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.
Youth Day in June brings the need to protect the innocence of our youth into focus. We delve into how some non-profit organisations are helping stem the flow of damage to young people
During almost 20 years on our screens as an anchor and journalist for Carte Blanche, veteran media personality Ruda Landman saw it all. The only constant, she reminds us, is change. And the best way to keep forging forward is to embrace it and ride the wave.
Journalist Lukhanyo Calata is a newsmaker in more ways than one. We speak to him about his book My Father Died for This, in which he and his wife Abigail document the Calata family’s legacy.
The #zerowaste movement, first launched on Instagram, is 800 000 posts strong and counting. As South Africans join the eco-revolution, the concept of recycling and banning waste is becoming part of our daily lives.
Dreams do come true. Just ask Heinrich Koen, whose quirky House of H restaurant is making delicious waves in Cape Town culinary circles.
Big issue entrepreneur Monica Vuka is one step closer to her dream vocation, thanks to the support she’s receiving from the organisation, customers and her family. She shares her journey with us.
South African Peter Dunn has embarked on a five-month long journey to raise awareness and money for the Childhood Cancer Foundation South Africa (CHOC). We find out why.
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.
Sir David Attenborough is using his famous voice to turn the world’s attention to a part of the planet that urgently needs our help: the oceans.
A team of adventurers took on the summit of the highest active volcano in the world in to bring awareness to the critical need for early childhood development in South Africa.
Antarctica is a remote place, but it’s not immune to human interference. Reuters photographer Alexandre Meneghini accompanied a Greenpeace team on an expedition to support a call by the European Union to conserve nearly 2 million km2 of the region.
Featuring the Cape Town Male Voice Choir with guest soprano Louise Howlett and pianist Albert Combrink performing music from Mozart and Verdi to Broadway and smooth ballads.
Buy a ticket to attend the The The Big Issue Fundraising Concert & Blanket Drive.
Bring a blanket, wrap up warm and donate it after the concert.
Date 7 July 2018
Time 7.30pm
Venue Methodist Church, Greenmarket Square
Tickets R120/R100
Book online at
www.webtickets.co.za
For more information and block bookings contact:
Louise Howlett on 084 682 1337
Penny Hawker (Big Issue) on 021 461 6690
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.
The Economics and Entrepreneurship Education Programme (TEEEP), based in Khayelitsha, is an initiative aimed at empowering children for the real world.
Seventeen-year-old Elizabeth Crewe has a passion for recycling and her newly founded project on its way to becoming a blog.
Dreams do come true. Just ask Heinrich Koen, whose quirky House of H restaurant is making delicious waves in Cape Town culinary circles.
