Love your local vendor

SUPPORT OUR BIG ISSUE VENDORS

The Big Issue is South Africa’s number one magazine and social enterprise, creating opportunities to end poverty and exclusion. Our vendors are those people who’ve taken steps to help themselves. The Big Issue can be purchased from vendors in the suburbs of Cape Town, or from select Spar or Pick n Pay stores nationally.

To donate a wish list item to our vendors, email placements@bigissue.org.za

Claremont, Cape Town

Name: Goodman Zenani

Vendor number: 1654

Age: 46

Find him at: the robots at the corner of Bowwood and Main roads, Claremont, near the Lotto offices.

About: Goodman joined The Big Issue in 2008. He has four children (two boys and two girls) ranging in age from 9 months to 11 years. A resident of Gugulethu, Goodman is a talented pencil artist, and he gets his inspiration from nature and other things he sees around him. He is also a house painter, and does waterproofing and plastering. Wish list: Goodman is appealing to readers for painting or waterproofing jobs so he can earn extra income. He also needs help buying clothes for his children.

Bowwood Road and Main Road, Claremont.

Name: Odwa Ntlanganiso

Vendor number: 2106

Age: 21

Find him at: Bowwood Road and Main Road, Claremont.

About: Odwa joined The Big Issue in February 2021. He is unmarried, and has no children. This Philippi resident enjoys selling The Big Issue because it has given him a chance at making some money. He is also a ‘jack of all trades’ and is hardworking.

Wishlist: His dream is to get a driver’s licence (code 14) so he can get work as a driver. He would also like to train to quality as a security guard.