CREATING JOBS
CHANGING LIVES,
YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
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
THE LATEST EDITION

METRO

02 EDITORS ISSUE

04 ASTRO PASSION  [An Astro field in khayelitsha where everyone can have thier peice] 

06 PAINTING THE TOWN [Graffiti artists and law-makers tagging turf]

08 WINDJAMMERS [Tall ships, big dreams for Cape Town teenagers]

10 METRO

11 HEALTH 

12 ON THE BUS

13 NUMBERS

15 WITH TEETH [Lauren Beukes]

16 THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD

17 UNDER THE CROSSBAR [Duane Heath]

CENTRE

18 GREEN THREADS 
Recycled fashion takes on a whole new meaning

 22 HOW TO PUT OUT A FIRE  Into the inferno as a volunteer - and it's good for all of us. By Olivia Rose-Innes

 26 HOMECOMING QUEEN [ COVER ] Louise Carver is back and better than ever. By Donald Paul

30 CONVERGING BELIEFS                                                                                                                                                        

32 HUGH MASEKELA [The well-tempered trumpet. By Donald Paul]

BACK STREETS

36 LISTINGS

40 CD's [REVIEWS]

41 BOOKS [REVIEWS]

42 VENDORS ART

43 ON THE PITCH                                

STREETS AHEAD

44 VENDOR OF THE MONTH

45 WAITING

46 MOVING ON UP

47 SIDE ROAD: Comic

 



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.