Mission StatementTo publish a saleable, quality magazine that serves as an economically viable job-creation tool offering developmental self-employment opportunities to marginalised adults to enable them to move from social exclusion to self-sufficiency.
Contact Details 66 New Market Street
Woodstock
7925
Tel: (021) 461 6690
Fax: (021) 461 6662
THIS MONTH'S ISSUE

METRO

2 EDITOR'S ISSUE
4 METRO
   UPDATE FIFA initiative
   CITY HALL what the city is doing.
   Eat Drink People
   Trends Health

CENTRE

12 HOT AND SWEATY [COVER]
Interview with Cate Blanchett.
By Bruno Lester

15 SAMA AWARDS [CULTURE]
Celebrating local music talent.

16 EMERGENCY [AFFAIRS]
A night with paramedics. By Kelly Wheeler

20 RUGBY THAT ROCKS [CULTURE]
Francois Pienaar is the man behind the hugely successful FNB Varsity Cup. By Robbie Kempson

22 OIL NO MORE [AFFAIRS]
The days of cheap and abundant oil are coming to an end. What is our game plan? By Andreas Späth

25 HATEBOOK [AFFAIRS]
Anti-social disconnections. By Bronwen Dyke

28 LOOKING FOR AUNT [CULTURE]
A young woman's quest to understand mental illness. By Linky Matsie

32 LA KIDS MOVE IN ON MFULENI [DETOUR]
L A families get to hang out with families in Mfuleni. By Jorrit Dijkstra and Lizzie Edmonds

BACK STREETS

35 DIARY
Hot and happening near you.

36 FILM: I'm Not There
A night with paramedics.

37 WITH TEETH [COLUMN]
Lauren Beukes on risk management

38 MUSIC [REVIEWS]

39 BOOKS [REVIEWS]

40 ON THE BUS [COLUMN]
Erfaan Dramat

41 COMPETITIONS & PRIZES

42 LADIES WHO LUNCH
The Big Issue vendors' Table of Unity

STREETS AHEAD

43 STREETS AHEAD [REPORT]
Art
On the Pitch With
Vendor of the Month
Waiting
Moving on up


VisionThe 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.