October 19, 2020
It has been over six months since COVID-19 upended life as we knew it in Cape Town and the country as a whole. Now, as we catch our breath, one word in particular keeps coming to mind: adaptable.
August 20, 2020
Jonathan Jansen, distinguished professor in the Faculty of Education at Stellenbosch University, delves into the inequality in South African education and society, exposed by COVID-19.
July 20, 2020
The UN recently predicted that lockdown could lead to a 20% surge in domestic violence, as victims remain trapped at home with their abusers. They’re calling this the coronavirus “shadow pandemic”, and like President Ramaphosa recently noted, South Africa is not immune.
June 19, 2020
It Remains a tragedy of epic proportions that the plight of some 7 000 homeless citizens remain intractably unsolved by one of the wealthiest municipalities in the country, writes Community Chest CEO Lorenzo Davids
May 20, 2020
Entrepreneurs in the local tourism and hospitality industries, much like just about every sector of society, anxiously await the dust of the coronavirus pandemic to settle so they can begin picking up the pieces.
March 17, 2020
Local celebrity Siv Ngesi poses the question: In a country where over a trillion rand has been illegally wasted by the elite in a single decade, are free sanitary products too much to ask?
February 21, 2020
Business Insider South Africa has named the most “exciting South African inventions” of the decade, and students, staff and alumni of the University of Cape Town (UCT) feature prominently on the list.
January 20, 2020
78% of Grade 4 learners in SA are unable to read with understanding. With 60% of South Africans living in households without a single book, The Big Issue has partnered with several players in early childhood learning to stem the tide of illiteracy.
November 27, 2019
LAUREN MCSHANE joins wild food forager and educator, Roushanna Gray, founder of Veld and Sea in Cape Point, to forage for wild food in preparation for a delicious feast.