She’s so much more than a pretty picture.
How does she do it? Illustrator and lecturer Mieke van der Merwe draw with a Rotring pen from direct observation.
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 royal wedding is over. The cake has been eaten and it’s hello to the new Duke and Duchess of Sussex. But amid the celebrations, a furore erupted when Windsor was announced as the venue for the event, and the town’s homeless population was caught in the middle.
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.
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.
A new, light-hearted anthology profiles different creatures while revealing their near-humanlike frailties.
Seventeen-year-old Elizabeth Crewe has a passion for recycling and her newly founded project on its way to becoming a blog.
